MOZART'S CENTENARY IN DUNEDIN.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XX, Issue 8, 11 December 1891, Page 7

MOZART'S CENTENARY IN DUNEDIN.

The Mozart celebration in the Garrieon Hall on Friday evening was a decided success. Tne first part of the programme consisted of selections from the Twelfth Mass, the solo parts being finely taken by Mrs Angus, Miss Cooper, Mr Blenkinsopp, and Mr James Jago. Mr Arthur Towsey, who conducted, had got together a numerous chorus, and, as usual, had made the most of the material at his command. The orchestra also was judiciously chosen, and performed their part admirably. The results were highly appreciated by the large audience present. Miscellaneous selections were afterwards given with equal success. Mr P. L Jones sang the serenade from ■'Don Giovanni " with his accustomed ability, the beautiful accompaniment that forms so marked a feature in the song being charmingly played on the mandolin by Mr A. G. Baker. A delightful performance waß a quartette, Op. No 1 ia G minor, for piano, viola, violin, and 'cello, played by the Misses West and Busck, and Messrs Schacht and Wmckelmann. A clarionet solo, " Larghetto '' from Quintett Op., 108, by Mr W. Corrigan, was also admirably performed. Mr Manson, who, at a moment's notica, replaced a vocalist claimed by the influenza, gave a very creditable rendering in English of " Qui a'degno," from the " Magic Flute." Messrs Barth and Towsey perormed, in a masterly manner, an " Original Sonat a " as a duet on two pianos. Mrs H. Bose gave a most musical interpretation of the area, " Voi che Sapete," from the " Nozza dij Figaro," and Signor Squarise and Mr Barth, as a matter of coarse, excelled in an adagio and rondo played as a duet for violin and piano. Miss Blaney, whose name was on the programme for a song, and a part in a duet, made a brave and self-sacrificing attempt to fulfil her engagement, although suffering from the influenza, but wa9 obliged to yield, the audience markedly testifying their sympathy. Tbe result should be a considerable aid to the charity in whose interests the concert was undertaken, and Mr Towsey is to be congratulated on the success attained;