DE MAUNY PUPILS

Dominion, Volume 20, Issue 63, 8 December 1926, Page 6

DE MAUNY PUPILS

SOME PROMISING TALENT. The correct address, the sure toue, the ft who are doing excellent work in Welling ing hn, Mr- Desmond Lavin who continues to acquire polish in e creditable P from , Mendelssohn s a Singular tonal charm in bis akiini nf Drdla’s "Serenade, which nao ?o er be 8 Seated although ’no erto”) Fr ai’d WSvT^l’o 1 g fi a n :e° rd e e vidonc M e a 3 possessing the violin sense tn a worked degree, and Miss Margaret Brown has talent well worth developingMaisie UaK©' played Liszt b st?aume” very wbll. and Misses Freda and Marjorie Ballinger .showed aPtHud o in the "Valse de Fleurs (TschaikovsKj i. Among the vocalists. Miss Grace Robertson displayed a serviceable mezzo in “Softly Awakes My Heart” (baint-Saensh and Miss Mona Mann, a contralto, sang with good expression Melisande m the Wood “ In this song the French pro nunciation of the name is much preferable to the English. Miss Mane du Fiou displayed a light waltz soprano in Bcmbergs delightful waltz song. "Nvviphs and Fauns Mr. to Mitchell sang “Marie My Girl, M.'s* r.nuisn Frcchling A Feast of Lanterns (Banfbck). Mr. Chas. W. . CTi ?L o S‘ b _ itl M < J a serviceable bass voice in O Star . Eve” (from "Tannhatiser ). and Mr. H. Tonks gave a creditable reading of Gow nod’s "Vulcan's Song. Misses du rloil and Grace Robertson sang the duet He vond tho Garden Gate sweetly, and Miss Nancv Gray sang Tosti’s “La r p e rpnata ; The ladies’ choir. under Madame de Maunv. sang the part songs 'A Song ol the Night" (Parry). “A , Summer Impromptu’’ (Lee). ’The Snow- (Elgar), and "Up in the Airy Mountain" (Shaw. Tho accompaniments were ably played by Madame da Manny. ..