Madame Arabella Goddard.

Clutha Leader, Volume I, Issue 20, 26 November 1874, Page 5

Madame Arabella Goddard.

•*3 * ■" V 1 (From the • Otago Guardian.') | We believe Madame Goddard will | have no reason to complain of her re- J ception in Dunedin, for last evening, 1 (24th inst.) — the occasion of her third 1 concert-r-the Queen's Theatre was 1 crowded in every part with an audience jj assembled to pay homage to the great If pianist. .It was quite remarkable to m notice, during the interval that must of M necessity occur between the song and '3 her first pianoforte solo, how the au- M dience seemed to be reserving their m energies to receive her with the niosc M rapturous applause — only given to an fl artiste of high merit. We could not ,M say one word in praise of .her per- M formances' but we were sadly disap- M pointed at her selection, beautifully jj played as each was in its turn. The Jl compositions, with the exception of the' Jl first, " The Harmonious Blacksmith," jfl by Handel, were not likely to raise the i| standard, or cultivate the taste for the /vf| higher and more classical branch! of . 'Jl music which we are ever striving to >; m aim at. We are quite sure '"'that ' M Madame Goddard I—were1 — were she asked M which she would rather play— would at ||§ once, and without hesitation, choose the J|| better class ; therefore we feel we may '-1H venture to remark on it, hoping it will receive due consideration at the hands qM of her manager. We need not com- 'Mm ment on her first solo: everybody- was l||j charmed. with it, and at the conclusion /"-^ the applause was deafening. \ She- ; wil-/Vlß| lingly came and played as an encore alil^ spirited valse, requiring 'great execu-i: s ;|^a tion. ' The fantasia from " Masaniellp^^^H arranged by : Mr ; Thalbe^^^fe|vCTy^M| beautiful piece, yintroducingthel^^ tello, which ; was /faulrtessl^ The t arrangernen t» :pf ---lScStch|^rl|^^^3B Buisac, "we;did' : hb-£ca^rortf^^ be : siippOseXyW^t-£^^ thfrplaying, ,NevV?rtbelesslM^ a hea^ei&reS ,tbe^am^|halllu^ll%^^l^^H