The Music Society

The Music Society was entertained on Thursday by the small rotund and confident tenor, Hubert Milverton-Carta, accompanied by Elizabeth Page. This is Mr. Milver-ton-Carta's first appearance in Wellington since his return from England. He began with songs from Henry Purcell, followed by the Holy aonnets of John Donne arranged by Benjamin Britten. In the heavy serious pieces he was not pleasing although he tackled them with gusto. His voice alternated from very loud to very soft too much; he appeared to have little middle register. But George Butterworth's settings of "The Shropshire Lad," and Britten's folk-song arrangements, which he sang next, were delightful, and admirably suited to his talents, which an of a lighter, comic order. "Foggy-foggy Dew" was the encore he chose, and evidently enjoyed singing.