MUSICAL SERVICE.

Press, Volume LXVII, Issue 20420, 15 December 1931, Page 9

MUSICAL SERVICE.

EDGEWARE WESLEY CHURCH: ■ A very fine- interpretation of- Handfl'a, ' 'Messiah' * was given in the - Sunday - School Tfaii ot Wesley Church, Kdgewart road,_ on 'Sunday night, by a:choir, of over fortyvoicM, and a full orchestra undef the baton of Mr C. -" E. James. The organist was Mies Stella Osborne. Before the 1 work was commenced., . the Bev. E. B. Chambers reminded the largfl congregation that it was exactly one hundred and ninety years since the oratorio was com -' posed, and it was most remarkable thai it ■ wan written by >Bandto in the Bpiw.w twenty-four days- in August and September, w 1741. The first production roused great enthtt-: siaemyt and with the passing of tho-yeara ap- ; preciation of the masterpiece had not wMied. Here they had the sublimest music wedded . to the sublimest rftory ever heard —the record of the Dfrine love made manifest in the Saviour of men. „ •' Choruses and solos were given as xouows:.• "Comfort Ye" ind "Every Valley," Mr S. Clothier; "And the Glory," "O Ihon That Tellest," "For Unto Us," "Glory to God,* ' "AU W» Like Sheep," "Lift Up Your Heads," "Hallelujah." "Worthy «. the Lamb," "Behold a Virgin," "O, Thou, That. Tellest," Mrs K. O. Andrews; "for Behold, Darkness". and "The People that Walked in Darkness," Mr E. J. Johnson; "There-Were . Shepherds," "Alid to the Angel," "And the Angel Said," "And Suddenly," and ".Rejoice Greatly," Miss Jessie Duff; "Thus Saitu. the Lord," "But Who May Abide," and. "Why Do the Nations,the Bev. B. B. Chambers;- "Then Shall the Eyes" and "He ShallFeed His Flock," and "I Know that My Redeemer Liveth," C, •Cameron: "Come Unto Him,"-Miss A. Lucas; He Was Despised," Miss Hilda Smith.Before the performance Mr Claude O'Hagan- • sang "The. Lost Chord." i