AMUSEMENTS.

King Country Chronicle, Volume VI, Issue 448, 16 March 1912, Page 5

AMUSEMENTS.

EMPIRE PICTURE COMPANY,

The Empire Picture Company will present another excellent programme of pictures at the Town Hall on Monday evening. All the items comprising the new series are guaranteed by the management as being good, and patrons can look forward to the usual first class evening's enjoyment on Monday night. It was intended by the management to show the Davis Cup tennis tournament picture, but owing to unforseen circumstances it cannot be done. Another up-to-date subject, will, however, be shown in its place. PROFESSOR SWALLOWS' CONCERT. Professor Swallow's concert in the Town Hall next Thursday evening, 21st inst., will undoubtedly should be one of the finest concerts ever given by New Zealand artists in any part of the Dominion. The supreme attraction,; of course, will be Professor Swallow's pianoforte playing. The New; Zealand Herald said of him—"But music for him is something more than a occasion for the exercise of special form of ability. It is an enthusiasm, and he possesses even a genius for it. We believe it would have been impossible for any other person to have given such a concert as that of last night." The Auckland Star said of him:—"As a musician, Professor Swallow has no superior in New Zealand; as an organist and pianist, his equal is not to be found in the Dominion." The New Zealand Observer said of him:—"ln his playing, the intellectual an 1 emotional elements are so evenly balanced that neither preponderates. His technique is beyond all criticism, and his touch, tone, and interpretation have all the finesse of the Belles Lettres." The Wellington Post said:—"He showed himself a master, exhibiting fine tasted perception of the spirit of his themes." The New Zealand Times said—"He evidently possesses a keen artistic temperament, and has a touch j which is so well applied that it makes the instrument 'ring' whether the music be slow or rapid." In addition to Professor Swallow's pianoforte numbers, there will be tasteful violin items by Mrs A. C. Johnson, gems of song by Mrs Derbyshire, Mrs Quirk and Miss Clifford, all of them being pupils of Professor Swallow, and also four fine trios for violin, violoncello, and piano and other numbers. The full programme appears again in another column of this issue.