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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 12686, 13 February 1912, Page 7

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B FLAT SOPRANO SOLO. (Maximum points, 50.) "Bravo, Bravo, Don Pasquale." No. 1 (A. Letherby, Whangarei Municipal): Tempo di valse allegro moderato ct brillante. Very flat at opening, m fact very much out of tune; not sure of his notes in* bar. 8; trill and rail very fairly managed; bar 31 wrongly phrased; tone not sufficiently bright; accents at 38 and .39 . not sufficiently marked ; trill at 36 and 37 very nicely done; split top G at bar 54; at 71 very "indistinct here; omitted bar 85. This performance has- been very much marred owing to the player not having tuned hiß instrument, properly — (36 points). i No. 2(B. Bowater, Palmerston North): Tone somewhat thick . and indistinct; style too mechaniral; not' strictly m tune; bar 18 wrongly phrased; not sure of his notes nt 20; A at bar 31 very flat; accents nicely marked at 38 and 39, also at 45 ; improving from 54 and on, though still -out of tune slightly; rail at 64 and 65 well managed; first valve notes very much- out of tune. A moderately good performance— (37 pojnts). No. 3 (L. Neighbours, Westport Garrison) : Opening slightly out of tune; tone very fair; bottom D out of tune at bar 8; trill at 17 very well- managed; from 23 and on playing much bett«r m tune; tone also improving; C's out of tune, nt 41; trill at 46 and 47 well managed; not sure of his notes nt 55. I do not like the reading of the rallentando bars at 18 and 65; not quite sure of his G at 78. On the whole p. very fair performance — (39 points). l No. 4 (F. C. Wilkinson, Gisborne City): G's on second line a little out of tune; tone very fair, style likewise ; • faltered slightly nt commencement of trill at bnr 17; nevertheless very fairly managed ; rail at 31 very well managed; accent*- well marked at 3*B and on; from 54. playing much better m tune now; failed at 85 and 86; nevertheless a very fair performance. . Best .m tune so far, also best tone — (40 points). Nq. 5 (W. Summers, Wanganui City): Opens a shade out 'of tune; tone very fair, though it should be a little brighter; rail at 17 arid 18 very well managed; from 1? to 31 very nicely played; accents at 42 and 43 not sufficiently marked ; nevertheless he is playing very nicely; rail at 64 and 65 very well managed; best m- tone so far;, most correct intonation so far. A very' nice performance — (43 points), •-' , No, 6 (W. Combie, Waihi Federal): Opens with very fair tone; style very fair; bar 16 not a success; playing with very fair expression; intonation very fair indeed; .faltered slightly at trill m bar 48; at 63 missed second C sharp. This player has. infused a little sympathy into his performance. Excepting, for one or two slight mistakes has given a very nice performance— (4J5 points), „;.., B'-F^A.-I" EUnjRONIUM. „ . „- f ;.j . (Maiirpum point**, 60.) % ' "Blow, Bl^w, ,thou .Winter Wind." Andante . con moto. No. 1 (J.- Elder, Masterton Municipal) : Not strictly m tune at bar 3; ..very; • much, out of tune m bar,- 8; style somewhat mechanical; style not quite correct; '*'tmß- -player should cultivate a more legato /style -of: playing;, tofle! very fair; 33 -out of, tune slightly; marks of ' expression from 45 to 50 properly observed; nd lib at 59 not a success; he should i infuse more life into • his playing '• at the risoluto; 81. much out of tune. A moderately good performance—(3s points). - No, 2 (W. ,T. Gray, Wanganui City): Opens With nice tone, and is playing . with very , nice expression; A out of, tune nt;-.bnr 15; bar 22 wrongly phrased; faltered slightly at first; I> nt bar 29; from s*l to 60 very nicely played indeed; nsuloto well .-managed, On the whole a very nice performance — (39, points). No. 3 (H. McCaskill, Westport Garrison): Opens with fair tone, though style somewhat disjointed; F nt bar 16 not strictly m tune; j at 29 and 31 style not sufficiently legato; style is too measured, should play with greater freedom; intonation faulty at. the risoluto, and tone a little hard iv quality; | bar 74 not a success; 81 slightly out of tune. A very fair performance — (37 points). No. 4 (VV. Harris, Gisborne City): Opens with nice tone and is playing with nice expression; is phrasing very nicely; is playing nicely m tune and m good style; marks of expression properly observed; ad lib at 59 very we)l managed; the . rasoluto is receiving proper treatment at the hands of this player; intonation very correct ; . bar 87, the quaver should be played ft little broader. Taken as a whole a very good performance^ — (45 points). ?"o. 5 (J. Harvey, Palmerston North): Opens too boisterously; tone too hard and somewhat coarse; piu lento played too -pointedly; intonation faulty nt 13 and 14;, F much out of tune at 16, m fact the intonation is very fiuilty; cres at 47 very well managed ;' stylo not sufficiently legato from bur 51 and. on; phrasing very fair indeed; tone from 83 and on much too coarse jn quality. This performance has been somewhat marred by over, blowing; a moderately good performance^ — (36 points). No. 6 (C. Mills, Waihi Federal): Opens with very nice tone; playing with nice expression and the intonation is fairly correct; dim at 31 well managed, also ad lib at 32; cres at 47 well managed; F sharps at 65 and 66 a shade out of tune; playing with nice tone, though not quite so rich m quality as that of ' No. 4 player. On tho whole a very good peri formnneo— (44 points). No. 7 (A. K. Fulljames, Whangarei Muni* i cipal) : Opens with nice tone, playing with fair style; intonation a shade faulty at bar 7 ijiu Ipn'q well managed; did not give minim its full value at bar 16; F's at bar 25 not : strictly m lune; playing very nicely neveri thcless, nnd with nice expression: 35 to 41 1 very wejl played indeed; J? Nt 5Q a shade out of t tine ; ad lib nt 69 wpll managed ; phrasing very nicejy nt the risoluto, nlso is observing marks of dxpression properly ; ad lib . at 75 splendidly rendered ; quite . the correct stylo here; D (it 68 (-lightly out, of tune, Another very good performance— (43, p O - n t P ). No, 8 (R, Lender, Gisbbrpe City); Opens with fair tone; intonation faulty ab 7 and 8; • took breath at hnr 15; this -is wrong; playing with very fair tone and with Pipe expressipri, though not strictly m tnpe; flr^tvalye notes out (if! tune; -dim at. 31 well managed; A at 33 too. sharp;' F's in sfirst5 first .space much out ot

I mm; bar 57 wrongly phrased; ris<»lu(,o plajcd just, a little too lamely. A moderately good performance—^(36 points). No. 9 (A. A. Whiting, Wanganui City): Paltered slightly at A at bar 6; tone just a little hard m quality; too loud at piu lento; intonation a little faulty; F much out of tune at. bar 16; out of tune at 31 and 32; ores at 47 vcrv fairly managed; the same remark applies to* the r'isoluto. It is a pity that the intonation is faulty, which is marring what would otherwise be a good performance; from 83 to end of solo very well managed. On the) whole a very fair performance— (37 points), i