AN AMADIO RECITAI.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2137, 1 May 1914, Page 3

AN AMADIO RECITAI.

Signor John Amadip, tlie tslentod Mclbouriio flautist arid an ex-resident of Wellington, gave a- private : recital before a fow friends yesterday evening, and succeeded in delighting* t-tioiix ivitli his playing. Mr. Amadio, who has no rival in Australia, is ii facile executant with extraordinary breath control, which makes his phrasing something t« wonder at. Ho.-produces a full resonant tono throughout the resistors, and plays, with admirable vitality and "crip." ' Signor Amadio exhibited.'his skill in tho well-known variations on the "Carnival do Venice" thorns'!, '-"fto Wind in the Trees," a descriptive pierce, well-known to solo fliutists, am} a'fantasi,a on "Ronsscan* Dream," It was, however, in the plnyiiHr of T.tiP Biioh "Chaconne," a composition as (lifficult as it is beautiful, that the flautist"-was heard to advantage. Tho lorifj restless runs that marked the oprejiinnr were plavcd with perfect ekrity 'and iUwncy, and the slow movement f»«ve the flatr't--ist an opportunity to display the bounty and oycnnnss of his tone. ' Finally Mr. Amadio playod an efFcetis ; e and very difficult little study, which conveyed Uio impression at fimes-that a trio : of flutes wero einragcd, Signor Amad'o was warmly thanked fnr tlie musical treat lsj* had offered bis hearers, and tlw visitor, oil Tiis "art, thanked Mr. Bomartl Pap-p ("itv Organist) for his accompaniments, statin? that there Was no aooopvavisst >ir i\[elbourne to comnnre tvitti hii". TT n had played tho "Clia-cppue" ot, Hfioh several times, hut uevoc lmd h<! had tho fortuno to have such brilliant support at' Hie pianoforte. Signor Anmdio leaves for Sydiiov oi! route to Melbourne to-tiny. TTo 'nmv return during tin; sifinnwi' vic-atiofi. It mi he will ciideavr/uv to ronk" ments to give n concert hi Wellington.