This Society's concert took place under the direction of Professor Sternberg on Thursday evening at the Masonic Hall, and there was a fairly good attendance. "The opening work was Rheinberger's Pogyendury, for chorus and soli with pianoforte accom: paniment. This choral work has a classical flavour, and rather dragged in the 4th number 5 the Terzetto however was very effective. The Chorns were very evenly balanced and showed careful training, mut at times the quality of the voices appeared rather hard. The Society were hourd to better advantage in the lighter music of Reinecke's Bratgany and Gade's Fridhling, which opened and closed the second part of the programme,—The instrumental items comprised a violin. solo, Thomé's Andante Keliyioso, exquisitely played by Mrs. Mordhorst, who in response to a unanimous encore gave an artistic rendering of Wieniawski's mazurka Obertan. Mrs. Vogelsang and Mr. Sternberg were associated in a piano duet, D'vdrak's rather commonplace Slavische Tiin: e, which was well executed. Miss Baldamus, a new s still further was responsible for tio songs, which were melodious and appreciated. The verdict of the audience on the covert as a whole was extremely favourable,
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