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MUSICAL. AND DRAMATIC.
'" l it depends upon the weather it lnvari
pSjiiw«ii>inder given totheuow popular
t: :qnf«tic-n—" yon going to this ContinentalT"
!;H $hiaianoompliment to Sir, fiasi^ iauotoli
jgjgjag'ffii has no oontrol over the idiosyncrasies of
^ifcjjupiter Plavias, and the publio never question
■Sytbekind of entertainment provided. Mr.
ffiP&sS has etndied the taste of the people for
^■popular entertainment to some purpose, and
!:. the weather appears to be she only ooasidera
S 'iion to keep his patrons from p easantly
S-Jounging, strolling,'or refreshing themselves
;;«A-in true Oontinentslfashion wbilelistening toa
ii 'most entertainiog al'fresao oonoert. Given
if Auoh an evening as Saturday, the beautiful
deep -bide : oauopy of the starry heavens, a
■refreshing breeze, and oharming surroundings,
S'lfSt was little wonder that the large assemblage
" . ^as iu good humour to listen attentively to
ft pud. applaud with erases of delight the in
"Apiring musia of the Leipzig oompany of ln
- ■ Btrumentalists. Whether the pieoes produued
i iby them be set in the liveliest of time or the
if'jAloweBt, the harmonies simple oroompler, the
w ©ffeot is alike beautiful. Musia euoh as was
-ifreudered on Saturday evening surely must
fcs truly olassioal where it displays the
-highest art in exeouciou and musieal effect,
■ ""'■and it need not be auy the less popular
r; ffceoause it is not, ae one lady was heard to say,
v.jvof that degraded fashion of taste exhibited io
''r ^nnhfiniiai 11 iffinp lihtthhll." Thn nPAhtuhrft
euoh tunes as " Alter the ball." The orchestra
T Tsndered the three seieotious first in order on
T" the programme, and the opening pieoe, a
■ tnaroh by J. Bsringer, entitled "Advanoe
Australia," at onoe brought the instrumen
talists en rapport with their audisnoe as they
listened intently to the varying lights and
shades of harmony. Following upon this was
an overture, "Zsmpa," by Herald, wherein
the lively variations stirred the people into the
; happiest of humours to listen to the more
. studious and refleotive theme ao sweetly
demonstrated in the romanoe by Bach,
■ "Spring's awakening." The tnusioiansentered
heartily into the spirit of tbis oumposition,
And were loudly applauded. Th»n came
""An aria from Louise de Montferat upon
the olarionet by Herr E. Schmidt, who
; well merited the applause. A brass
* quartet, "Shepherd's Sabbath song," was
undoubtedly the prominent feature of the
first partof the programme. The perfeot purity
of toue produoed by the two cornets and two
trombones, combined with oooBUtnmate skill,
wise thoroughly appreaiated. Suab a combina
tion of brass instruments is rarely if ever
introduced in ooooarted pieoes in this oity.
Before the interval the oroheatra played
A waltz, "On the Neokar," by Miliocker.
As a happy form of recreation Mr. Basa6 had
provided fireworks to fill up the interval, and
notwithstanding the note on the programme
tbat they oould be viewed from the seats the
visitors deserted the fiat to get a closer view.
^The display was good, and the whistling
rockets caused much merriment as the darting
•tars blew out their quaint little refrain. In
the second part of the programme a piooolo
Silks, "The nightingale," was rendered by
err W, SobeinpfiUg with a pretty ao»m
paniment on reed and strings. The artietio
effeab aaught the popular ear, and a part of it
had to be repeated. The orobsstra took the
three items last in order—a paraphrase from
"The armourer" by Lortzing, Millocker s
quadrille, " Vioe- Admiral," and the ever
popular waltz by Strauss, " The Blue
Danube."
The gathering at the Exhibition Gardens on
Wednesday night was again a high tribute to
the esteem in whioh these delightful enter
tainments are held. After so oppressively
hot a day nothing oould have been mors
enjoyable than a stroll or a lounge in
the oool refreshing surroundings so ad
mirably arranged by Mr. Basse. Herr Hopf'a
talented orchestra onoe more found the
greatest favour in tbeir performance of a well
teleoted programme, whioh, though it in
. eluded several items previously presented, did
pot fail to arouse the audisnoe to enthusiasm,
leading to the demand for repetitions. The
next Continental is announoed for Satur
day, whioh is to be a " Graud Sootoh
Blight," when the Caledonian Society will
honour the anniversary of the birth of Robert
Burns. For this ooaaaion the assistance oi
Miss Maggie Stirling, the eminent exponent
Of Soottish ballad tnusio, has been retained.
Amongst the passengers on the Orubs,
whioh arrived from London on January 22,
were Mr. Arthur Daore and Mrs. Daore
(Miss Amy Rosalie), who will shortly
begin a dramatic season at the Bijou Theatre,
Melbourne. Mr. Daore's last engagement in
Bondon was at the Drury-lane Theatre, and
prior to that Mr. and Mrs. Daore had been
Starring the provinoes. They will introduoe
in Australia several new pieies, including
Sidney Grundy's " Bunoh of Violets," whioh
was the snooess of the season at the Hay
market Theatre, others by the same author,
find "The Nine Days' Wonder."
Mr. A. R. Mo nroe's waltz, "The Haven of
Iiove," has so highly reooinmended itself to
the eminent publishing firm of J. 8. Kerr, of
Glasgow, that the Australian agent, Mr. W.
King, of Ballarat, has written our South Aus
tralian oompnter requesting him to supply the
firm with yet another of bis writings.
Another old favourite, Mr. |Vim Bergin, is
also permanent y looatsd in England, residing
at Manchester, and is appearing suioessfully
In oonoerts as a baritone.
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