CAMBRIDGE MUSICAL UNION CONCERT.

Waikato Times, Volume XVIII, Issue 1525, 13 April 1882, Page 3

CAMBRIDGE MUSICAL UNION CONCERT.

This so'cfety^aye another of their unique' musical entertaiiithentsitf $he' 7 Cambridge Public Hall, on Monday evening last. The weathfcr \■, throughout i I tIK , i evening being anything but favourable, the audience was not so large- as hughtvhave been expected from the! quality of the entertainments' v ' . Notwithstanding, /there watra ltfrge number of tickets, sold,, and the concert may therefore be considered a financial success, 'though, m point of attendance it appeared a failure. The Union consists .of some of ,the best j-vpcal-i^ts in the Waikato, and as they have undergone a long and .diligent training at the hands of their conductor, Mr .Bell, who has spared neither time nor pains in making his pupils, both individually and collectively, -proficient, it may be said that they are now competent to entertain 1 an audience however critical. The frequent eiicores'and other marks of appreciation manifested on Monday night last fully bear out this fact. The precision with which every item of the programme was put before the audience is a matter upon which the Union may be congratulated, there being no hitches, nor apologies for the absence of any one. The part son b s rendered by the full company were sung in perfect unison, , and the solos and duets, particularly the latter, were such as have not been heard in Cambridge for some considerable time past. The item of the evening was the duet, ' ' Army and Navy,." between Messrs H. W. Moore and Jaggs, which was rewarded with a deserved" encore. < We might also particularise the duet between Mrs Dick and Mr Waltho, which also received an encore. Miss Owen's songs were as usual well received, and the same may be said of the solos of Messrs Hunter, Moore, and Moretou. The piano accoui: paniments were well rendered, though it must be said that Mr Johnson occasionally inclined to lean too heavily on the instrument. The followingisthe programme :— Instrumental duet, " Zampa," Mssb Scrutton and Mr Bell ; part song, " Come to the Fair," Union; song, "Charge of the Light Brigade," Mr GJeo. Hunter; song, "Guonod's Serenade," and "Oh dear what can the matter be," as an encore, ,by Miss Owen ; Duet, "What are the wild waves saying," Mrs Dick and Mr Waltho (encored) ; Song, "The King's highway," Mr H. W. Moore (encored) ; Song, "The Blacksmith," Mr Moreton (encored); Song, "Comeback to Erin," Mrs Dick; Part Song, "Meld Flowers," Union. Interval. Instrumental Duet, "Maritana," Miss Scrutton and Mr Bell ; Part Song, "The Forrester," Union; Song, " Old Timber Toes," Mr Moreton ; Duet, "Army and Navy," Messrs H. W. Moore, and Jaggs,' (encored) ; Song, "Kathleen Mavourneen," Miss Owen (encored); Quarti?t'ie| ' "To the New Year," Mrs "Dick, Miss Scrutton, and Messrs Moqre and Moreton ; Song, "Rocked in'the Cradle' of the Deep," Mr George Hunter '; Song, " Alice where art thou," Mr Moore (encored) ; Part Song, " Bird of ,the Wilderness," Union. National Anthem. The accompaniments were contributed by Miss Wilson, and Messrs Johnson and Keesing. A dance for which a considerable number of the audience stayed, followed. Messrs Johnson and Stuart providing the music.