"Members of the "Society for the Preservation of Old Favourites," were there, doubtless settled themselves comfortably in their seats on Sunday, with a benign smile of inward satisfaction at the composition of the programme by the Municipal But truth is apparently strange for. despite the attractive popularity of the offerings, the hall was more than usually empty. 1t has been observed cogently enough by many a sage, that it is a fallacy to underestimate the perception and taste of listeners; and this may.be borne in mind when endeavouring to answer the eternal question of what the public if Skanghai is prepared to hear.
Unquestionably, the Orchestra's best contributions on Sunday were the three -works of the early composers. (Oh, that a Rimsky-Korsakoff had but a fraction of the sensibilities of a Lully. The strings of the Orchestra bent their best bows to Marcello, Lully and Monsigny. The Nocturne of Lully is an inexpressibly beautiful fabric of sound. No detail of its tex-ure and of its colour was lost by the patient and expert craftsmen who spun it into being.
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