ORGAN RECITAL

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2451, 3 May 1915, Page 6

ORGAN RECITAL

Mr. Page gave another fine programme at Saturday night's recital, when he introduced the public to. a work new to ■Wellington in Rebikoff's "Psychological Poem." ' In this is portrayed the conflict between the spirit of a dying genius and Death. The struggle of the soul against the inevitable was'. finely depicted; by Mr.v Page, and the work is obviously one which needs to be heard several times to be fully appreciated. Other items on a varied programme were sixteenth and seventeenth century works by Byrd, Frescobaldi, and Dandrieu; tie. variations by Karg-Elert upon the theme of Handel, 'the "Harmonious Blacksmith"; Mendelssohn's overture to "A Midsummer Night's Dream" ; a "Siegfried'. idyll, by Wagner; and the great "Toccata and Fugue in C Major," by Bach, with its beautiful slow movement in A Minor.

The Royal Wellington Choral Society has postponed its performance of Mascagnf's opera, "Cavalleria Rusticana," from May 28 to June 1. The cast of character's will be as followsSantuzza, Miss Elsy Treweek (Mrs. Fred Collier), of Melbourne; Lola, Mrs. Rosewarne; Lucia, Mrs. C. G. Alcorn (nee Miss Nixon), of Christchurch; Turridu, Mr. Frank Graham; Alfio, Mr. Frank Charlton; ' During the indisposition of Mr. Herbert Bloy, Sir. H. Moschiiu is acting as conductor of the society.