MUSICAL UNION
MUSICAL UNION. ■ The second subscription concert of the current season is to be given in the Town Hall on October ID. . Tlio works chosen are "Joan .of Arc" (Gaul), "Tho Revenge" (Stanford), and "Concerto in 1 ? Minor" (Weber), for solo pianoforte and orchestra. Tho former work is a notjfrto setting to music (first performed, at tho Birmingham Musical Festival) of tho historic events associated.'wifcli Joan of Arc, the Maid of Orleans. Madame IVie? laejt, of Auckland, has been specially engaged to /undertake the title role, Mr; H. ni* ,? oen » oi Masterton (Philip), Messrs. Charlton and Clavkson', respectively,, tho partfc of Robert, and Jean. The cantata, is in opera style has attained considerable popularity among English societies, and has recently been much reon account of its martial character. Ihe Eeveiige" is Sir F. V. Stanford's choral masterpiece, aiid the famous Irish composer finds his forte in works of this character; Tennyson, in this hia inspired ponm, provided tho composer with the opportunity. , The: chorus are elsewhero notified that rehearsals commence at 7.30.
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Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2582, 2 October 1915, Page 11
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173MUSICAL UNION Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2582, 2 October 1915, Page 11
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