ORGAN RECITAL.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1199, 7 August 1911, Page 8

ORGAN RECITAL.

Continuing his popular sr-rios of municipal organ recitals, Mr. Maughan Burnett. icitv organist! on Saturday evening presenter! a, programme which was is representative! is it was attractive. The series included a braskst from adiubcrt—

thn celebrated f-rhubert-Tausig "Marrhe Mililaire" and the melodious "Am Mrcr." enfl (if the cnrapr.ser's most charming: in.pi ration-. "Prrludp and F'igue, iii D Major." shewing t hp giant of musical [jeii'nj. in his mo.-i. <-!m i>tic vein, allorded generous ; !opr for Hie magnificent resaurens of the great, organ. A delicate "Minuet in G," from Pndemvski, v.as most enjoyable. a? al?" the tuneful

"Waldweb'on," from Wagner's. "Siegfried," and Chopin's "?Coctv.rns in E Flat." Herold's ever-welcome overture to "Znnpa" was on" of the most. generally popular items oil the programme. NEW THEATRE. A largo number of people visited tho New Theatre on Saturday, and the applause with whieh the various item; were greeted is ,of course, the best recommendation as 1,0 the quality of tlw pictures scrrened. When such good films a? "Thf Winning of Mis; La.igtlon" and "A Tough Tenderfoot" are presented, the programme can hardly fail to plea=e. SOUSA'S BAND. Sousa's famous band, under the direction of Mr. Edward Branscombe, opens a short season at tho Town Hall on Monday next. The band arrives in Wellington on next Sunday by the Christchurch steamer, and will be met by the massed bands of Wellington. These will play on the wharf, and head a. procession to the Grand Hotel. The box plan opens this morning at the Dresden. SUNDAY CONCERT. The big Town Hall wss packed to the doors last evening when (lie Wellington Professional Orchestra gave the fifth Sunday concert of the season. So great was tho pressure of the stream of humanity which threatened to flood the aisles and passages of .the hall, that the doors had to be closed as a precautionary measure. Air. Herbert' Bloy conducted the orchestra which created a very favourable impression indeed, though' one of the company, whose instrument: was slightly out of tune, lessened the charm of the Schubert Serenade in which Mr. W. H. Bowman had beon allotted the cornet solo. However, the defect, was not permanent enough to wholly obscure the grace of the melody. The items by the full orchestra included Rubinstein's brightly written "Trot i do' Cavaierie, a charming Minuet," for strings (Boccherini), the brilliant march from tile Berlioz opera "Damnation de Faust,", and a characteristic valse from the "Nutcracker Suite" (Tschaikowski), with Mr. 11. Moschini as solo clarinet player. The orchestra was assisted by Mr. W. H. Church', a very promising baritone singer, whoso . rather fine quality. of voice is not displayed to the best' advantage in his method of producing it. Ho sang "The Curfew"; (Gould), and, as an encore number, "Sincerity." Mr. Dave Kenny played the accompaniments.