TE RANGI PAI.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXII, Issue 1737, 1 May 1906, Page 3

TE RANGI PAI.

A MOSIOAL EVENr.

That Mra Ho win's vooal recital on Friday next at His Majesty's Theatre will prove a memorable oveot may be lakeo as a foregone conolusioD, as already the demand for seats is excspticnally keen. To give our readers some idea of tho megnficent rcoeplion accorded Mra Howie at the Town Hall, Wellington, last month, we quote from the Wellington Poat >—•>• Bomo people, of course, including propbots and such folk, rarely receive honor in their own ocuotrio?, Perhaps tboy don’t deserve it. But when Te Rangi Pai,Now Zealand's finest contralto vocalist, appeared upon the oonoert platform of the Town Hall la-t evooing she received a wo'oomo from an immense audienoe, which must baieb ensxt emely gratifying to On her first appearance tho house praotica'iy ‘rose’ at bor, and tnis favorable opening of ths song recital o n inued throughout a loDg but happily «rra"gtd programme. Te Rmgi Pads v lice is something to marvel at. Ho cmpaesie, perhaps, nos eo great as that of cme contraltos who have been bend in Wellington, but her intoaation is pure, her enunciation d sinct, and her expression and pbrasirg arti-t c to a degree that no o'her artn-t wo remsmber can claim superiority over, and few—very few equality with. Her singing of the unfamilar solo, ' Mighty as Death' (Fiscboß), snd tbo equally little-kDOwn Indian Love Lyrics from FindeD’s 1 Garden of Rama,’ alto the very familiar and over weloome 1 Home, Sweet Home ’ was

charming. Ho voice is magnificent in its lower registers —a full, round sonorous diapcson so to speak, and she so well manages it, that there is practically no • break ’ psrceptible when the range of the melody takes her to the highest tones within her oompass. ‘ Home, Sweet Home ’ was sung in Maori—the words didn’t matter. The melody was given out with such touching effeot that tears wero brought to many eyes.”