SUNDAY CONCERTS.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 735, 7 February 1910, Page 6

SUNDAY CONCERTS.

The -Town .Hall was'-packed.:to'..th« ; doors ' last tnjght',? when;- the; WellingtonProfessional ■ Orchestra, under the-direo.. tioii' of" Jlissrs.,.Fritz' Hart'.and'Frank. S:,[ Oakes. gave a concert; in. aid of, the.widow k : and' '.family" of'the .late-;• Mr.'// William / Crawford/' "Mr.; Grawfoi;d' was'Jone 'bf.'tV., founders- 6fj' arid:'drummer to,, the! Pro • fessio&l 'Orchestra,' land' was, accidentftllj " drowned oil. the yaiht. patroiius' at ; Wet' ■ lirigton, 'Heads', '.'on '^Christmas '-.morning.; The .'orchestra.', did,. §qmo 1 excellent- .work;' which I ,won- hearty! ."applause'from;- a- Huge;: audience.: Their! first' effort was Chopin'j V . Grand- Funeral Marchi / which';w'as: fol- .' lowed _by the overture:. : 'Tjight' Cavalry' 1 ' (Suppe)." "The Entry of '.the Gladiators,";. and "March- -from.'-. Tannhauser,"- : coin*: : plated the orchestral VofkV'..-Miss Mauni -. ■sell sang, "0 Dry ! Those Tears'' : (Del : . lteigo),' feeling,- 'and 'llrl!. Sharplev s ! who sang Blumenthal's "Evening Song, ■. and-'Messrs..-Radcliife "and" Mittami -who"combined in the dufet ."Watchman; ; What ■' of :the Night" ..(Sergeant), were loudly' applauded. ■ Mr.:. Gotcli'.; playfcd a : 'cello bracket,' (a), Berceuse (God'ard),'! and' (b) "Seronado Oriental" (Popper). • " • : MASSED BANDS. •!A beneht concort, was also given, at Newtown Park yesterday afternoon by the massed:-bands,; under-the-direction . of ; the■ Professional* Orchestra,-, the- object t in 'this instance.!also, being, to -aid. the-'-late Mr.Crawford's .widow. i. -There .was;, an attendance of,'something like 2000, aud ; the, collection, l .realised, about <£50.-. Individual bands' played selections, :and, the massed bands, under. Bandmaster'. Clare--;* b'urt, played' the contest, march.; t t'Newcastle,' and tho National Anthem,i>;'--.v.