BOYS' CHOIR CONCERT.

Press, Volume LXVI, Issue 19917, 2 May 1930, Page 2

BOYS' CHOIR CONCERT.

PUNELM SCHOOL. With the assistance of several well-known amateur musicians, the boys' choir of Danelm School gave a;. moat pleasant and interesting concert at the Durham street l Hall last evening. The programme, which included choruses, songs, and piano and 'cello solos, was well varied, and entertained greatly an audience of good size. The school M O, a Of B B M OU J 20 b "y» hBB been trained by T'■£' * ullock . »fld it was under his conduoforsbip that it sang, showing a good balance of voices and more than elementary knowledge of the music. , The traditional Welsh air, "The Ash Grove," was notable for the tweet treble singing, at Its opening, while in the' Lincolnshire traditional, "The Poacher," "Dulce Domum," and the school Bong there were many rich effects of tone. Altogether, Mr Bullock is to be congratulated on the singing of his choir as on its rigid stage presence. The balance of the programme was provided by a group of singers, also under Mr Bullock, by Miss Bessie Pollard (piano), and Mr Hamilton Dickson" ('cello). Miss Polhrd played brilliantly a "Tarantelle" of Chopin and Liszt's Fourth Rhapsody, adding on encore. With a rich but flexible tone, Mr Dickson played two groups of well-con-trasted solos, in which Ooltermann's "Cantilena" and the "Serenade Espagnole" of Glaiounov were outstanding. Among thesolo singers, Mr James Hinton may be placed first in Eric Coates's "Bird Songs at Eventide." Mr Hinton took also the solo in the part-song, "Land of My Fathers." Mr Dickson appeared again, this time as' a singer, in "Pass Every Man," while Mr Bullock sang very willingly "Trade Winds," from Frederick Keel's "Saltwater Ballads." Mr It. Lake was the chanty-man in "Heave Away," ' 'Blow ■ the ' Man Down;'' and "Shenandoah," which the men sang with rollicking vigour. Newtons "The Frog" was given with broad and excellent humour. , Finally; all Well sung, ; wire the chorus, "Song of the Bow," and the part-songs, "O ganctfsslma" and the "Soldiers' Chorus" (Gounod). Miss Bessie Pollard accompanied the soloists. In the interval Mr 0. E. Ferris, headmaster of the school, returned thanks to the musicians.