THE SHEFFIELD CHOIR.

Bush Advocate, Volume XXIII, Issue 148, 1 July 1911, Page 4

THE SHEFFIELD CHOIR.

, -r . \ C-reat interest was taken yesterdfay over a wide area ini the miafcim&e T>Hrfoir: lua.noe •gh ,i n by the ShsffieJld Choir at /Paimoirston North.' Visitors pouif ed I into the town by special and ordinary trains from. a'Jl parts, and whiffli tlrm timo for the concert, 1 p.m.,' arnihfed, large numbers co<uld mot be a©comn]iD'diaie.d with seats, aiLt>kou@! pr/ovision had been made for ' ov-ek x/UiDO. 'A programme of sterling merit was aai ramg&ci. Tins choir mim belied abdfuil 160, and a strong orcliesti,a. was pinesexit. "Tina best numibeir was- the Baoll motet, "Sing Ye t.o the Lc.rd,"- writ tpn fotr eight "■parts. This wias unaccompanied.. Tlie intriiioaciies"'© tjJi-a vo caseation were as nio'thinig It* tiii'o lingers, and perfect tone . ' \vb< maintained throughout. The so prainos .make a brilliant division; tii* C;oiiitra:ltoi3 are vsdvety in - tlw tenors aa'e pa rtkiulia,r,ly fine, <and th» basses supp'ly a splendid gro-urwi .weirk. rii.e whole combination is 1 i remarkable one, and tlicur sin.gin.gVai fan- beyond anything that lias eve .been heard 'in N.e i w Zealand. ' Tji« ic-liorua.were aiso beard in the follow iing numbers:—"And the gtory"' a-iii; ' 'l"i aHelujaii'' (M'esciiaih) ; Comrada' i "bonig or Hope,'' and ''Scenes.fron the ■ Highlands" (a) lullaby (b) da.mce by Elgav. In tlie&a chomps es the choir was supported' by thje'oti' ohestra. The men of tiie choir' saais Su-lli'Viaii's "The 'long day clbses' most d'eliicious piece of part eduigiiig) and the full! cJioir ; tb "Strike the lyre" iand "The BeM of >St. Michael's Tower." Eac,h ,'wa sumiijly peirfect as to time, tone, pbnafe ing aaid 1 exprlessdon, and revealed'in.a reimairkable degree whait can -be' akjcompl'i'slied by the careful traiitniilg <>j i tlie •hurnia.n voice" under such a slta'll'eic i conductor ias Dr 'Oonrad. , . |; _ The soloists comprise leiadiiug • vpoal istcs. Miiss Taggaa-t, the^;Sco^tiis'ii'4iS|opriano, sang very acceptably "I ksftfm that my Redeemer liveth" Cilieeibra'i accomp/ajmniejit), and later; oi gave popu'Lai; - "Wail€i bong." Of the two items wie .pa"©; fe.rredT the Tha'auidiieince claims ored for an euccae, wihiecn "Conning tin rough the xye" was eubstitutdd 1 , Mr Turnpenny, tine tenors, ;'s£ua'e "Oomfort Ye" and "Every .VaMley." (Messiah) .most artistioal'ly. . He >aiLsfc sanig '' The Trumpeter,'' and' as: .'aja encore substituted "I diiieiam' Qf' niiy l<ove.''. . Mir oiiice secured' the favor, of t'he ,audienioe. He declaimed 'fWliy-dfo ,-Qiie nat'io,ns" splendiidly, but'liis bestnuhi'ber was Gounod's, "Slie atone chi'armeth my sadness'a-w&y," -whikshi was given w<ith.inimitable expression apd piOAveir. For- an encore' Mir (Charliesl- - 'oi'th respcinided with a delicatievtofuCcib of humor, "The little-Irish girl'.''', TAi periformiaaice opened! with. Dir ' Hal riss's Coiroiniatiiion oide, "Emiptire: oi w Sea.," and concluded! with "Gad sahn tliid King." > I Tba w:it of the choir is ia memorl ■able event An the musical Jiistory/ioa the Doiminion. It ( Jias showai oaia music,al people what the "liighest fotec of c'lioira'l work is, and' tine this p art of the North Island' :aire' u™ d'Eu* a dlabt to those enteirpirifeiinJjJ peopla vat Pa'lmerston Who secure? "the visit of the choir .a-nd' caririied. ail the arrangements for that .visit m- suo an adimi'rablie manmier. ' " • V The train from Hawfee Bay was wei'l i3iatix>n'isied. eoghty joined the train at virke, Avliich was -a quiacrter of ; : aar.'hou fet© im le-aving here, .and was als a quarter of an hour behind the ia<j time in returning from Paffimer'Stoai. -. 1 .*" ■ . 7 i A WELLINGTON TRIUMPH. 'V [PBES3 ASSOCIATION.] & WELLINGTON, This Da Thie Town Hail was .again packed last night to its full limit to ilueasr thte Ohcir. The part siiai\gin,g was a. featuine which roused the ,audience] j to the greatest ien,tlli'Ua:.asmi, 'espeoiailliy the "BeiLfe of :St. Michael's Towe,r,"f'] in which the effect produced as .described by various superlatives." ''Dr Haririi-e's .cioinipositioai "Paai" /Mso met with great favor. The orchestral accompanimsnt wias a great feature, and at the end Dr Harnriss sag-, •nailed hd.s.warin 'appiieeiatioh to miecm-l bers of 'the orchestra. . '