GRAMAPHONE RECITAL

Timaru Herald, Volume XCVIII, Issue 18084, 19 June 1924, Page 6

GRAMAPHONE RECITAL

FOR COAL AND BLANKET FOND. On Wednesday evening a very succosaiui gramupuoue concert was given m me >vmimorm Tea Booms, by Mr waiter nruusueu, in aid of Die u .lvor's Coal and -blanket baud. Die recital was me second winch has "Been oven the first having been such a .meat’success mat Mr Brunsden decided to repeat it tor the benefit ot the 1- and. There was a very good attendance, and tn.e programme was a most enjoyable ,‘one. .. The machine used was the Claxton.7 ola, which has. a powerful and silentmotor, and Will play any record madei ft brought out to the full the pure quality qf tone in both instrumental and vocal records. The programme was diversified and well chosen, in included excerpts; from all the great- operas, sung and played by such world-famous artists as Galle-Curci, Enrico Caruso, LenghiCellini, Jascha Heifetz, Zacharewitsch, Mark Hambourg, anti many others. Items worthy of special mention were Lenghi-Cellini’s tenor solo Tor Aou Alone ” “On Wings of Song, (Mendelssohn), played by Jascha Heifetz a beautiful cello solo. “Silver Threads amongst- the Gold,' played by A\. H. qmiire and John Amadio s flute solo “Birds in the Wood.” During the evening Mr Brunsden sang, by special request, “A Hundred Fathoms Deep, and as an encore. “True to -Death. At the dose of the concert, the Mayor thanked Air Brunsden for the 'unount collected for the Coal atul Blanket Fund, and proposed a hearty vote of thanks for the recital, which was carried by acclamation.