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Press, Volume LVIII, Issue 17429, 13 April 1922, Page 11

The niusio which the Sistine Choir oifeis is specially arranged for platform purpose:!. In addition ta a liberal number of works from the vast regular repßrtoire sung ir» tha Sistino Ohapel at the different seasons, there are many courrositioiii rot peculiar to its repertoire, iacludinj old classic Italian and Spanish madrigals and glee.s, and also modern motet;; by Elgar and Perosi. Palestrina will, of icoursu. he well represented, as it is in th© mnsir" of this great composer thut the Sistino c.xceb. Of Palestrina'a wcrka the cho;ir gives movements iron/ most of his famous Masses, including the gresit "Missa Papa Marrellii." and his most celebrated motets. The character of all Paleitrina's compositions is rioa, harmonious, and imrosing. Ho oun miho the simplest possible combinations produce the most wonderful effects. In the "Trisngion." for instsmce, each voice has actually only two notes, and those of the most obvious liar- : mo ny. i A writer in the "Landmark" relates ! an interview with Mr George Russell (ili), in which that brilliant author | S ay«: —"The secret of success is concenj tration. I practised concentration for ; fifteen minutes a day, until 1 w;as abie i.to acquire complete absorption in what l I was doing;, whether it was poetry, economics o:r art. Everyone should ha.re two professions, as opposite as possible-"