ORGAN RECITALS.

Press, Volume LIV, Issue 16404, 26 December 1918, Page 9

ORGAN RECITALS.

ST. PAUL'S PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. At St. Psul's Presbyterian Church yesterday the customary Christmas night organ recital was given by the church_ organist, Jli- Raynor White, assisted by Miss iicssie Olds and Mr C. Lawrences (vocalists). There was & good attendance, and the recital was highly appreciated. Alter a hymn hod-been and the Itov. J, P&tcrfioiti h&d omim •prayer, the National Anthem was sung. Mr ltavnor White played :—'Coronation March" (Al'tved Hollins), "Berceuee" (Ambioise), Fantasia on ".bird Soilgs" "viavotte in D" (Rauieau), "Fantare" tLemmene), •■Thoughtful" (Tozm), "Th«> Guardian Angel" Rnd "The Lake of Dreams" (Pierue), ;\'alion»l Melodies of the Allied Kationa, and th® "Hallelujah" chorus. Mira Olda sang with pleasing effect : —"Bells AcrOsß - the Snow" (Gounod), and "Fear J<ot Ye, O Ist»»1 (Dudley Buck), and Mr * finevoitfe was heard to advantage in "L«»d, Kindly Light." ST. MICHAEL'S. , At St. Michael's Church, last night, Mr Alfred Woisley gave an excellent organ recital, and the choir contributed. carols wua pleasing effect. The programme was as iollowsPrelude and Fuguo in D-Msnor (Mendelftcohn), carol, "O Bab* in Manger Lying (Barnby), Chanson de Matin (Edgar), qarolB: (a) "Cradle Song" (b) "What Child » This?" (Barnby); Adagio and Allegro lrom Concerto in F (Handel), carol, -Darkness Fell on the Weary Earth" (Barnby), Interlude in E Flat (Dubois), March m D (Beethoven). A collection was t*lsen up, in ail of the Church Fund.