CONCERT, tive music beyond com) The sweetest far on the ear that fall-; Phy gentle numbers the heart remembers, Thy strains enchain us in tender thralls.
Thy tones endearing, Or sad or cheering, The absent soothe on a forciyn strand Ah who can tell What a holy spell Is in the song of our native laud.
Lover, The Scottish more than any other people in the British Empire, preserve and worship their national dress, literature, and music in whatever part of the world their I. To this ordinary enthusiasm into every purely Scottish entertainment, Consequently jit tarned out in fall strength, for Satarday's concert and revelled, for three ort hours, the music and dances of ite native land. programme bad been there was not ap item in it that was not appreciated to the utmost by the andience, So great was the demand for yeats that macy who had deferred booking until the last moment bed to be content with standing room only.
The first part opened with selections of Scottish airs—played by the Town band—the more popular of which were greeted with loud applause, Then amid the almost enthasissm Shanghai's owo piper, Pipe-Major D. Macpherson, stepped on to the stage and for some five minutes entranced his countrymen with the shirl of his pipes, Mr. Macpherson is an able exponent of his art, having been private piper to Lord Aberdare before coming to Shang!
sstionals have realized " Long. cherished ambition better than root Jobonie Paterson." Again and again the audience was convulsed -with Yaughter by his impersonation of a garralous old Scotch women, whose story was none the less amusing besanse it was never begun. Enocores were not readily given daring the first part of the programme owing to the length of the evening's entertainment, but the wadienoe would not be satisfied until Mr. Cochrane reappeared, and in his inimitable style told ea exeeediagly fanny story of " dead ouring-outeog, and two Scotch gillies Mrs. Langlands, who is possessed of rich contralto voice, sang " Auld Robia Gray", She appeared a lithe eryons at first, bat soon recovered confidence, and on ber second appear-noe was at her very beat, A Losbaber Sword dance in which Misses Price, Sharp, Valentine snd Whittle, and Messrs. Campbell, Mao-person, Ratberfgrd and Dr, Murray participated, followed. It was one of the most popular numbers of the programme, and the spectators insisted upon a repetition, The Indies who took part in it wore tartan skirts, and plaids, and the men, fall Highland costume, Mr. H. R. H, Thomas was loudly and deservedly applauded for his song: "A Border Ballad." Inv. Charles Mackaye, who is at precent engaged at the Bijou Theatre, should have appeared earlier in the evening, but he arrived in time to close the first part of the programme, end, convulsed the house with vations in costume, of Harry Land "The Weddio' o' Sandy McNab" bing the " subeequent proceedings" kept the house in roars of laughter, and io this, as in all his songs, the chorus was taken up by the andi recall was inevitable, and he then sang 'I'm the test the Fam'ly " with equal success, Daring the ten minates' interval the band enlivened proceedings with another selection of Scotch airs.
Pipe-Major Maopherton opened the second part with another bagpipe selection, which was no lees popular than the first. The same may be said of the second glee, Afton Water," sang by the same gentlemen who took part in the first, This time they had bow to the popaler will, and returning, sang Yo Banks and Brace." Mr, glands was at Martio, Macdoasld, Thomas, W Dr. Murray, and the Rev. W. N. Bit: ton, It was rendered excellently, fally deserved the tamultaous 9 with which it was greeted. Mrs. Dan-can then aang has a pleasing voice, which ce captivated her audience, Mr. N. Maitland, whose accompaniment was played by his wife, next sang ' Jessie, the Flower o'Danblane." What his voice Igeks in power is more than made up by its mellowness, particularly suit ed to the songs selected for this occasion, Mr. Cochrane has already won considerable local fame as s reciter, bat he has never done anything traces of nervousness and vanished, and mach to the delight of ber-audience she rwaponded to the contianoasapplaae by ing " Robin Ai Pipe Major Macpherson showed himself to be as imple with his toos as with his pipe sin the highland ting, The spectators would have liked a repetition of it, but, doubtless second dance too strentione, the aid of Mr, Ratherford, who skilfully performed the Sword Danes to the accompaniment of his pipes, For her second "0, Gin I were where Gowdie rine." Mra, Dunosh bad. the assistance of Mrs. Langlands, Messrs Maitland and Thomas in the chorus, a combination which oompletely captivated tha audience, who marked their appreciation by insist
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