Marvellous Music and Unlimited Enthusiasm People contfaued to pour into the Town Hall when at 9.15 _p. on Wednesday" Me, J. W. cit of" The Middlesex' Regiment mounted the conductor's rostrum Jand the massed bands of the 18th Brigade crashed into the strains of Kenneth Alford's "Colonel Bogey," the feet of the audience quickly sup-lying the effect of marching troops, Mr. T. Francis, of The Green Howards, who but a moment before had been lending a hand at stowing way late arrivals, then appeared, fand. characteristically seized the "chromatic scales of Liszt's Second Hungarian Rhapsody with his left hand, cast them over his head, and caused them to trickle down his right arm, in return for which the crowd promptly had him back for an en+ core, Mr. 0. W, Geary, Acta of The Border Regiment, was accorded an ovation as he stepped forth to con-[duct the First Movement of Schubert's Unfinished Symphony, a second ovation at its conclusion, and third when the band finished the extra number. The audience seemed determined not to let him go.
Thus, in succession, these very leapable. Bandmasters wielded the baton throughout a programme which ranged from the ult to the ultra-popular, Sibelius Mackenzie; Ketelby'
Market"; "Kenneth Alford's Lightning Switch" (a humouresque descriptive of the difficulty encountered by composers in their search for original melody); and Buccalos-'Hunting Scene."
Nor was appreciation of the musi ians, themselves, in any way lacking Sergt. A. Stenning and landsman E. Englefield wer plauded to the echo for their piccolo duet, "Fluttering Birds," and were compelled to yield to the vociferous demands for more, Each number was splendidly played and the entire programme was forceful example of what British bandsman can do when called upon. The tribute which they received from ors cannot have failed to convince them that Shanghailanders are not insensible of their loss, Inq deed, the concert was so excellent one as to make it appear as if. tu)' musicians were rubbing it in a bil
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