MUSIC.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1467, 15 June 1912, Page 8

MUSIC.

(Br TRi;nr,E CmfJ Miss Rosina Buckman. ■ .Miss Jiosiiia Buekniaii;,. riicnii.raged by, J[r. John jrCormack and ..Jl.elba,. .has , dp; ■ tfrmine-l to tiy a cast' iii. ..'tjie-..\vhjrrp'pp'l' of London opera. She h'a'jlongi-bepii : }o6k-: ing for a chance of cx r perienco that can only be obtaiiied: iii: tnegreat artistic, centres of'.thp:., jvprld— don, New York, Paris,, .^ieniia , , . JM.ilnii-,-Berlin, and Warsaw. TOiat'.thp. value ofsuch an experience is to'-,an; .opeivii singerdo one can compute. There expein.ence leads to another; pn.e:.ei!gagenient. to" another; impresarios gejftqrlkiipw ilfc.firsthand what an artist is oapabldjof.; .unci,, in. making his arraiigcnient i s>, ; f6>viv,,-f*.a'S(in-,. will pass in review beforfiihis^iuufKs. :.ey> all those singers whoseKwork;.!ii(?. "knows; That, is the 0110 great adyaiita^e..-pt;--.bjeing : : on the spot! ' ;<-. i,Miss liuekman inteiicls;;.tq.-leaye,.W.o!lingr I ton for London on Junoi^Tf'ijra^h^meiinK

time it is ton is goins to rise>to..tlip; , .occ:asip)iV?Vn(l l . i . do the handsome Zealand vocalist. Ifli^re , -Jia.Vie.-'.lJecii "rriany farewell concerts iri. but none, I fa ucy, ■ 'f>i'reii . of doing really well;.than, tli'at :f.iiJ f -Jli^ff , . Buckman, who has;Sa;. fin; 4 te.clini.cal •criuipm«nt and fail' experience' in ppei ; a tp wqjlc: , : , upon. " Her appearances ■■iv:i'.t!i:.:ths..,llelb.a .Qfera-. Company were really ~ ci-e;(litab;l& P-er. ■Musetfca in "La BpMrne" )va;s '.flie.iqpsrci.in -wjiiclj' .Mslba was the Minil. ■Buqkman. pfe ■ snhitely dominated' .the ■gay.seVon;;! a'cjf;.siiiging brilliantly ~ : - aij'J ' fiCting; ■vvitli I vivacily and captiyaiing^risoiicianM. Among the parts;wjiicli,s!ie knojfs-afid , ; could play at a daji'.s.'nptfoe/arei'.iritnt'pd , Jtuzetta ("La Boliem^'-)-, r-§nix . filfo. .San. and Suzuki ("Maldiinvo; .BuJWrfly;?* Sfe tuzza and Lola. T'Cayailenii. IJiistKanrt /■, Mai-'iierito and Jfafta it.i'ch.acla. and jrercedes Zar.ii. in A Mnorisli Maid." uAV :lia'.f' (lozea ■other roles of important ' JliSjs PiftUman Vs a hard worker, am! ~a fiuigk, .ciitljusiastifi student, lias plenty pfCtouper.amentj a'ml n physique caiKiblo'of:staiidiiiS .any.-ariiQimt of strain. Her conceit : i>rb.nif;es, fii: be pH6 of the events pf tlie.sxSsbn.,

Alfred Hill Again; Mr \lfral Hill Ivna written 'a mnsiiifr cent song. It is: by -fAp -Hie .iintat i-li.i'u'&: tliat lie lias donoi:find , the;. ; wi«(:pr believes that it is destined, -ta- !w:#uig. fni- -iiiftl wifle. by those big artists :jy,lio'carf bo. brpiißlili' to realise tho beixufy :of; th.R t)iei(\is iind the, power of eivchaiitnient in its cpnceiition ' "'«■ The son? is cWtiiled r %na.fa; Maori,'! , and is wrillon for'it (liyiiiiiiim sC!i)! , i*!i& Sditl (juarli-t (opliona-Ti- Vctv mIM? the composer lists inlaWcTiiscil, Wi:iit Soil; ffiiSi-nt; fiimiliar air, "Holti:," \vnU-toi(Avii to .nißsf Sluork and fliif fiW ijMlrjvlrtiftV*hnka of welcoiiie , , "Ivainafcj ivisnVatey.. wliicli, wliil.'t still prpsprynig- Hie rliyllinv; of the liaka, is seifoto a fill<" nngi.ii.S ineK ody. 'J'lien in chnrhViiis contrast: wiues-tlio. finale—a cool, peappfli'li Ipfe. lyric., ler.iiiiijr ill ing in the .s\ypeU v ?t of .Maori. i'Vpoiis , ,: This song is fa b> sling by Jl-iSs li.Uckr mnii at tins <NViicci:i to lie. l e'jider.eil lie!' on Monday week-lit t-Jifr "J'OiVu -HiiUV M'Cormick at Ccyitft Garden. Mr. John M'fe'hfinjck fofciirSHjil (30 -{.'p. vent Garden at Hie, csVicl. of April',. tfiisv? the. music of UuiloKy U "JvA .-HxljOKi:.." ][<> superbly, fjvy Hie: n:ilics. Tire. "Tclewtph" ob.-S/fA'Cs -flint it k- Biro ('Kit a ycium; artist .has- sliflffii hi llic.i short period "of 12 mp.ll.tJl.? so ns.t.riii.iH.lftipr rt.i) fll-tistie advance; Vjiijt his voice \vas Mvtr, ■in lull of the (|iia|itv lor opiM-a, and thaf to 'ha",. »v- Jinno'lfri, i.rjiprovud out of ail wurwlwiip in SiHUP !deporlniont. This, inipwive.n.ri'ill. d Wi-U l.«' remembered, wii-s cffliinieiih'fi. flpcili i-n KV.U nev during the SNba sennit. Jn Mm s-l'i-sence of was the .Mimi. Xtu , -!( *M ™« la<l «"ii-un. .iniHu'i. waW v.:iWiiK piiiv'eii; H.M.::if J M'fife if'la Ihe Si-hiiwrarf.. aiul SUwJeiisS Hie , Colliiu-. Thero. «.» ,V >VwUnity llookvi--vv:iw is cuf.b.utiiß.kd. w. tl' ,, '