ENTERTAINMENTS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 225, 2 March 1915, Page 8

ENTERTAINMENTS.

THE VERSATILE KENNEDYS. Is the spbriquct generally applied to this pleasing combination of society entertainers. Each member of the'eompany is an artist, equally <it homo in classical or popular music, and on any instrument. They should really be classed more as "society entertainers" than as a concert company, the latter definition too frequently leaving on the public mind the impression that all items will be severely classical and unsuited to any but the most refined and highly musically educated ears. Whili! giving due prominence to the masters. however, the Kennedys manage to sandwich in a-great deal of popular music both vocally and sue]] music being none the worse for bein* popular and much the better for bcin> rendered by artists gifted to get the maximum effect from any piece of musie dealt with. The definition "concert company" also too often indicates that the programme will consist of a succession- of vocal and instrumental items, which, perhaps, will only appeal to the musical student or enthusiast Willi the Kennedys the programme ranges from a violin solo fabricated to test the technical efficiency of the player to a rollicking chorus with a very apparent joke. The inclusion on the programme of concerted, vocal, and instrumental items, and vocal items with full accompaniment, also tends to diversify and brighten the evening for the" very numerous persons who like to be entertained with musie but do not plae" their music next to their religion m point of seriousness.. Two concerts will be given in New Plymouth the date? are March Sth, and Gth. Seats may lie reserved at Hoffmans.