CONCERT IN DUNEDIN.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume X, Issue 489, 25 August 1882, Page 17

CONCERT IN DUNEDIN.

A concert, in aid of the St. Patrick's Brass Band Fund, came off on Friday evening in the Temp' ranee Hall, Dunedin, as advertised by us. The ball was well tilled, and the music was very creditably rendered, and much enjoyed by the audience. The lady vocalists were Mrs. Murphy and the Misses Hill, Hall, and Cai roll ; and the gentlemen Messrs. Filzer, A.Corrigan, and N. Smith ; the instrmner^alists being Messrs. Waud and J. C. Norman. Both portions of the programme opened with a pianoforte duet brilliantly performed by Messrs. Waud and Norman, and Mr. Wnud also gave a solo on the violoncello, of which instrument he is an admitted master, and which well deserved the encore demanded. Miss Hill suog " The Blind Girl to Her Harp" in the first part of the programme, with very good expression, and in the second part gave "Terence's Farewell " with admirable humour and pathos, singing in reply to an encore "Killarney." Misses Hall and Carroll sung with much Bweetnese and truth the difficult duet " The Wind and the Harp," and Miss Carroll also gave with taste and feeling "To the Woods," and took the contralto part in the duet " Peace to Thy Spirit," sung very effectively v* ith Mr. Fitzer. " The Lover to the Bird," sung by Miss Hall, was rendered with simplicity and sweetness, and, in response to an encore, the fair vocalist gave with an equal charm, " The Murmur of the Shell." Mrs. Murphy's singing on the occasion was, as it always is, notable for its cultivation and artistic in a very high degree. Her voice, which is a very puie and delicate soprano, has received a perfect training, and the lady's native talent has enabled her to profit to the full by the caie evidently bestowed on her musical education. Her singing of Gottschalk's "0 1 Loving Heart" was a very charming piece of vocalisation, and the song with Mr. Waud's obligato was a rare treat to the audience. Mrs. Murphy also took part in a duet " When the Wind Blows in " with Mr. A. Corrigan, and was heard to much advantage in a tiio and quartette — to whose success her singing largely contributed. Mr. Fitzer gave " The Death of Nelson," with feeling and spiiit, and sustained the other parts allotted to Mm very creditably. Mr. A. Corrigan, who possesses a baritone voice of exceptional quality, and which only needs perfect cultivation to obtain ior its fortunate possessor the highest Honors of the vocalist, also acquitted himself very laudably. His song, •' Good Company," was highly enjoyable,— but a little more attention on hi a part to the distinct utterance of his words when singing would be an improvement. Mr. N. Smith sung with feeling thd well-known fong " Ever of Thee." The accompaniments, played by Messrs. Waud and J. C Norman, were, it is needless to say, played admirably.