AMUSEMENTS.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXI, Issue 42, 4 October 1911, Page 5

AMUSEMENTS.

HIS MAJESTY’S THEATRE

The programme submitted on Monday was repeated last night, and will be shown for the last time to-night, a neiv programme being billed for tomorrow.

The chief picture in the programme is “Rachael, others being “The Tost of Friendship,” “Opportunity and the Man,” and “Billy’s Bible. “ Iho Magnet” is a good educational film, tho Pathe Gazette 116 deals with the usual assortment of topical events, and “Winter Traffic in Stockholm deals interestingly with the northern capital. The comic films include “Impudence Punished,” “The Bridegroom’s Dilemma,” and “The Power cl' a Policeman’s Helmet.” WEST’S PICTURES. West’s Popular Pictures will be shown in the Town Hall, Stratford, on Friday evening next. An exceptional programme is promised. FRANK HUTCHENS. A POET OF THE PIANO. There are many pianists who have achieved, a- certain amount of academical distinction, but very few who combine with it great “concert ability, Frank Hutchens, the young New Zealander, is one of the few exceptions. Hovon medals, including the great Chappel Gold Medal, two scholarships, and a batch of prizes and certificates, proclaim his academical achievements, whilst the enthusiastic Comment of the London papers on his various performances at the leading concert Halls, and the delight whicn hundreds of listeners have expressed cn various occasions, proclaim him a true concert artist. “The Times (London) says:—“Mr. Frank Hutchens plavod Boethoveii’s largo Sonata '(Op. III.): and Cesar Franck/s “Prelude, Chorale, et, Fugue,” with careful and earnest musicianship. He has a rare power of thinking out his effects so as to place them in a logical relation with-each other, find the climax of the great Frenchman’s masterpiece was admirably arranged.. , Frank Hutchens will be assisted by his brother, Mr. Will Hutchens, a tenor vocalist, of whom Sir Alexander Mackenzie said, “I congratulate you most heartily upon your performance, I hope and. .believe, that you will be . a great success.■ ’ Northern papers and 1 niiisical critics speak very highly of Miss Ethel Carter, the mezzo-soprano of the party, and such a trio of artists should meet with a record house at the Town Hall to-night. Seats may bo secured at Grubb’s Music Warehouse.