MUSIC.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 936, 1 October 1910, Page 9

MUSIC.

; :: -- j 'By Tkeblb Clei.) Garrcno In Sydney. !.; In' 'the case of Teresa ■ Ca!rreno. (says .t'lio : : " Sydiiey.,, -Morning - Herald" of, . September f lD), • '•. the ; !,, lustre of ,; ,a', -'great • name; is allied with musical achievements of so much power pf .charni,- that • nothing less ■ than . tho 'jeidiiost]recbgiiition,-of :;her: dbriiinating place in tlie-.ii'orld or .'art is possible; On Saturday-;evening -this'pianist, ; until, lie'r {i-equently^iriisclassedwith;^^bravuraiplay- ■ sbssing^^:a;-technic,arbrilliaricy : ancl vigour .of tlie 'bestdf'i'the. •■'"still ! ;the; elevated: interpretation or the. subject. in hand.. was acc'ordirigly! welcomedv - i^r6dairi§-^all\-th6";ey^ingitV®.s'=th : q;.'iudir". : eiice,;;, which < body "of ::prof eSsional,! ■ musicians;' : gave -iheriiselyes'. up.; to 7 the >,witchery; of :-tbk;houiV;^ i'v;;Af^r'jts6 -Mine.. ;;quite : ■anil'^ .by-'jMlle.. Aritpnia. Dblbres,;; tho two'-artists;. ex-pressing-in. French their mutual 'delight atltho.meßang: ,-, Mlle./Dolores is her-/ : seH a connoisseur ; in''pianprplayirig;- haV-i lirig |heard;Seafly,-,'all tho great' artist¥/bf: ;th6 „day, : and had . for; years ' desired, to /adA/Garrena/fe^ , experiences!;,y/ y Tho ;JFreric!h;.soprano,' it/may..be; remembered,' began her ,:frefiuent)y/:played ;at. to 'n'ef' agtHl patron, the late* Duchess'/of' /Cambridge.'/;/-V/;:;;: :: :;v ■!:,;- )■' /-;!;

Toyr of a Creat Choir. .patters Mn \iiext year,;of ;the.'famous'' Sheffield Choir, : ! arejnaturally, eugagiug:'tho LWtoatioii 'of; , ; ones. ;• It may. be. accepted that : every, musician' inAustralasians' fully!, aware; of importance of such a/colossal riindertalring; "aiid eyery/siiiger, chdrister,; and soloist .must realise .the: great educational value "of . the visit; of-the W '.Uo^'edvo^oii;V; of such* a ; large;,mmber,'as;'.2oo/meii('and women, ' jtheii;:! transport: :"through,the different Euglistspeaking'countries of the world; and,,their housing I 'while. in, tho . various . cities, ;.will.. bej a .work requiring perfcct' power of 'organisation. The tour will, last 'feix months 'from!<late of, departure and ' return .to'*,',London. In; that' time "visits-...1yi1]-!M 'paidytd:-Canada,' New Zealand,. Australia, ' and . South . Africa) the 1 time 'spent/ln Voyaging alor.6' beingvijuglily' three months, thus! dividing the tour .fntb equal . portions of , working and travelling;' though, :'of course, the choir intend. doing some rehearsing iwhile : at; sea! . It was' at first intended that; tho visit should be ..to British countries, only,- ' •'•but : owing to the persistent- .requests, from '. American ' cities ;it has'.' been cided' that.the choir shall make, flying, visits to Now York,! Philadelphia, Washington, Pittsburg, Chicago, Si,. Louis, ,Cincinnatti, and other .cities. :'Sir Edward' Eljar will journey', specially ■to Cincinnatti for the, concert there, ' and. it, will give, an idea of . the; interest' aroused in the United States when it is: told £12,000 has been guaranfteed L by;, the residents of the' cities; named. . . Salnt-Saens. ~ Saint-Saon^, is not only a composer who cari'.write music*, in the styles of aH times, ;from:that: of . Bach: to' Jour* own,; but lie. is an expert ill the sciences, notably-, a^trbiiohiyfor his contribution's' to'which.,ihe has boon honoured by French academies. lie is also,' liks Lilli Lehman, a leaded ■in the': mover, ment for combating cruelty to * animals. | A few years ago lie wrote some vigorous ■ articles in 'French . papers',, against tho barbarous, sport. of. "pigeon , shoot-, .irig. At'tlic last meeting of the French Society . for the Prevention of Cruelty t.n Animals- his services:: wero' the object of a .special eulogy. ■"