ENTERTAINMENTS.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 692, 17 December 1909, Page 4

ENTERTAINMENTS.

;'; .;THE. SCAREET TROUBADOTJRS. ::',•The. sparkling wit 'and' quaint, "atmosphere" wliioh permeate the performance' of ■ tho Scarlet Troubadours hayo .evidently':; increased the popularity of the company sinco their last visit' here, and the Opera Houso is .filled nightly. Another change of programme is announced'for this evening, and tho Troubadours bid farewell to Wellington at to-mor-row's entertaihmont. ./■;.. '

;;/;:':.,'■ '.' .y][ HIS MAJESTYfS. .'■ :' . " =' .His Majesty's -continues, to enjoy the appreciation: of its .patrons, which is sufficient evidence: that the high standard of excellence sot by tho management of tho Royal Pictures is. well maintained,. ..The programmo will be: screoned again- to-night, and .to-mbrrbw. the';usual .matinee and evening performances ,will : bbgiveu.;: v.'.;.;. V; ;■;,•:■; >/.-'/.,'■■'

. .'STAR PICTURES.: ~..;:: 'The Star.Pictures.will now bo.shown nightly at St. Thomas's Hall, Newtown, the last of the .prior - bookings of the hall having been gassed.; x There was.no exhibition last evening; ut'the pictures .will .bq.shown'as usual this evening, and a ihatinee jvill be held to-morrow afternoon; • ■ ';■;'..'.-'•' .'V

'.': : THEATRE:.ROYAL., ..'..- .! -Last .evening,'.;the. moving pictures at the Theatre Royal were screened for the last time. .:V^vvvfullers'; -;:,:.,^ The company engaged by Messrs. John Puller and Sons for.the reintrodbecion of vaudeville at the Theatre Royal to-night is an exceptionally, strong oiio, and.all the;main.,features of a modern; variety .show will be-in the pi ogrammo. There vare. comic; singers, - ;balladists, -trios, duettists,:. jugglers,:; comedy. sketch' .artists,.:etc. The box plan,'which,is now Open at the Theatre Royal.and.tho Dresden,..has, already, got. a large '.number of:.seats .marked..off. The entertainment should: pass off .most successfully; A-:epecial.'novelty is 'the first appearance in vaudevillb-of-the singing colliers, Messrs. Heath and'lanib; from Newcastle, who until a week ngo wero • awaiting eventualities in: the coaly city, for; they were, thrown idle by the closing of.: tho '■ mines.'; : They appear .in -.; their wbrkrng clothes;, and should bea decided attraction. ■;■':' ■}-::■■ >:"' : '.-,- y-V '■'".:. ;C.-:-",: v: ' '■'■■ "''

'•■•.. -UMK.';: ERNEST 'BLOTS; RECITAL..; ,'- '. /Wellington-is.to .be;congratulate(l on having secured / as "-'a citizen Mr. Ernest Bloy,/.thetalented violinist 'from .Auckland, 'whose advent :is ■'■' most opportune.- At -- the '. recital ■' he gave" in St.-Andrew's Hall- last evening, he more" than.endofsed/tho /good things, that have'ib'een'. said/about- him. ..Ho ..is an executant of;rare,ability,,'and infuses; refreshing. : life/and colour intoV-his work. .■ His bowing is clean and' powerful, and his tone, ■ which went-'off slightly at' tho. end of what .was .an exhausting programme,- was undeniably/ good and: oven.in. quality.' . His 'oponing/soli-, -.were tho""Preislie'd 7of Wagner, /transcribed "by Wilhblnij; tho';'..Schubert-Wilhelmi;'.- "Ave -Maria," and a "gavotte"' by./ Bach, which gave the now-comer, an .opportunity- of displaying his facile 1 bow to fino advantage.' It was. in the ■11 ax Bruch : showy - concerto (in 0/ Minor) that Mr./Bloy showed his, versatility, strength,' arid 'technical excellence: The. concerto is 'a popular. ';■■ one, scored -with 'delightful breftdth and vigour, and ranks, as a .test for. violinists. ■To say ,'tliat Mr./Bloy succeeded in oppressing tho ■ gracefulbeauties of; tho j vcrspiel, and.-. the. knowing .ymelodic.' charms of the adagio, movement:, la; only, doing- him'justice. ..It was,'how-,over,'-in; the- finale,: which- abounds in -broad, forcible, double-stopped '■;;passages, thad the player, rose'-,to.',considerable, artistic . heights, ! carrying /'the /audience/.which..;was composed very largely, of-, musical' people,■;along' with him by... his - exhilarating abaudori;? \Ho was '/vociferously/applauded; and, thoiigh obviously. tired by/his; fine effort, in the concerto, gave a dainty interpretation .of ■;■ Moszkowski's', . "Sereriata • ,Mr,>Bloy -also, played';aj'fteverie," by .Vieuxte i inps,,''nnd',Wieriiawski'B.: ; intricnto'; "Souvenir di' : Moscow." ..The,'latter number.was- handled ingeniously, erioU'gh, .but; the harmonic, passages' : wero: ; not. played..as -cleanly f -as they' might have ;bqen.;-;'Tho '.melodious i.Sarosato:- was--re-presented' on 'the jprogramino by.tho bracketed humbors; "PlayiDra/Kaiid-the fantastic "Zapato: 'Ado.";.>Ohc6V, tiVord,./encored,; >'■ the ' violinist' responded with .Hubay;s,"HejreJfati," a popu-, lar" number, capable of more' -delicato-treat-ment. ':.'-,Mr; / Bloy' ■'■ played'' through . tho ,ontiro prpgrammej without music, a,'.feat'of memory which' only ,'served'.' to : increase. -th,e". .respect for ■ his--powers-as,'ah. instrumqritalist, i'who will',bo /an; acquisition 'to','the"; musical "circle in."this' city. .>-Mr. ; ..John;..Cartcr,V;a; light bnrtitarie'. of fair quality,-: sang '"At the Ball". (Tsch'aikriwsky).. "To Chlons" -(nuynes)," and- "0 Bella Italia, .Addiol"v(M'Burhey). 'Tho accompahi;ments. were .exceptionally. well : 'played 'by Mf. Horace .Hunt.' //7;/ -■': '.'■■ ' ■/:'■■■' V- -•