HIS MAJESTY’S THEATRE.
WATKIN GREAT ENGLISH CONCERT PARTY TQ-NIGHT.
Jfr Mills and his concert pprnpany arrived from Auokjand by life Tarawera yesterday afternoon, and will give . their first concert at His Majesty’s Thoatre to.-nignt. 4 popular feature of the ’ concerts i? the charming song cycles fqrmI ing the second ps-rt of each programme These song cycles are becoming vp.-j ' popular. They are something different from the ordinary bailed, and are mor£ interesting, There is a certain story tpld from end to end j in fact, each one is a small opera, The Christchurch Press, writing of » The Daisy Chain,” says : “ The secoad part of the programme consisted of Liza Lehmann’s beantifui song cycle, ' The Daisy ChaiD.’ The words are largely taken from E, L. Stevenson’s ‘ Child’s Garden of Verses,’ though short poems from other writers also appeal. Anything more delightful thau the blending of this quartette I of voices it would be difficult to imagine. Each number was loudly applauded, and ia two instances repetitions were demanded. These were the ba'itone solo, 1 Mustard and Cress,’ sung by Mr Watkin Mills with inimitable humor, and the last quartette, 1 Blind Man’s Buff.' ” The full programme is published io this issue,
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Gisborne Times, Volume XIX, Issue 1579, 9 October 1905, Page 2
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200HIS MAJESTY’S THEATRE. Gisborne Times, Volume XIX, Issue 1579, 9 October 1905, Page 2
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