HARMONIC SOCIETY'S CONCERT.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XII, Issue 212, 7 September 1877, Page 2

HARMONIC SOCIETY'S CONCERT.

ihe members of this Society gave their customary quarterly concert last night to an unusually large audience, the gallery as well as the body of the Hall being full. There had not been time since the Queen Bee concert for the preparation of any important worK, so that the programme consisted only

of five parfc songs, interspersed with a very pleasing selection of solos and duetts, some Blighfc alterations being rendered necessary, as we are informed, by the absence through indisposition of two or three leading members of the Society. The parfc songs were all well done, one or two appearing to us to be specially deserving of praise, of which, however, they received but little, the applause being chiefly bestowed upon the soloists, who were all well received, and generally greeted with an encore. The space at our command to-day will not admit of our making special reference to each of the solos, and where all were so worthy of commendation ifc would be invidious to single out one or two for men- ! tion. We must therefore content ourselves with congratulating the Society upon the possession of so many fine voices as we had the pleasure of listening to last night. We must not omit a word of praise to the brilliant performance on fche pianoforte of Mafctei's Valse. In common with the rest of the audience we were fairly surprised to see one so young attempt so complicated a piece of i music, and still more astonished at the spirit and precision with which she executed her difficult task. In response to the enthusiastic encore which she had so thoroughly earned she played a pretty arrangement of « Jenny Jones" with equal skill, and with quite as great pleasure and satisfaction to her audience. A pianoforte duett from « Chilperic ' ' by the lady who as accompanyist renders such invaluable assistance to fche Society and the conductor, was charmingly played and well received. We were glad to hear once more a couple of Orpheu3 glees for ! male voices, and sincerely trust that they may lead to a revival of that most pleasing style of music, afc one time so popular with the Society, but which of late has been almost abandoned. The conductor, to whom so much is owing for the flourishing condition of the Society, must have been pleased with the concert of last night, and gratified to hna how thoroughly the efforts of the various members who took part in it were appreciated by the audience.