MISS BESSIE DOYLE.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XV, Issue 4799, 14 August 1894, Page 2

MISS BESSIE DOYLE.

An Enthusiastic Reception.

ri.The Temperance Hall was crowded ■ .last night,'on "tho occasion'of the >- ; first appearance of Miss Bessie .V; Doyle and her concert parly. Such ■•; a "really genuine musical treat is : v seldom placed fithin, reach of a Masterton audience,"and it is not, sarprising therefore that last oven. irig every itenv Was ''breathlessly listened to,; and each qf tlfe pei-form-era applauded to the echo. When the last; item-'! The Laird.of, Cock- * '< Mackenzie—camo to a close, the audienco simply sat still and refused to believe thatthe programme had come tovanond,and'hofuntil the genial! Mackenzie, aftev some • modest Hesitation, K had again come forth and given one of the quaintest of old Scotch dittiesj.did those prosent show* signs of dispersing.'-' Miss Bcßsie,Doyla came here with avory high reputation,' and to say that slumlord thahlustained'it, would be but faint praise, ,Hor wonderful liandling'of of instruments" the violin, was simply a revelation, and created,the utmost enthusiasm most cal of those who listened to tho artiste. ... .Every. contribution 'was breathlessly listened to unfile last note died ;away, : ; and then, as she gracefully bowed, the storm ot honest applauso burst out, with such ? real feeling that evon. Bessip ; Doyle must haye felt gratified. Toattenipt - to describe the playing of one who has : been well described, as "the greatest exponent of violin playing over heard in New Zealand "is quito beyond us. Wo can only say take' the last opportunity which may present itself of ever hoaring kor,for slie mustbe heard and seen to be understood." •*■•■■ ; . ' ■• Many Scotchmen wore in tho audience last evening, and-the heart of every onoof them mustkavo surely been stirred by. Jio' cliarmng""" .ditties, of the Mackenzie, ; Old,' yet ovtrgreen, when bandied in such style, "The Cameron Men," and "Bonnie Prince Charlie," took tho audience by storm, And then in response'to a vociferous encore, how lie delighted everyone with " Father O'Flynn," Mr Mackenzie also must be heard to he appreciated, Miss Randall ib well-known tO many who were present last night, and on many occasions it has been the lotofmorothanoue of ustohear this lady sing. She W heartily welcomed again, and sang with taste; and sweetness," TellMeMyHeart,"' and "A World Between." Miss Randall was suffering from a cold, it is only fair to'state, as somo of her warmest admirers consider she was not Jieard at her best last evening. Her finest effort was considered by mest people to be thebeautiful "Aye Maria," in which Miss Bessie Doyle 1 played the violin pari, ... , All the accompaniments wero : played by Mr H, Perceval Harris, who also contributed, to the pro- : - gramme the "Valise" de Roses" i (Kowalski), and "«flome Sweet > ' Homo (Thalberg). Eachwasfault- ' lessly rendered,, but the clever pianiste was 'heavily, handicapped | by the fact that the instrument was , badly out of tune. This fault is, ;• , however, to be remedied for this' i evening's concert, •'.: .'.■-■, ,