MUSIC IN WELLINGTON.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1466, 14 June 1912, Page 4

MUSIC IN WELLINGTON.

MR ROBERT P\RKl T i'-5 JfTCOLLLC- / ''■/'■ ;;; ."TIOXS;: ,; f.' Mr. Robert Parkcr wrifes as follows■' *'WSiile admiring rha skill; with; which .your reroi-ter has;welded my. spasmodic ;',utteranccs. : :.'into;,'Mm'ething;';likd';n narratiye,. I .dcsire, to correct • one ov two jrhich;■ haver-doubtless /through' my ;fa.u!t^rept..'intp/tlio'accpi!'rLt'^ work in-.Wollinh'tcn, which, you, have, bsfir. ;good',.e'noii:gh;'to:'.publ!Sliy;s.;;: i . . :! J.ThM::first';is.';"auV:Hihimportaht detail , p:arri\'ed;:in^W^^ ifln sr. tHT,", d.Hit. had lived /ir.: Christ-; church, ;w!iere : ■■r..'was/ ! orgauist!/; , ;bfj'j'Kt/ Juhn= an I fat Alulaels md 'conductor.' of the Christchureh : .Alusical /Society; 'sih'ce■■:lS7o!:/' ,::r V; j! ;^/;: < // to:.-posb. asl- a., pioneer. dii/!chprals/hiiisic^i!ii;Weuiiigfoh;/whatever I . may havo done to develop it. •.When ] inrriveil/liere 1. fomnl a ••; well-organised Choral' Society of ebiiut IC3: voices, ~ and a Muall but ■ The honour ol the pioneer work", with- theso bodies -..is/ undoubte'diy.- ono ..in largo ■measure,..lo^Mr.;':'.:^ ducted, them; for many year?, ar.d' pro;duc«l;;sey ore 11/off.l-heioider./standard; works ivith much success. Afier' - Jlr. Mowbray's rotireinent ironi the. Fcoioty, .Mr. Ashcroft Edwards held , tho .baton, until /justi'JtSefo'vel- my fi'rrival/hero.' . My'work began .'with the .first performunco. of 'Elijah.' in Eeccmber, ISTS; ; ''vAftpic I rest -~ :ii vrrv talented- in iisicia n, came from liagla.iicl /arid'./;febk/Z;th<v;y-orgah 1 /atZ St.: Peters... (1. honev-bv-stho-vvay, that I''did iiot'di-srrili'e.-'kat. hiU;.rie .building as a "b.ir.ii," bi;f it wos/certainly a.depresjing interior.! .. He was also appointed con-; ;.duc.tpi- :, pf :th'e : ,'Ch.b'i:i\l'/)Societ i ;my/'friend^Jcpi!i\ecfe(!^withi-St/.Paurs ; i end •of the' .town, w'.r'ch , -ovistwi' for, f.evera! years as the. 'H.-'riiionic/Ci'ib.' iajid: 'was. 1 :iLnally'.:mcrged;;.iiife/iiW/ larger/ speiet.y, wiiich I continued ,to conduct.'-:••'

"The later/developments ,<>f.our musical .societies belpnij- /trv iiioi(//.i'e'eqnl:; .libtory,; but. .1 aril. ;aniipiia!-;faf;rembve/.tiifc .impressibii 'wiUcK'.;my undeistocd by" your •represi'niaiiye. art likely aVid ]. 'therefore, Y.oz the favour of" inseriiba 'lor liu'so few lines.".. ' /v