The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1882-09-26 00:00:00

BRUNSWICK BAND CONCERTB.

On Tat lay last, as amounted in the Mertes, the
capital bend. which has helped to make our summer moe
cheorful then it would have been without. gave us two
treats at the Augusta place Assembly Rooms,
_which Mr.
Co he had kindly lent for the mamma, His Worehip, R.
N. Howard, Req., oleo favouring with his patronage and
presence. The content bed, we understand, been arranged
by Mr. W. Mordaunt Tbbelt on. hon. secretary. for the
beneat of the bond fume, and they afforded an °poor.
Curtin of hearing what the medalists of the bend could
do with the instrumental in which they moat. Nor was
the treat confined entirely to instrumental music. for Mr.
James Horatio.. R.A..111., of Bridport. added the charms
of his welt-trend end ptomains baritone voice, and this
undoubtedly added nay mach to the pleasuve felt. For,
well-masaged ass the Original Brunswick, HenDoscherer
could hardly get them to emulate Bottom rod imitate Me
dove, and in • room the whole etrer lath of the performers
was frequently startling especially wham the artist
of the drum wielded his padded hells and rattling
sticks with the power be an so easily exert: then It
WM Indeed eilarneosai of sound, and we pitied poor
Alergodris. roared at by the &Moth reel. This
was first the can in the spirited overture to &netts
(Antal), which was played with most meonsendable
brilliancy, the roll of the kettle-drume being almost too
much; the performance, however. v aced greet musical
power. The name remark applies to the " Remininenceas
of Beethoven," given with exact t rue and harmony.
wherein is abundance of enjoyable passages I bat
so
occeelenal crash of drum sound startled *rose who bed
sensitive ears. With roundness and mellow tam Mr.
Hopkins gave Blumenthal's " Marie ;" wane of the
were distinctly precious, and he infused deep
liZria"s nginto the antepenultimate vane, risine again to
hops at the end. He was much applauded. Mr. W.
Stone, of St John's,_ accompanied Mr. Muller on the
clarionet, and the effect was truly delicious, some of the
tones Yr. Moller drew out being sounds to remember and
long for again. So were most of the harmonies in
Sullivan's " Lost Chord," wherein the comet solo was
Played by Mr. Westerfield; the greed Amen came out full
of deep music, and in this we did not end the plurality of
instruments anything but as Olin:Sof pleasure. Donisetti'm
"Lucia di Lammermoor" was opened with due Justin to
its distant thunder; and the UAW pessages were
delicately handled, while the tremendous outburet as of
triumph could not fall to make a coomteriog impression.
Mr. A. Sabine gave us the benefit of lols "Penne" on the
trombone, Mr. Stone pisnofortisios ; the variational were
pleasing and not wanting in peculiar end original effects.
making Mr. Bohm as a composer, besid. e being an
accomplished performer. Mr. Hopkies then took ever 'one
by storm in his rattling Taranters, Rosslore "La Dann."
and the brilliaocv and Manly he displayed won a
deserved encore He responded with a roguish thrust at
leve-making—" In • Canal Way,' and the cynicism was
laughed at, while the singing was applauded. " Reminis-
cences of Mozart" had to be omitted, es 6 ectock
approached, and the amain waded with the Hallelujah
chores and National Anthem . The greed chorus was
eafficientli rendered. and that is saying enough, consider-
ing the power of the bend; it was indeed one of the most
enjoyable thing' of the al ternoom The audience seemed
divided as to whether tbey should rive or not to the
" Hallelujah ," and the sitters bed the majority; but they
stood foe "God Save the Queen." Ocr last 5.119,12 Band
have added,. the debt which Weymouth owes; we abeeld
have been 'tad to see a large numb. 4 to give them some
acknowledgment of what they have dons.
Inithe evening the programme was admirably rendered,
more especially the bolo: for clarionet, with pianoforte
accompaniment (Mr. Stone and Mr. Muller). and the solo
foe trombone, with pianoforte accompaniment (Mr. Stone
and Mr. A. Btilime), which were really delishtlul The
evening songs sung by Mr. James Honking were "Across
the far Blue Hill, Marie,"' Ls Dann." and the "Storm
Fiend." all of which were loudly applauded. Immediately
before the Hallelujah the Hon. Secretary expressed the
thanks of the Band Committee to Mr. Stone, the pianist,
and Mr. Cooke for go kindly lending the room. The grand
chorus from Handel was greatly admired, and af tor the
National Anthem bad been played the company left,
greatly delighted with the musicsl treat which had been
provided for them.