ORGAN RECITAL.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2212, 27 July 1914, Page 8

ORGAN RECITAL.

."': That the many admirers of our. City Organist, Mr. Bernard Page, ! are .keeii. to'seize every ■ opportunity of < hearing liira-at' thb oi'sah.was evident on Sat'ur-; day, evening, when, in. spite of 'hail,' rain, and:a biting wind, the .Town Hiill; was •.liberally sprinkled' With ■ lovers; of , Morgan music.' > Tho '.-recital,'was ' a-.par- : •ticula.Tly'.enjdj'ablo one; in that it had 'been .set apart;,specially..'to 'give'. Mr. Page an opportunity of gratifying some of the ' many' requests for the .repetition of selected items from previous re-] cital programmes. Those who love j;he" beauty of the. earlier style, .of ' miisic found ..great pelasure in the; opeijing number —Holloway's "Suite Ancienne" of four movements the "Prelude r Chordle.": "Cduranto," •. "Duo,": and' tho;'final "Alia Fuga.!' There:..was peculiar charm in Mr.; Page's interpretation; of tho succeeding numbery an. .','Eglogue," from Salome. .'.Then'",followed the beautiful "Unfinished . Pas'toralel' "of Bach. . Two, numbers : of' SaintrSaens, which we have heard iiyitli; great pleasure before-were the "Bene-;' •diction Nuptialo". (Op. 9), and: tho' ."Symphonic' Poem" "Danse Macabre" ''(Op.;'':4Q|;;V-'.Mr. .Page's realistic .ihtorprotatiori of-the latterjs. most entrancJMnumborrwas, to say the. least, 1 ma's-'tcny;'-:'''.::-.The 'music from the closing sceile of "Das Bheingold" (WagnciO was ah itom which Mr._ Page had'of necessity to include in his. rcouest programme. There were also played the .beautiful "Harmonics dn Soir" (KargRlert), with its exquisite ending, and Cesar.Franck'a imposing "Tiiiale In B Flat" .(Op; 21). .