WELLINGTQN LIEDERTAFEL.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 954, 22 October 1910, Page 7

WELLINGTQN LIEDERTAFEL.

-"•' •->: -■; :""■: ; fr--~--".:'.-:-■ '•.': The Wellingtbh Liedertafeli-tlie one society in the ; city' which "devotes itself. to male chorus singing oh the lines of the German original, gave its ; third: con.cert of the season in the Concert Chamber \last'evening.'';- The.- audience . was large and appreciative, and the musical fare was unusually interest- 1 jng.';.; While the Liedertafel/is to' bo congratulated on. encouraging'aVform 'of ■vocal art which should not be [ allowed to...disappear,, it is rather a "pity .that. !apme flew.bloAd is, hot 'introduced to' ijjnprbvo the quality of the tone body, .which is': not ; pi the -.highest,standard., Nevertheless, it'would ill-become the critic to carp at tho earnest striving of those who havo been wedded to part singing for so "long;-and whose efforts are as a rule artistic. Rather should tlioy be-encouraged and itheitjnumbers strengthened judiciously to remove the weakness../ Perhaps the.task is not an easy one, but' in a city such as this there should be plenty of young voices, coming" 'on that would be improved by .association with-the tried.members of tho Liedertafel, and. its experienced conductor, Mr.. Robert -Parker. .Tlie choral numbers sung- last evening were Beothoyen's,''Spring Time," H'p: charming cameo part songs '-'It's oh, to be a ' .Wild.Wind,", and,. '.'Feasting I Watch," bySir Edward Elgar, very nicely sung; Dudley';-.' Buck's .cantata ; "Chorus of 'Spirits and Hours" (lines.by Shelley), with solo sung by Mr. G. H. Bannister; "Reveries" (Storch);, an American conceit by Dudley Buck entitled, "In Vocal Combat," based on the ballads "When Other Lips" and "Rocked in the Cradle of the Deep," and "Landerkeniuing," a.splendid:chorus, ■ with solo effectively sung by Mr. Hugh ..Wright. Mr. Walter Warren's voice waiv hardly forceful-: enough for Mallinson's fine "Cavalier Song." He would do better in lighter ballads. Mr. W. S. Inman sang "The Old Superb" (Stanford), a. rattling song of the sea,, sung with commendable spirit. ;: Mr. Inman was assisted by'a chorus, not too.watchful of tho beat. Benedict's beautiful duet, "The Moon Hath Raised Her Lamp .Above" (from "The L'ily of Killarney") was sung by Messrs. R. B. Williams and ,G; Parsons with fair success, only. Miss Agnes Segriof selected the serious moon in song. Her numbers, most carefully sung, were "Pieta, Signore" (Stradella) 'and "Hark, What I Toll to Thee" (Haydn). Perhaps the most thoroughly satisfying items were tho violin soli of Mr. Herbert Bloy, who was in excellent form. Ho played Sarasate's "Playcra," a "Canzonetta" by D'Ambrosio, : Spohr's "Romance," and Drdla's "Serenado." -, Mr. J. p. Carr had a song (with humming accompaniment) to suit him in "A Servian Serenade" (Stritzhe). Mr. Eric ■Waters, who played most of tho accompaniments, played Raff's rippling "Rigaudon" with just the light touch needed, and Mr. B. Hoar contributed "An Evening Song" (Blutnonthal).

Tho Rev. Father Bartloy, M.A., of St. Patrick's College, is delivering a course of sermons at St. Ann's, Newtown, ou "The Roman Catholic Church and Modern Unbelief." Tho second sermon of the series, the subject of which will be "The Voice of the Church, the Voice of Christ," will be delivered to-morrow evening.