AEOLIAN ORCHESTRA

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 663, 15 May 1929, Page 2

AEOLIAN ORCHESTRA

FIRST CONCERT OF SEASON The first programme of it, season was given bv Lhe Orchestra in the Lewis Eadv Hall f’ evening, Mr. H. HoUinrake. ’the £ conductor, being in charge. There » ’ a large attendance and the perforr ance was well received. A typical example of early F« & light operatic music opened the Drgramme. This was the overture far Uoildieu’s “Caliph of Bagdad. ’ whj was well treated. It was followed b a minuet and finale taken from one the Haydn symphonies, and the rece: tion given the two pieces proved hor popular Haydn’s music still is. Xext came the “Valse des Fleurs’ which was followed by two selection.. one based on a theme from Gounod ’ Faust,” and the other on a theme froSullivan’s “Pirates of Penzance.” The* gave opportunities for much good so; work, especially among the brass as: wood-wind players. Two violin solos, “Rondino,” by Beethoven, arranged by r Kreisler. as “Czardas.” by Monti, were played b Mr. Xeville Walker. He received muc.. applause and gave an encore. Mr. William Gemmell sang two bantone numbers, the prologue to ‘1 liacci,” by Leoncavallo, and “The Bat: of Stirling,” by Chisholm. He was ercored twice. Miss Winifred Cook* played the pianoforte accompaniments