THE ADELAIDE STRING QUARTET. - The South Australian Advertiser (Adelaide, SA : 1858 - 1889) - 27 Apr 1881 (original) (raw)

THE ADELAIDE STRING QUARTET.

The musical population of Adelaide will be

glad to hear that the Adelaide String Quartet

have entered upon their second season after a

retirement during the summer months. The

oomnuttee v composed of the following gentle

men:—Chairman, His Honor the Chief Justice;

Messrs. C. Barton, A. Boult, J. H. Grainger, E.

B. Grundy, W. D. Reed, W. G. Rhind; musical

director, Mons. Jules Meilhan. Instrumentalists

—Mr. John Hall, first violin and leader; Mr. C.

Barton, second violin; Mr. Chapman, second

violin; Mr. Hall, Jun., second violin; Mr. Frank

Hales, viola; Mr.Hermann Schrader, viola; Mr.

Frank K. M. Winterbottom, violoncello.

Pianists, Mons. Jules Meilhan, Mr. Hermann

Schrader ; hon. secretary, Mr. W. D.

Beed. Tnece names are alone sufficient

to guarantee a suceessfsl season. Tha

works to be performed are as iollaws:—

String Quartets: Haydn, Beethoven, Pleyel,

Volkmann. Piano Trios (piano, violin, and

cello): Beethoven, Chopin, HnmmeL String

Qnintet?: Mozart (two violas), Boocheriui (two

eellcs). Violin Solos: Bach Sonata, Beethoven

Sonata. Violoncello Solos: Mendelssohn So

nata, Lacbner. String Octet: Mendelssohn

(four violins, two violas, two cellos). Piano

Solos: Suites. Handel; Beethoven's Moonlight

Sonata, Schubert's Sonata, No. 1; Schumann,

HepdelsEobn. String Trio: CorellL M. Joles

Meilhan also intends to prodsee Beethoven's

concerto, No. 3, G Minor, Op. 37; Men

delssohn's concerto, No. 1, G Minor, Op.

25; and HmnmeTs eaneerto. These aeleo

tions are exceedingly tasteful, and will render

the concerts givsn by the String Quartet

most attractive, and in a musical sense,

to most people at least instructive. Mr. W. D.

Beed is an energetic hon. secretary, and has

spared neither time nor pains daring bis con

nection with tbe aooiety to facilitate their work

in all respects. The members' tickets in classes

A, B, and O are respectively £3, £1 15s* and

£1 Is., and as a great many of these are already

taken up, the present season, ehonid be quite as

successful as the past one. The series win

consist of eight concerts, given at intervals oE

about three weeks. The first will take place