A MAMMOTH HOUSE.

New Zealand Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic Review, Volume XVI, Issue 956, 2 July 1908, Page 17

A MAMMOTH HOUSE.

Since the days of Rubenstein no pianist of any note had ever attempted to give a piano recital in the huge Albert Hall in London until Mark Hambourg did so just before his departure for Australia. From the press reports of the performance his faith in his own powers as an executant was abundantly justified. The 10,000 people who filled the immense auditorium were quite carried away by the brilliancy of the performance. “The pianist,” says the ‘Daily Telegraph,’ “owing to his excellent touch, was heard even in the softest passages. He put forward a splendid programme and aroused special enthusiasm for his Chopin studies.”