CONCERT IN DUNEDIN.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XIX, Issue 20, 13 February 1891, Page 19

CONCERT IN DUNEDIN.

THE concert given en Tuesday evening in the Garrison Hall in aid of the building fund of of the North-East Valley church was in cv. ry sense a striking success. The laige ball wa3 crowded throiignoiu, and the music was admirable, doing infinite credit t) the taete and judgment of Signor Squiiiie, win) ,ieV I as conductor. 'i'ha programme opened with <i string quartette from Mo/.irt, p ayed by Sig n .or Squarise, Messrs. Paiker, Barrett, and Mess, and which whs a performance in oveiy respe 't beyond praise. Mrs, Angu3 then s^n* Barabv s ' Win nth> ti >win_' tide comes in," a ?oug well suited to her mellow cm'ial o, a i I to which she did ample justice, giving in response to an c icjie •' Kirn. dear Erin." She ifierwards sang with great expression Miss Lindsay's " Too Late," and also took part in a vocal quinette from the " Mikado,"' with Mrs. Murpny and Messrs. D nsem and Jo >es. Miss Morrison eang d litjhtfully Gounod's " Serenade," with violin obbhgato by Signor Squame. Toe Bone: was sung in me original Frinch, rrora which, indeed, its full ifl'ctis ins-pirable Translatioi ruins it, completely robbing it ot its chief characteristic—that, in fact, of bung dis'inctively French, and destroying its delicate refinement. In responte to an entnusia-tic encore the young lady gave the pretty and pathetic song " Diddy," which she also sang very sweetly. Id the absence of Mr. H. Moss, who was prevented by illness from fulfilling his eng igement to give a tlute solo, Miss Robertson sang " The blind girl to her h trp," accompanied on the harp by Miss A. Lynch. Both cC these young ladies are pupils at i he Dominica f i convent Bchoo', and we nee 1 not say that they acquitted themselves most creditably Missßl.ney also was prevented by illness from being present, and her pi tee was kindly taken by Mm. Mur; by, who sang Denzis '• Call me back," with violin obbhgato by bignor r-qua-rise. Mrs. Murphy is a fi' lshed and artistic s.n^'er whose reputation has long been ea'aolistud in Danedin, and her song was charmingly sung. In response to aa encore she gave, with a paiticularly gr<ic ■- ful humour aud arehnes-', an lush SJig. Tie g ■ntkmji wno san^ were Mr. F. L. Jones, who give with very fine i llect Pinsuti's " Que>-n of tho Earth," declining >n encore; Uf, H. S Riunerf, w io s n,' Weiss s " Village Blacksmith," and. as an encore " Kate O'Shace, ' in both instat ces deserving loud applause, un 1 Mr. W. Densem, whr se " Father O'Flynn " was 9imply silonous. The last two verses were repeated in response to a loud and unanimous demand. Signor Fquanse played as a violin solo h. very pretty arr.inj;eme it of Verdi's "Un Ballo in MisCTen," wdch, as a matter of couis 1 , wis a masterly peiformance. Ti.e otmr instrumental sUo was Lifzt's ' Kbapsodie licngroise, No 2 " played un v v [nauo by Heir A. Barmeyer, and magn nVenily played it was. Herr B v meyer is something more than a peifeet master <-f his n.s'rument, po*s 's-sing the true artistic lire th*t bor.iers closely on genius, if in i ed it does n it cross the b truer. ILs command of ecnmqje is perfect, and in his inttrpre'atiun of th • weird — almost wild — and splendid composition he could bar ily have b^en surpassed. Piauo solo-*, pvo i ot a very high class, sometimes fa'l 11 it upon an audience. In th s ins anee. however, the performance aroubed a furore, and the peifortii'r *as obliged to respond to an encore — wtnen he di ( with an iqu J < llect. On tl c whole we may rank the concert as certainly one of th 3 best < f the sea-on in Dunedin. The lie?. Father Lyncu, Adm , who cauae upon the platform to return thanks to the audience for their presence and the performers for their valuab'e services, alluded, among the rest to the absence of the Bishop. He said his Lordship, before starting on his trip, had expressed his regret that he would b 3 pre>

vented from being present. The rev. speaker said the regret would be shared by the audience, but remembering tha* the Bishop had not been very well lately, they would also be glad of anythiog that promisa itobe of bentfit to him. He announced that the concert had been a thorough success. The music they had beard, and he had to iv for in them ihat ia a fiuaueial poiut uC view, also an important one, there was good reason to be pleised. The audience, as we have paid, was crowded. Among tho*a present we noticed bis Worship the Mayor and Mrs. Carroll, And many others of our more prominent citizens.