ORCHESTRAL SOCIETY’S CONCERT.
The Orchestral Society has long since reached that stage of reliability that enables it to place before its patrons with no degree of uncertainty a well-performed programme of music, even though there may be in some of the selections presented a few shortcomings. It would seem reasonable to judge of many things from a comprehensive point of view, and a musical performance is one of them Accepting that idea as correct, the n.. .i. r r ~.?cty cr. the 3rd w .:. like nearly all those given for a number of years, a good one. in some instances the orchestra approached nearer perfection than in others, and it might bo even said that on occasion it fell considerably short of requirements. But if such shortage did occur, there was ample in other directions to compensate for it, and striking an average gave as a result a concert that was meritorious and certainly enjoyable.
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Otago Witness, Issue 3117, 10 December 1913, Page 73
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