POPULAR PROGRAMME

Taranaki Daily News, 2 December 1938, Page 7

POPULAR PROGRAMME

VOCAL AND ORCHESTRAL NEW PLYMOUTH RECITAL There was a large and appreciative audience when a programme of vocal and instrumental items was presented in the Workers* Social Hall at New Plymouth last night. A feature of the first half of the programme was the piano solos of 10-year-old Pamela Thompson, 9-year-old Patricia Woofflndin and Elizabeth Woodward, aged 11 ' years. I The singing of Misses Joan Burrell, Joan Rundle, Billy Fleming, Kathleen McPhillips, Lucy Knight, Gay Reader, Valerie Smith, Doris Walker and Jean McNeill was finished, and their performances gave pleasure. The vocpl trio, Misses D. Walker, E. Crawshaw and Mrs. Mason, gave an artistic interpretation of "Lullaby," by C. Scott, while Victor Woodward scored a decided hit with a group of three songs. While the' second part of the programme was mainly instrumental, Mr. W. Watters and Mrs. E. L. Mason sang solos, which were well received. The songs by the vocal quartet were well balanced and thoroughly deserved the plaudits of the large crowd. The programme was:— Pianoforte solo, "Ding Dong," "Up in a Swing," ' Pamela Thompson; song, "Cuckoo in the Orchard," Joan Burrell; song, "Such a Happy World," Joan Rundle; song, "That's All," Betty, Fleming; song, "To a Chelsea China Lady," Kathleen McPhillips; pianoforte solo, "Minuet in G," Patricia Wooffindin; song, "In Summer Time on Bredon." Lucy Knight; song, "The Little Irish Girl," Gay Reader; pianoforte solos, "Air in C Major," "Album Leaf," Elizabeth Woodward; song, "Once There Was a Baby," 'Valerie; Smith; song, "My Heart Ever Faithful," Dbris Walker; song, "Elegy" (with 'cello obbligato, Mr. A. Ramsay), "Four Ducks on a Pond," Mrs. Ida Nicolson; pianoforte duets, "Polly Put the Kettle," "Yankee Doodle," Elizabeth and Mary Woodward; recitation and aria, "Thy Ch>enest Thine Hand," "Virgin's Cradle Song," Jean McNeill; vocal trio, "Lullaby," D. Walker, E. Crawshaw, E. Mason; pianoforte solo, "Sonatina," Mary Woodward; songs, "Ask if Yon Damask Rose," "Litany," "E Lucevan Le Stelle," Victor Woodward; songs, "Margaret at the Spinning Wheel," "The Blue Danube," Elva Crawshaw; "Instrumental trio in D Minor," Messrs. F. W. Symes (violin), A.. Ramsay ('cello), Mrs. E. L. Mason (pianist) ; vocal . solos, "The Linden Tree," "The Earl King," "Do Not Go My Love," "The Rich Man," Mr. W. Watters; violin solos, "Consolation," "Deuxieme Mazurka (op. 23)," Mr. F. C. Symes; piano duo, "With Laughter and Joy" (from the "Peasant Cantata"), "Danse Negre," Mrs. A. .Scott ahd Miss Elva Crawshaw; vocal solo, "In Questa Tomba Oscura," aria, "Ah, My Son" (from the Prophet), song, "Rain," Mrs. E. L. Mason; 'cello solos, "Orientale (op. 50)," "Gavotte, No. 2 (op. 23)," Mr. A. Ramsay; vocal quartette, "Un-di Fe Ben" (from "Rlgoletto"), Miss E. Crawshaw (soprano), Mrs.- E. L. Mason (contralto), Mr. V. Woodward (tenor), M*. W. Watters (bass); accompanists, Mrs. E. L. Mason, Mrs. A. Scott and Miss Thelma Cornish, L.R.S.M.