PROFESSIONAL ORCHESTRA.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1889, 18 October 1913, Page 13

PROFESSIONAL ORCHESTRA.

The Wellington Professional Orchestra will conclude its season -of Sunday concerts to-morrow evening with a particularly attractive programme at tho Town Hall. Tschaikowsky's celebrated "1812" is to bo given, with tho assistance of the City Band. The work open s with a Greek hymn tune.given out by a sextet of strings, reinforced later by tho woodwind instruments. This is the prayer of the Russians for tho deliverance of their country. This works up. and broadens out until tho first shot is heard, and all is alive and moving in preparation for war. A quiet Andante movement, very military in character, follows. This works up to an Allegro description of battle, which grows more and more terrific and exciting. When tho Russians aro gaining tho victory tho musio assumes a sequence of descending passages on four notes of the scale, and, adroitly changing tho tempo back to that of tho opening movement, tho clamour suddenly culminates in tho prayer theme with which the overture opened, and is thundered forth by orchestra and brass band in tl\e form of a joyous 'thanksgiving. The whole work is looked upon as one of the most marvellous pieces of orchestration ever written. Mondelsshon's overture to "Ruy Bias," and tho March from Tannhauser (Wagnor) will also bo given. A special effort is being made by the band to augment its new music fund, and it is hoped that patrons of to-morrow's concert will not bo unmindful of this.