FEILDING CONCERT.

Manawatu Times, Volume III, Issue 40, 27 February 1878, Page 2

FEILDING CONCERT.

V 0^ Friday evenipg ;iast^ •tanfcof F^ildipgapoV^^^ had an opportnpity pf l'\stori^rig tc».,soin,p*._ ;thing;Ouj; of -the-usual Ijnp. in country/ places, as t}ip.Feild\pg GJipraj Soc^pty. ''on. that dajfe.gay.e a, concert. pn.ajSome-v. wha^ : unusually- gran^ spajfc* %, tjie. j Assen&ly Bponis.-of tjiat tpftp.. : i The. fu-stt- apd; principal* -p^art of the. I performance .corisisiedinsehjctip^f.from^ j "The Mpssiah " ;. the,, sjeppnd .part. iu 4 ■carefully selected, songs : apd choruses.. ■ The.room.w^iSv w#U. lighted,.; cpirifort-. ably seated, apdi 6i)ed k tp,orerflpwing }^ a, igpbd.nuuiber beipg^prfts^f Palf" jmerston and Sandon,' \ j A. little past 8 .Q'clp.ck-the .performance, conurienped with "..Conilo^fcye,, comfort,; /ye my people, rsaith; ypuy-G^d?"*' This. ""part? was! gone 'throiigh, wjlh, consider-. ,able skill, arid taste, as indeed were all ( •thp. other portions, Tjhe. ".musical, ac-_ cpnipaniinenjis..tbp wpre .excellent. -jhe choruses w.ere execu'e,d with, suph precision and; effect as to.,make it, ■ apparent that both, thp. cpnduptpr aud( the company had- lent their b.e.st-ener-^ gies for the purpose of doing- justic»s%>, these admirable compositions." "If ._s-_ plaiiseindicates the approval apdjdelight ' of an audience, then the Choral Societymay infer thai thpy gave ample, satis-, faction throughout the.evening. At the conclusion of " The Messiah "~ there was a short intermission previoustp.the performance .of the second part,„ •irii'^wliich the follpwing sweet, and, inT soirie instances,. apijising selections were, sung 'with, great -taste ; ajnd feeling : — . ' Zampa," v ' Dreamlapd," ' Bellringer/- -: 5" O FamDbve'/ 'Tlie Chough apd Crow,'- --* Voices of thp Njftht,' 'Over the Sea,'«Gpod Night/^VThe. Bells of St., i Michael's Tower,' apd almost amusingduet called ' Trust her not.' This was" 'sung h^ two ,ybuttg^a^ies,^vjho seemed to enchant; their audience.;- The result . was an. encore. : At the close of, the per-, fpjrmance Ri Ward, *^so^. : »^Resident . Magistrate, cpuipHriiented--t"_p; : Society*on, success tlifoughout^ He ad-, mitfced his agreeable- surprisc^it; findingso,rii#ph miisicair talent m Feildjng, and"; said that he "had never heard," The. Mesjaah'' performed so skilfi-Uy ot. any previous .occasion. . : Mxod Save- the Queen,' brought-.the. perf*prmahpe of jij_e evening, txT.a, close,, when the' numerous assemblage dis-L persed, apparently r well safisfipd, with^ ! the entertainn_e,nt; : A number-of the proficiente m the.. '" lightT; fantastip toe" evolutions re-. •n_pt"hed behind and enjoyed, themselves ; until the, advent of the small hours. " Tbe Choral Society may compli-. "ment itself on having scored a victory *oj\ this occasion,^ and/|re worthy oi{commendation, fpr tho boldness dis-. iplayed m bringfng before .the*. public, a difficul-tV selection, a^ "-TJie c ;Mes-_