COMPLIMENTARY CONCERT

Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 112, 5 February 1920, Page 6

COMPLIMENTARY CONCERT

MR. HERBERT F. WOOD. The complimentary concert tendered to Mr. Herbert F. Wood in the Town Hall last night under the auspices of the Wellington Orphans' Club and the WellingI ton Operatic Society did not i attract as I large an audience as its'oceasion and its - i merits deserved. But if the big hall was not as well filled as it might have been, there, was no lack of warmtli and appreciation in the send-off that was given to the popular vocalist by the manv hundreds of Wellington people who did- attend. Mr. Wood lias been very clo-oly identified with the musical life of the city, and his circle of friends and admirers lias become wide, His departure from Wellington cannot but be regnrded as a loss to lover? of music, and it was in recognition of this fact and in appreciation of Mr. Wood's own generous efforts of very many occasions that last night's concert was arranged. The projrrammo was a particularly attractive o"<'. Mr. Wood himself sang first tho charming solo, "Lnhta" (A. Bimi-PecciaV nnd in response to a very hearty recall he gave the number that verv manv members of his audience would have chosen, Sullivan's "Take a Pair of Sparkling Eyes." He was in really good vniro. and the hearty anplanse that was offered him was a. tribute to his gift of music ns well as an expression of personal regard. Later in the programme Mr. Wood, with Misses Helen Gard'ner and Ann Sullivan and Mr. Charles Moore, nang the quarlet, "Madrigal" (Sullivan), wul again had to respond to a very earnest recall. Miss Gard'ner gave the wall-/, son? from "Tom Jones" (fi. German! and the "Poi Song" (Hill), two numbers that worn entirely charming. Miss Tllsin Kell song "One Fine Day." from "Madame Butterfly" (Puccini), Aid, like Miss Gard'ner, was recalled'enthusiastically. Miss Bathie Hnwie-StuaTt. sang "Chin Chin" delightfully, and'fli answer to a series of insistent encores gavo a humorous recital, a Maori recruit- ! ing song, a Maori love songi and a' vigorous fragment of a haka. 'Miss Eileen Driscoll was he.-tf'd to advantage )tf "Morning and You" (Awlward). Mi" Gladys Watkins, who assisted Mr. G. F. Holloway with the accompaniment.', contributed a piano solo. "Moorish March"' 'Moskowski). Miss Elsie Kell and Mr. Sydney Allwright gavo the duet "Tim Voyagers" (Sanderson), a very pleasing number indeed. Mr. William fioudie, Mr. E. ,T. Hill, and Mr. Charles Rmytbe were Oho other male, vocalists, nnd each of them was entirely successful in pleasing tho audience. Mr._W. W. Crawford contributed a dramatic recitation and some very clever humorous numbers, while Mr. Fraser Thomson recited "Tli k ; Play" (Dennis) with nice appreciation of the work of the popular Australian sen- : limentaiist, The Orphans' Club Orohestra, under tho baton of Mr. H. Mosehini. ' provided an attractive overture. Tlip ' programme was closed with, "Auld Lnn? '< Syno" i