MUNICIPAL CONCERT
PROGRAMME BY BAND An entertaining programme waspre sented by the Municipal Band at t ninth concert of the season, given - the Town Hall, on Saturday evening As usual, there was a good attendant' The principal offering was the syrs phonic overture, Maximillian Botspierre,” which portrays the passing ( the dictatorship of Robespierre. i t a vivid description of the Reign Terror. Robespierre, after encompaj, ing the death of hundreds of peop, is destined himself to fall beneath t:. knife. The crash of the guillotine and the groans of the mob are faithful depicted in a very realistic passage which is followed by a short tuner, dirge and a triumphal march, inja eating the joy at the death of ti> tyrant and the end of the Reign of Terror.
Selections from “Tannhauser,” “Tarantelle de Concert,” and a selection from German’s popular opera "Merr England” were all well received hr an appreciative audience. In “Th. Wind in the Trees.” the flautist. Mr. McLennan, was heard in some exe?’. ient work.
Miss Ida Holmes and Mr. Fred Baker contributed several very piecing solos, extra numbers having to b» given. Miss Thelma Gordon was the accompanist.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 745, 19 August 1929, Page 14
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