MADRIGAL SINGERS

Press, Volume C, Issue 29556, 4 July 1961, Page 13

MADRIGAL SINGERS

Concert On Saturday The University of Canterbury Madrigal Singers will present their second subscription concert in the University Hall on Saturday, July 8, at 8 p.m. The church works to be presented are by Joseph Goodman. Randall Thompson and Darius Milhaud. William Hawkey is the conductor. The guest artists at this concert will be the soprano. Diane Parsons, who will present songs by Faure. and the University Trio which will present works by Pierne and Jean Francaix. Joseph Goodman was born in 1918 in New York and was a pupil of Paul Hindemith and Walter Piston. He will be represented in the programme by Four Motets.. Randall Thompson was born in New York in 1899 He graduated from Harvard and for a while studied with Ernest Bloch. From 1922 he spent three years in Europe. On his return to America, he filled several posts as conductor. professor of music and director. His contribution to the programme will be "The Peaceable Kingdom,” a sequence of sacred choruses for unaccompanied mixed voices, the text being from the Prophecy of Isaiah. Darius Milhaud was born in France in 1892. He studied under Widor and d'lndy. He became associated -with a group of young French composers. known as the “French Six.” He now lives in the United States. “Cantata of War’’ and "Cantata of Peace,” are the Milhaud works on the Madrigal Singers’ programme