AEOLIAN ORCHESTRA

Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 1031, 23 July 1930, Page 17

AEOLIAN ORCHESTRA

GOOD SECOND CONCERT The second concert by the Aeolian Orchestra this season was given in the Lewis Eady Hall last evening. Mr. Gerald T. Lee conducted, and the large audience was highly appreciative of his work. Tho programme opened with the bright “Blaze of Glory” March, which was played with excellent swing. Von Suppe's colourful “Jolly Robbers” was the best treated number of the evening. In the difficult passages the symphony of Wind ana string instruments was cleverly executed, except for one short ral’.entindo. which was rather ragged German’s “Three Dances from ‘Tom Jones’ ” had plenty of life and spirit in them. A concert piece by Sibelius, “Varsang," was a soothing change. “Simple Aveu,” by Thorne, was treated a little strongly in parts. This piece included a clarinet solo by Mr. A. Reid. The “Barcarolle” from “Tales of Hoffman,” was pleasingly given. Selections from “H.M.S. Pinafore” made good music, though not lively enough in parts for a rendering of Gilbert and Sullivan. Miss May Mitchell sang “Pale Moon” to excellent effect, and her other solo was “My Harp Is On the Willow Tree.” Mr. A. Thompson’s baritone voice was spirited in “King Charles’” and Schumann’s “Two Grenadiers.” These soioists were libei-ally encored. Altogether a most successful entertainment.