Those who failed to attend Mr. F. L. Crompton's organ recital on Saturday evening missed a great (rear. Despite the fact that the organ is not thoroughly in repsir—noticeable but very slightly in the cyphering of one or two notes—the recital was one of the best we have had the pleasure of listening to, The pieces chosen were by too well known composers to reguide a lengthy description, but the able execution of them by Mr. Crompton may well be briefly dent with, 'The first, a Senate Pascal by Lemmens, opened with "Allegro," in w! ich the pedal may have been just a trifle heavy for the manual work, but this was due no doubt, to the limited number of pedal stops than faulty execution. 'The 'Adoration' which followed was wondrously sweet and soft, and Mr. Crompton certainly made the most of his instrament. The third and last_ section, the Finale (Alleluia, Vietimw Paschali) with the, we may say, massive theme constantly running. through the whole was certainly well done. Though a little more variety may possibly have been used and the crescendos not made quite as sudden, the piece was handled in a masterful way; the most noticeable point bein Jendid pedaling, Seldom have we heat cleaner of rounder work in this respect.
Mr. Crompton's strong point we should say is technique, and in the second piece, Handel's sixth Organ Concerto, this was shown to great advantage. Handel has quite a style of his own, and is constantly coyping, in a bright and pleasing manner, from himself, which is always popular. Mr. Crompton's phrasing was excellent, indeed the whole was rendered with that finish which bespeaks the master hand. If we criticize at all it is an opinion that the "clarinet" on the "choir" was a little too much in the Larghetto, over-invited those present to partake of the good things provided for them, and made powering the manual work of the ascompaniment Rapasons should. have. replaced ile in the "Allegro" x little more
the meet ug, remarking that the officers Some eloquent allusions to the object of [Fes chay the reed work. The piece was closed by a of the 30th Baluchis had joined heartily in fine crescendo in Handel's accustom the soci"l life of Shanghai, and in all our} finish. We should like to hear more of this sp-te, and wha-ever was undertaken by them was always thoroughly well done, On behalf of the members of the Polo Club he had been requested to present to the Officers of the 30th Baluchis a silver cap, which he had much pleasure in handing'to Colonel Mayne, and he trusted they the well known theme with variations lo of piece. ae ces by Home (the fifth item) was, the most taking of all. There is a pleasing quaintness running through the whole, not often found. The "piece throughout required great care and rapid fingering, and it was
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