Orpheus Musical Society (Wellington, N.Z.)

Date: 1926

By: Parker, I W (Mr), active 1970s

Reference: Eph-A-MUSIC-1926

Description: Includes the Rules of the Wellington Band Contest Society Incorporated. 1926/27 Includes programmes featuring: Aeolian Club. (President Ernest Empson, Treasurer Mr F Page). First public recital. Choral Hall (Christchurch). 31 May 1926. Band of the 2nd Battalion Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders (Princess Louise's). Conductor F J Ricketts. New Zealand tour. Souvenir programme. ca 1926.(2 copies) Dame Clara Butt & Mr Kennerley Rumford. New Zealand tour 1926. Souvenir book of words. Programme Dame Clara Butt & Mr Kennerley Rumford. New Zealand tour 1926. Souvenir book of words. Programme no 2 (2 copies) Dame Clara Butt & Mr Kennerley Rumford. New Zealand tour 1926. Souvenir book ofwords. Programme no 3. Souvenir book of words Hubert Carter, the famous New Zealand tenor. Open for engagements, opera, oratorio concerts, miscellaneous, Scotch-Irish [1926]. Pamphlet listing New Zealand performances 1922-1924, and performances in the british Isles 1925-1926 Chaliapin concerts. Direction J & N Tait. Second concert. Souvenir programme and book of words (2 copies) Chaliapin concerts. Direction J & N Tait. First concert. Souvenir programme Toti dal Monte; direction J & N Tait. First programme. Souvenir book of words. (Cover autographed). Christchurch, A E Purse, printer, 1926. Toti dal Monte concerts. Town Hall Auckland. Second concert. Souvenir programme and book of words. 1926 Toti dal Monte concerts. Town Hall Auckland. Third concert. Souvenir programme and book of words. 1926 Toti dal Monte concerts. [Town Hall Wellington]. Third concert. Souvenir programme and book of words. 1926 Dominion Artists Club. Programme of concert. Spring Gardens Galleries London. 15 March 1926. (Features Hubert Carter, and Rita Alexander from New Zealand). Eroica Club. Recital. (First concert, 1926-27 season). Jellicoe Hall. 29 November 1926. Evans, Dorothy. Pianoforte recital by the students of Dorothy Evans. Cesaroni Concert Chamber, 27 Panama Street. 31 May 1926. Kendall String Quartet. Farewell concert. Town Hall Concert Chamber. 5 June 1926? Orpheus Musical Society. Conductor Mr Len Barnes. Second concert "The May queen" and "The New earth". Concert Chamber Town Hall. 20 April 1926. Orpheus Musical Society. Programme. Third concert. Concert Chamber, Town Hall. 12 August 1926. Bernard F Page (Wellington City organist). Organ recital. Town Hall Wellington, 4 July 1926. Programme Palmerston North Orchestral Society. Second concert of the 32nd season. Opera House. 25 October 1926. Port Nicholson Silver Band. Grand final recital. Grand Opera House. 14 November 1926. Royal Wellington Choral Union. Handel's "Messiah". Town Hall. 11 December 1926. (2 copies) Society of Musicians Orchestra. Sixth orchestral concert (2nd concert, 1926 season). Wellington Town Hall Concert Chamber. 25 September 1926. Trio evening (Ava Symons, George Ellwood, Gordon Short). Concert Chamber, Town Hall. 2 June 1926. Wanganui Garrison Band. Band of the 2nd Battallion Wellington and West Coast Regiment. Hon Members' concert. Opera House, 22 November 1926. Wellington Commercial Travellers' and Warehousemen's Association Male Voice Choir. First concert 1926. Concert Chamber, Town Hall. 29 May 1926. Wellington Professional Orchestra. Conductor Leon de Mauny. Second concert 1926. 4 July 1926. Wellington Professional Orchestra. Conductor Leon de Mauny. Third concert. 15 August 1926. Wellington Professional Orchestra. Conductor Leon de Mauny. Fourth concert. 26 September 1926. Wellington Professional Orchestra. Conductor Leon de Mauny. Fifth concert. 24 October 1926. Wellington Theatrical Employees' Sick and Benefit Society. Annual concert tendered by theatrical professional and leading artists. Grand Opera House. 20 June 1926. (2 copies) Quantity: 27 album(s) Album(s). 1 booklet. Physical Description: Printed programmes, up to octavo size, some illustrated.

Date: 1925

Reference: Eph-A-MUSIC-1925

Description: Includes programmes featuring: Paul Althouse and Arthur Middleton. Town Hall, Auckland. 28 September 1925. Souvenir book of words. Australian Silver Band. Programmes no 1 and 4. 1925. Hubert Carter. Booklet of press opinions, season 1925. Buckner's Dixie Jubilee Singers. No 1 and 2 programme in one. 1925 (2 different programmes) Kendall String Quartet. [Programme. ca 1925] (2 copies). Kreisler "The musical soul of the world". Programmes for first and second concerts, and programmes for concert in Wellington Town Hall 8th and 10th June, and 9 & 11th June 1925 (4 programmes in all) Stella Murray. New Zealand tour 1925. Town Hall Wellington [1925]. Programme Stella Murray. Recital. Theatre Royal Christchurch [ca 17 September 1925]. Programme and book of words. [1925]. Royal Albert Hall (London). Concerts featuring Rosina Buckman, Maurice D'Oisly, Antonio Brosa, Susanne Morvay, Elsie Owen, Laffitte. January 25th and February 22, 1925. (2 programmes in all) N.Z. and South Seas International Exhibition, Dunedin 1925-26. Festival Hall Official Amusements programme. Primary Schools Choir (3-4 December 1925), and "The Dream of Gerontius" by the Exhibition Choir (17-18 November 1925). Newcastle Steel Works Champion Band. Four different programmes. 1925. Orpheus Musical Society. "Tom Jones". Concert Chamber, Town Hall. 8 December 1925. Bernard Page. Organ recitals at the Town Hall Wellington, for 5 April, 12 April, 7 June, 5 July, 12 July 1925 (5 programmes in all). Palmerston North Choral Society assisted by the Orpheus Society. Haydn's oratorio "The Creation". Opera House Palmerston North. 15 July 1925. Shannon Choral Society. Wm B Bradbury's "Esther". Century Hall, Levin. 9 July 1925. Programme. Soloists of the Sistine Choir. Australasian tour. Souvenir programmes no. 1 (three copies varying slightly), 4, 6 and 8. 1925. Stralia. Australasian tour of the world famed dramatic soprano. Programmes no. 1 (1 copy) and 2 (2 copies). 1925. Edna Thomas, "the lady from Louisiana" in plantation songs and spirituals. Town Hall concert room, Wellington. 14,16,18 April 1925. Programme. Wellington Professional Orchestra. Programmes for concerts on 31 May (3 copies), 12 July (1 copy), 23 August (1 copy), 4 October (1 copy), 8 November (3 copies) 1925. (5 different programmes in all). Wellington Stage Employees' Sick & Benefit Society. Annual concert. 31 May 1925 (3 copies, two pink and one green). Quantity: 23 album(s) in 2 folders. Physical Description: Printed programmes, up to octavo size, some illustrated. Provenance: Donated and purchased from various sources, including Mr Joe Barnao, Levin, 2016.

Date: 1927

Reference: Eph-A-MUSIC-1927

Description: Includes programmes featuring: Frances Alda. Australian and New Zealand tour 1927. First recital. Programme Flier indicating that Mr Cyril Towsey would take the place of Mr Max Rabinowitsch as pianist and accompanist of Frances Alda, in second and third (final) concert of Wellington season. City of Auckland Municipal concerts. Carol concert by the Municipal Band and the Harmony Eight, vocalists Gladys Hosking, Maida Davison, Fred Bowes, Hal C McLennan, J Purchase. Town Hall 24 December 1927. Programme Hubert Carter, New Zealand's leading tenor. Extracts from press notices 1927 [Promotional booklet] Ernest Dawson. His Master's Voice, the world's best gramophone! Fifth recital. Concert Chamber Town Hall, 5 May 1927. Programme of a gramophone concert. Ernest Dawson. His Master's Voice, the world's best gramophone! Sixth recital. Concert Chamber Town Hall, 6 July 1927. Programme of a gramophone concert. Concert Chamber Town Hall Wellington. Invitation recital by students of Mr Leon de Mauny and Madame Evelyn de Mauny. 1 December 1927. Programme (2 copies). (Performers included Desmond Lavin, Mr H Tonks, Eva Cowan, Leo Antonoff, Robert Waters, Gertrude Smith, Zillah Castle, Harold Kirby, Frank Matejka, Grace Robertson, Charles W Clift, Richard Maunder, Mona Mann, Fred and Marjorie Ballinger, Harry Unwin, Misses N Wilkinson and G Robertson, Mr G Palamountain). Ignaz Friedman. New Zealand tour 1927. First programme (2 copies) Ignaz Friedman. New Zealand tour 1927. Second programme Ignaz Friedman. New Zealand tour 1927. Third programme Grand concert by the artists of Wellington in aid of the Mayoral Relief Fund for Unemployment (With Harold Godier, Orphans' Club Orchestra, Tom Wood, Gladys Smythe, Nora Greene, Desmond Lavin, S Duncan, Doug Stark, Len Barnes, Gordon Short, Lyric Quartet, Amy Woodward, Harison Cook, Claude Tucker, Mrs Wilfrid Andrews, Arthur C Clark, Norman Aitken, Evelyn de Mauny, A Stanley Warwick). Town Hall Wellington, 12 July 1927. Programme (foxed) Jascha Heifetz. Heifetz concerts. First concert. Souvenir programme (2 copies) Jascha Heifetz. Heifetz concerts. Second concert. Souvenir programme (2 copies) Preliminary announcement. Return of world-famous violinist Heifetz, wizard of the violin. After an interval of six years ... not yet 25 years of age ... [Blue flier with portrait photograph] (2 copies) Jascha Heifetz. Three violin recitals. Town Hall Auckland, 3, 6 10 August 1927. At the piano Samuel Chotzinoff. Programme Jascha Heifetz. Three violin recitals. Town Hall Wellington, 18, 22 and 25 August 1927. At the piano Samuel Chotzinoff. Promotional pamphlet only Joseph Hislop. Celebrated tenor coming. Direction J & N Tait. Promotional flier (Pink. 2 copies) Joseph Hislop. Australian and New Zealand tour 1927-28. Solo pianist Alberto Sciarretti. First recital. Programme (2 copies) Joseph Hislop. Australian and New Zealand tour 1927-28. Solo pianist Alberto Sciarretti. Second recital. Programme (2 copies) and yellow/brown flier (2 copies) Joseph Hislop. Australian and New Zealand tour 1927-28. Solo pianist Alberto Sciarretti. Third recital. Programme (2 copies) and yellow flier (2 copies) Joseph Hislop. Australian and New Zealand tour 1927-28. Solo pianist Alberto Sciarretti. Fourth recital. Programme (2 copies) E J Gravestock has the honour to present Miss Phyllis Lett, the great English contralto. Supporting artists Miss Margot Macgibbon, Mr Norman Bennett, Mr Maurice Besly. New Zealand tour 1927. Programme and book of words no. 2 (2 copies) E J Gravestock has the honour to present Miss Phyllis Lett, the great English contralto. Supporting artists Miss Margot Macgibbon, Mr Norman Bennett, Mr Maurice Besly. New Zealand tour 1927. Programme and book of words no. 4 E J Gravestock has the honour to present Miss Phyllis Lett, the great English contralto. Supporting artists Miss Margot Macgibbon, Mr Norman Bennett, Mr Maurice Besly. New Zealand tour 1927. Programme and book of words no. 5 Orpheus Musical Society. Fifth concert. Concert Chamber Town Hall, 6 April 1927. Programme. Paderewski. Promotional pamphlet with portrait. Paderewski. Direction J & N Tait. First recital. Wellington. Programme (2 copies) Paderewski. Town Hall Wellington, 11 June 1927. Ticket for orchestral stalls (Pink) Paderewski. Direction J & N Tait. Second recital. Wellington. Programme ( 1 brown text - 2 copies; 1 blue text) Paderewski. Direction J & N Tait. Third recital. Wellington. Programme (2 copies) Paderewski. Direction J & N Tait. First recital. Auckland. Programme Paderewski. Direction J & N Tait. Second recital. Auckland. Programme Paderewski. Direction J & N Tait. Third recital. Auckland. Programme Paderewski. Direction J & N Tait. First recital. Christchurch. Programme (2 copies) Paderewski. Direction J & N Tait. Second recital, Christchurch. Programme Bernard Page. Organ recitals. Town Hall Wellington, 13 March, 30 October and 6 November 1927. Programmes. Port Nicholson Silver Band. Third grand recital. T Goodall, conductor [pro tem]. Grand Opera House, Sunday May 29th 1927. Programme. Port Nicholson Silver Band. Ninth grand recital. J J Drew, conductor. Grand Opera House, Sunday October 2nd 1927. Programme. Society of Musicians Orchestra. Eighth orchestral concert. Beethoven programme. Solo violin Mrs Eric meir, vocalists Mrs J F Woodward, Mr Roy Hill, Mrs Wilfrid Andrews, Mr Harison Cook. Wellington Town Hall Concert Chamber, 16 July 1927. Programme (2 copies) Timaru Orchestral Society. Second subscription concert. Theatre Royal, 3 October 1927. Programme (featuring Mabel Esquilant and other singers) Wellington Commercial Travellers' and Warehousemen's Association Male Voice Choir. 1st concert. Concert Chamber, Town Hall, 7 May 1927. Programme Wellington Commercial Travellers' and Warehousemen's Association Male Voice Choir. 2nd concert. Concert Chamber Town Hall, 20 August 1927. Programme. Wellington Orchestral Society. Ninth orchestral concert. Vocalist Signor Lucien Cesaroni; leader and solo violin Mrs Eric Meier. Wellington Town Hall, 11 October 1927. Programme (2 copies) Wellington Orchestral Society. Tenth orchestral concert. Vocalists the Lyric Quartette; leader and solo violin Mrs Eric Meier. Wellington Town Hall,29 November 1927. Programme (2 copies) Wellington Professional Orchestra. Conductor Leon de Mauny. First concert. 22 May 1927. Programme Wellington Professional Orchestra. Conductor Leon de Mauny. (Soloist Mrs Wilfred Andrews). Second concert, 3 July 1927. Programme (2 copies) Wellington Professional Orchestra. Conductor Leon de Mauny. Beethoven Centenary concert. Third concert, 14 August 1927. (Soloists Desmond Lavin, Frances Morrison, Beryl Hope. Programme (2 copies) Wellington Professional Orchestra. Conductor Leon de Mauny. Fourth concert (Soloists Roy Hill, Leon de Mauny). 25 September 1927. Programme Wellington Professional Orchestra. Conductor Leon de Mauny. Fifth concert (Soloist Mrs Clinton Hunt). 23 October 1927. Programme (2 copies) Wellington Savage Club Orchestra for the Primary School Children of Wellington City and Suburbs. Orchestral recital. Town Hall, 16 August 1927. Programme Efrem Zimbalist concerts. New Zealand tour 1927. Direction: Concert Tours Ltd. Souvenir programme (2 copies) Quantity: 50 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Printed programmes, up to octavo size, some illustrated.

Date: 1926

Reference: Eph-A-OPERA-1926-3

Description: Includes programmes or fliers for the following performances: Eltham Musical Society. “Dorothy”; a Cardston-Baxter production. [Taranaki tour itinerary 17-26 November 1926]. Souvenir programme Gisborne Amateur Operatic Society. “Miss Hook of Holland”. Opera House, 26-31 July 1926. Souvenir programme Hawera Amateur Operatic Society. “A runaway girl”. Opera House Hawera, 20-24 September 1926. Programme J C Williamson Ltd presents the Royal Comic Opera Company with Claude Flemming, Arthur Stigant and John Ralston in "Lilac time". Country tour 1926. Programme J C Williamson Ltd presents the Royal Comic Opera Company with Claude Flemming, Arthur Stigant and John Ralston in "Lilac time". Grand Opera House Wellington, commencing 10 July 1926. Programme (2 copies) New Plymouth Amateur Operatic Society. "Florodora". Opera House New Plymouth, 20-23 October 1926. Programme New Plymouth Tennis Club (auspices of). "Her winning way", a Cardston-Baxter production. Opera House New Plymouth, 22-23 February 1926. Programme Stratford Save the Babies Fund (auspices of). "Her winning way", a Cardston-Baxter production. Town Hall Stratford, 6 March 1926. Programme Opunake Federal Band (auspices of). "If I marry again". Direction Messrs Cardston and J Davidson-Baxter. Opera House New Plymouth, 10-13 February 1926. Programme Opunake Federal Band (auspices of). "If I marry again". Direction Messrs Cardston and Baxter. New Theatre Opunake, 3-4 May 1926. Programme Opunake Federal Band (auspices of). "If I marry again". Direction Messrs Cardston and Baxter. Opera House Hawera, 13 May [1926]. Promotional pamphlet with press opinions, [and] Programme Orpheus Musical Society. "Flora's holiday", "Psyche". Fourth concert. Concert Chamber Town Hall, 14 December 1926. Programme Stratford Operatic Society. “The belle of New York”; a Cardston-Baxter production. [Tour itinerary around Taranaki, 20 September – 6 October 1926. Programme Waipukurau Operatic Society. "The mikado". Producer C F Smedley. Municipal Theatre Waipukurau, 19-21 May 1926. Programme Quantity: 2 folder(s). Physical Description: Programmes and flyers, sizes ranging under 250 mm.