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Sydney · Pictures, dances & concerts
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ENDYMION is a cantata for Bolo voices and chorus, with full orchestral accompaniment, composed expressly for the festival By Mr. Alfred Plumpton, organist of St Patrick's Roman Catholic…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →In some respects this concert was the most interesting of the aeries. The symphony was ably conducted by Mr. Julius Hers, who, however, would have inspired more confidence in his forces if he had…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →If. the piece de remittance at t is concert were composed especially for this occasion, as stated in the introduction to the Festal Hand-book, it was very soon evident that the cantata was a mistake, and quite…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Waiving all considerations as to the policy of appropriating two entire evenings for the works of Handel, while Mendelssohn and Mozart were so slenderly represented and Haydn not at all, it must be…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →ENDYMION is a cantata for solo voices and chorus, with full orchestral accompaniment, composed expressly for the festival by Mr. Alfred Plumpton, organist of St. Patrick's Roman Catholic…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Last evening the Protestant Hall was crowded by a fashionable audience to do honor to Mr H. E. Chapman, who has had a benefit tendered him by a number of professional ladies and gentlemen on…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →MR. and Mr. Holmes, of Ruby, Paddington, received upwards of 50 guests on the evening of the 24th ultimo, and made them so happy with good music, supper, and etceteras, that the following day was…
Continued on Trove, page 28 →"Henry V." was revived at the Theatre Royal last night, and this great play, which in Australia, at least, seems to suggest the name of Rignold, was reproduced under circumstances the most favourable for its…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Theatre Royal was densely filled on Sunday evening, even the musicians' chairs in the orchestra being occupied. The proceedings were commenced by a small but very efficient orchestra…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Besides being an estimable actor of varied parts, Mr. Frank Towers evidently possesses lit[?]erary merit, and the power of arranging incident with dramatic effect. This was evidenced on, Saturday when " Grip," a drama he had…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →At the Theatre Royal on Saturday night "Henry V." was repeated. Mr. Rignold's ideas of kingly character and deportment were most favourably received; and, in fact, altogether the entertainment was most gorgeous and…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →On Wednesday evening the Euphonic Orchestral Society gave a grand-complimentary concert of vocal and instrumental music in the Protestant Hall, which was so numerously attended that the doors of the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A grand concert was tendered to Mrs. Palmer (Rosina Curandini) in the Protestant Hall, Castlereagh-street, last night. There was not such a large attendance as one would naturally have expected to witness, considering the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →King Ludwig promised to support and provide for the performance of Wagner's Trilogy; but his people chose to think him a fool, and, though not a penny of public money was touched, or intended to be touched, a great disturbance…
Continued on Trove, page 367 →The most noteworthy characteristics of the ball dresses to be worn during the ensuing season is the prevalence of what we must call the "applique work style." Last year there was a tendency to stud dresses with large beads, or clusters…
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Continued on Trove, page 357 →By a number of influential citizens a complimentary concert was given in the Protestant Hall last evening to Mrs. Palmer (nee Carandini). The programme was an excellent one, and from the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →On Saturday evening there was again a large attendance at the Theatre Royal, "Henry V.," with its panorama of martial scenes and tableaux, a brilliant setting to the central figure of the hero King of England, having…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Sir,—I noticed this morning, about 11 o'clock, a quantity of mattresses and pillows being burnt at Ball's Head, opposite Snail's Bay. The blaze and smoke attracted my attention, and I passed within a hundred yards of the place…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A melancholy death in a cricket held occurred on Saturday at Mooroopna during a contest between the local and Shepparton clubs. Charles Clay while batting was struck in the region of…
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