THE WORLD OF MUSIC.

Waikato Times, Volume 121, Issue 20266, 7 August 1937, Page 17 (Supplement)

THE WORLD OF MUSIC.

Violinist Returns to Wellington. Mr. W. McLean, violinist, who had been teaching in Hamilton for some months, returned to Wellington this week. Concert and Auction. On Monday, August 23, a similar entertainment to that recently held In the Frankton Town Hall will be held In St. George’s Hall, Frankton. In addition to a concert programme, a large number of miscellaneous goods will be sold by auction. All proceeds are to be devoted to the St. George’s Church Organ Fund. Grand Opera for Australia. Tito Schipa, who created a controversy in Sydney recently by giving the Fascist salute at his concerts, will be a member of the grand opera company coming to Australia and New Zealand next year. Molselwitsch In the South Island. Benno Moiseiwitsch gave his second Christchurch concert on Saturday

night, and a second audience touched the height of musical pleasure, says a southern paper. His offerings included Chopin, Bach, Schumann, Schubert, Wagner and Liszt, and there was no shade of feeling, no problem of technique in I lie splendid selection that caused him a second’s pause in his task of conveying to his listeners all that was In the heart and mind of the composer. Moiseiwitsch has visited Christchurch before, so that liis technical perfection is taken for granted. He does not by sheer virtuosity seek to overshadow the work with which he deals. Yet in its very faithfulness and perfection his interpretation takes individuality. binging Acquired Art, Says Specialist. Other English experts challenge the assertion of the throat specialist, Sir Milsom Rees, at the British Medical Association Congress, that singing was not a natural gift. Sir .Milsom contended that Nature had not constructed the vocal cords for the purpose of song, and that few could really sing. Fewer, he said, became professionals, and fewer still were successful even after long training. Numerous throat troubles, lie asserted. affected even the best singers. On the other hand, the art of singing was only 250 years old. For that reason, willi improved leaching, cxperonce. anatomical knowledge and care of Ihe vocal cords. Ihe best voices were probnhlv vet io be heard. Melba, lie said, always had her nose and throat cleansed before u per-