CELLO CONCERT.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1586, 1 November 1912, Page 5

CELLO CONCERT.

The cello concert wh,ich was given in the Concert Chamber of' the Town Hall last nvenjng by Mr. F. R, Johnstone and a number of his musical friends may be J lassc , d as one.Of the,.best efforts , of localtalent th)s. season. The programme wag a delightful one,- full of variety, .-and. in Us constituent item?, of superior qnality. ino encoro nuisance ■ was , rather iii evidence, an, obvious, cause of the oveitrcquent 'tis" being the eshubornnt persistence of a certain section of the audience, whoso preference apparently was for quantity., npt quality. No ono would ueny a. performer., the'compliment of <i recall to bow his or her acknowledgment, but the appreciation should, as a general rule, end there. It should be remembered by both ■ performers and audience that distinction is conferred upon an encore largejy-by the rarity of the demand, and wheti that is so the Value of the apprfir ciation is proportionately enhanced.- Howover, it says something for the; quality, of the programme numbers that the Interest of tho audience survived the 'nuisance, A notoulo feature of the concert was tho delightful quartet singing of Miss-Gladys Watkins, Miss Doris Dall, Mr, • C. , H, Stephens, and Mr. AV, J. RobbinS, who sang Sullivan's "When thn Budding Bloom of May" and "Strange Adventure, Battison Haynes's "Sweet Vales of Devonia," and C< Leo Williams's "The Pedlar"—the. last number was particularly enjoyable., The voice's were nipely balanced, alid aang in admirable concert, One hopes' to hear more of this mixed voice quartet which there has been a strange lack in recent years—in the future.. Another feature of musical interest was the 'cello orchestra of 20 performers, conduoted by sfr. L. F. Wutkins. Although a trifle amateurish in its worki as w-as ( of coni-se, to be es-: pected, the orchestra nevertheless inter proted- a tuneful "Nocturne" .(Marfcus) and Cowen's "Minuet d' Amour" with a,li apiroenlile. degree of espression tind finish. Mr. G.-H. Stephens {tenor) contributed a brackot of Goulter's—"Julia" and "Daisies'"'-aud Battison Haynes's "Her Hair the. Net of Golden Wire," and "Now is My Chloris," in liis characteristic finished style. Mr. Baxter Buckley, -who needs no farther iutroduefcion as an accomplished pianist, contributed, as his progrnmnie numbers, Roll's "Gipa Con Varinzoni," ii berceuse of Hynski's, aild . Vogrich's "Staccato Caprice," while Mr. ; i\ R. .Tohnstoiiq's items included Coss- ■ maiui's "Tarantelle," a "Contabilo" (from , Ctii), and Popper's "Uivgarischo Rhapsodic." A. 'cello quartet—Mr. and Mrs. F I!,. Johnstone, Mrs. F...Montague (a j; I the piano), and Mr. N, Martin, played Popper's "Rnqniem," and there wns also ~ ii- 'cello septottoi Which . oiienwl the concert With the overture to Rossini's "Wjl- ' iiiim Telh" Miss Ina Ghw arid. Mr?. F. ! R. Johnstoni! played the uccpmpaui- j uients. • -...' (

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