CHORAL PROGRAMME

Press, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22073, 22 April 1937, Page 3

CHORAL PROGRAMME

LIEDERTAFEL'S "AT HOME" A programme of excellent music i was presented in the Radiant Hall on i Tuesday evening, when the Christchurch Liedertafel held its annual "At Home." It is rot often that the public has the opportunity of hearing this fine male voice choir, and the singing under the conductorship of Mr A. Worsley justified the popularity of the event. A full range of part songs and choral work was presented, of which the best received was a Hebridean air, "Farewell." Schuman's "Song of Freedom," five part songs by Sir Edward Elgar, and Kipling's poem "Non Nobis, Domine," to a setting by Quitter were the most popular of the other choral numbers given. The four soloists, Messrs J. H. Cocks, Thorpe Cherry, R. Allison, and J. Tennent, contributed excellent interpretations of a number of well-chosen items. One not often heard was Rutland Broughton's "The Old Bard's Song," which was suited by Mr Tennent's splendidly controlled and adaptable voice. Variety was introduced by solos by the choir's accompanist, Mr Gordon Anderson, who gave an expressive rendering of Maurice Ravel's "The Fountain." His other programme numbers were "The River Maas" (Meyer) and "The Windmill" (York Bowen>.