MUSICAL PROGRAMME

Press, Volume LXXXIV, Issue 25638, 29 October 1948, Page 9

MUSICAL PROGRAMME

PRESENTATION AT BOYS’ HIGH SCHOOL

An indication of the progress being made in the study of music, both instrumental and choral, was given to garents of pupils at the Christchurch ;oys’ High School, when a programme, outstanding both for variety and execution, was presented at the school last evening. A great deal of the credit for the success of the programme must be given to the school music master (Mr Clifton Cook), who conducted the choir and orchestra.

The school band, conducted by Captain C. H. Hoskin, achieved some beautiful tone, and played throughout with liveliness and precision. The singing of the school choir was probably most popular with the audience. Tone and control were excellent throughout, and the enunciation was co mendably clear.

In Brian Falloon, a junior pupil, the school has a pianist of promise. His playing of a Bach Prelude and Fugue would have done credit to a much older performer. One of the most ambitious items of the evening was the Bach Concerto for two violins, played by D. Teplitzky and L. P. Harris. An interesting item which was presented last night for the first time in public was the “Hymn for Parachute Troops,” of which the words were written by the Rev. James Irwin, an old boy of the school, who served as a chaplain to parachute troops at Arnheim. The words had been set to music by Mr Clifton Cook. The schpul orchestra's performance of the march from “Carmen” was another popular item, and the Hallelujah Chorus, sung by the massed choir, was a fitting climax to the programme. Accompaniments were ably played by L. P. Harris.