MUSICAL LECTURE.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 630, 6 October 1909, Page 5

MUSICAL LECTURE.

■;-,■ -SOME PINE .OLD 'INSpUMBNTS.:,. ::, • Mr -' f e , ni; y •' Saint .George.i Trinity Coliege.exanK iner, delivered'- a' very enjoyable' '-nttisical'lec•ture,in ~the,'Sydncr'Street' Schoolroom last, evoninc to- a fairly •large audience.' '.■•''• ■' -The' Mayor (Dr.Newman)', in introducing the' leoturer asa. really,eminent.:mnsician: spoke of tho.grcarvalne of the Trinity College, examiria-, ■tions--to Kew.Zealand,"musical pupils,'who were thereby .-enabled ;-to.:prove -that, •the'ir-'atfaiii-' m «nts were up to..a standard set'.in^lon'don.'.''• - The lecturer,, at, the- outset,.gave .some-i'd- 1 vice to .teachers .and .candidates for the. Trinity,College■•;.,examinations. : 'v. Much- difficijlty- \iii oauswl in-the ..examinations-by-the riervo'usness : pf oandidaUs.x This>as, often. the- result: of overwork. - The. bulk .of -the candidates from..overwork- during :the'list, ifa'w days . before., the examination. " They' shouldcomplete '-.their.-examination' studies ,-i earlier,anU come to; the .examination with : more fresh- : ness. and ;vigour.:-,'He. advised:'themvndtV.td. .practise;.:on the 'morning-' of: the, examination.' Sohle pupi | came purely.with the;idea;bf get--.tin? a ,certifi.cate,' ; ',ihstea(l: of getting their' mul-: 9rt n «P^.ty: .measured; up^: They .-.'should ribt' think about,.passing. ;or.',failirig,:;but v 'shonld try t P ;.sce- what. : thoy, ; could' learn ffom^.tho'' SL™H,- ge '"- --' d ? lred ' 60.'marks: might'rlearh more than,.one , .who / got: 90;' ( Be eScour'S -candidates, not. l to,be.,nervons aboutTSfp' •Play <m : .a strange piano. .■TKe'-*sgffliner"*ouW re^gni B o.,any; t difficul t that i^'bnHkLlS^' •atonV-oo.rrect.!rt'ndey l 9g V- (i; ■* • d -P la - vsln °e' , «ly.4ndcarefuiry--and'--)Sf''.rt,' e - xam i ;? er : t0 -':9'=«pt trnly. the;rs,, .Musie.was inVnV to bieans siiM f^ d -pfljitM'.'S 7 d : ' L cs * e dea'.Wing'.that'-ffie-stu-: would - improvise-. ~;Eupils.-must-be Sfil S to; sWntror oblifeatf on.^eJother,hand -th'ey: .eXaggeratiojv. which ••sonmlirtM bfoughrtheir; ', ■ jhe;le;ctwrer' ffien^Wbiii^ia^aQ. seyeraUnticiue beautiful iMtruaente: !h e ; first, ; wfts,a,yipl,-d , amqr e ,'.2M.- ; or-3 an, instrument of >U'strings,np ? A y- and i^ e «-^mpa®c" ? 8 •strotched, -underneath.. the- ■ fet • sov^' name of;,theinstrument.was-su'ggeste4:-.by'-ife' softness; : andv tendern^s:'of»tbn^M?. : aD : oldFrench-tuheon:the vfol!' and...afterwards,' '.by.,way' of, exhibiting'W ST r? : s™tioti,- beautiful w^T 6 -°f ?5»5 S -warmly applauded. .-■ : Mr.; Saint, George--re--m.arked: that-thoro- were only ciirht. : nr-.''nirini professional.players .on'.the Europe,- and ho.thought: t deserved to 'hn'mhr«popufar solectionSy cense" (Faure) and "•LM-Cl*hesH- ; .(«th.''S' tury) .also.served to il ustrate tics of ;what could. ovidently,:bo.in •competent'' hands,an exquisitely;charming instrumen "" nf A .viola da gamba, described: as', the, of., the cello, was: next produced. .This was an .instrument of fine tono and' 'admirivX. workmanship.'. Mr. : Saint - *' 'i&'ifi 9 ?*' #i H :?m<*ms,: of ' Cremona, m, 170*, -was-the last'instrument: -"Ee'vefie." by Viouxtemps, and Zapeteado," by 'Sarasatd' ™n'^ d % *«' -se^ea. to' di: monstrate the fine qualities of the .geUas to give .much; pleasure to -tho'iudieniie.:' He also played ,pni the piano. a,m6vemehtfr6m : Beethoven g Sonata,; op. 23. . '• ■.■. ■' o * 6 of^h' l^ 3 "«;moved V'tne? : Verj ; Rev.. Dr.:. Kennedy, .rector of 'St."' Patrick's 1 College, seconded ■by .:Mr.;. W: Eaymond -'and: carried unanimously... '.-■.•: •.-..- ■/.-;,..•.,. •■» •-.'■' The'ac'coinpahimenta'were'-'.playH '■ by."Mr' -S'' Cimiho,'-■-.-.. '• ■-, ■-■• ■- .:••'-,...".■■,:*