MRS BARRINGTON WATERS.

Gisborne Times, Volume VII, Issue 327, 30 January 1902, Page 3

MRS BARRINGTON WATERS.

Since Kowalski appeared in Gisbci he, now some ten years ago, the mv.me-loving portion of the community have not had the opportunity of hearing an artiste of the rank attained by Mrs Barrington Waters, whom Kowalski describes as his most brilliant pupil while important critics concede that she has all ol Kowalski s brilliancy of execution, which is very high praise indeed. The Australian press have been unanimous in predicting a distinguished career for Mrs Barrington Waters, laying special emphasis on her faultless technique, remarkable memory, absolute mastery of the text ar.d an appreciation of the sentiment of the music, marking a combination oi qualities very rarely found in the single individual. It is unpossibe to j employ more eulogistic terms and as it, is very seldom that Gisborne is aCcrded an opportunity of bearing artistes of such remarkable merit while priding itself on its love for music and its musical taste, it will De singular indeed it Mrs Barrington Waters does not draw one of ■ the hugest audiences that the Academy of Music has ever held. It is sometimes remarked that clas sical music does not appeal to the popular taste, and this may be true to a certain extent, for it requires an education to be able to appreciate to the full some of the works of the ereat masters. But classical music of the academical type is one thing, and classical music of the emotional and more popular type is another. In framing her programmes Mrs Ban mg ton Waters is careful to draw upon compositions which, while in turn displaying the perfection and facility of her technique, and sympathy and tender expression, leave no objection on the score of pedantry. The prices of admission mcct> ail

cijuses, and the opportunity of hearing some of the world’s greatest compositions rendered by a capable artiste —in itself an education—is not one to he missed. __