CONCERT IN DUNEDIN.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XVIII, Issue 22, 24 September 1886, Page 13

CONCERT IN DUNEDIN.

A concert in aid of the Christian Brothers' School building was given at the Princess Theatre, under the conductorship of Herr Scherek, on Friday evening. The programme opened with the chorus " So merrily over the Ocean Spray," which was sung correctly and with much sweetness by the girls of St Joseph's School. The lady vocalists were Miss Conway, who saogSullivan's " Oace again " in an especially charming manner ; Miss Woods, who gave the favourite " Kathleen Mavourneen " very sweetly ; Miss Corrigan, whose rendering of Gottschalk's "0 Loving Heart, trust on," with 'cello obligato, was in the singer's usual true and expressive manner, and who also with equal skill sustained a part in the trio 4< The Hawthorne in the Glade " ; and Madame Morley, who had ample scope for florid execution in an aria from Donizetti's " Torquato Tasso," giving in response to an encore, " Home Sweet Home " with admirable feeling, and whose fine voice was again heard to great advantage in Blumenthal's " Remembrance." Signor Carmini Morley gave in a very effective manner Hodson's "Tell me, Mary, how to woo thee,' for which he received an enthusiastic encore. Mr. J. P. Harris created a most favourable impression by his singing of Mattel's " Never More," and Messrs. A.'A. Corrigan and J. Blenkinsopp were heard to great advantage in the trio, " The Hawthorne in the Glade." The instrumental pieces were Mendelssohn's " Spring song," a 'cello solo performed in Mr. Waud's best style ; a trio from Beethoven, for piano, clarionet, and 'cello, by Herr Scherek and Messrs. W. H. Corrigan and Waud, which was a very fine performance, and Liszt's " Hungarian Rhapsody," played on the piano, with delightful effect, by Herr Scherek. — The amusing play of " Mad as a March Hare " followed, and was carried through with intelligence and spirit by Messrs. P. Carolin, R. A. Dunne, W. Power, W. Pearson, J. P. Hayes, J. G. McKelvey, and J. B. Dundon. The house was well filled by an appreciative audience, and the whole resulted in a marked success.