MALE VOICE CHOIR

Dominion, Volume 29, Issue 301, 16 September 1936, Page 3

MALE VOICE CHOIR

Since the visit to Wellington of Dr. Malcolm Sargent, who pleaded for more fitting public spirit in music and a more genuine interest in choral work presented by local singing organisations, a marked increase in enthusiasm is evident. The Wellington Male Voice Choir at its con cert in the Concert Chamber of the Town Hall to-morrow evening will p resent a particularly fine programme, assisted by Mrs. George Hollo way, violiniste, and by Miss Ena Rapley, one of Wellington’s best-known sopranos. The accompanists will be Mr. Clement Howe and Mr. George Holloway. Among the part songs and choruses to be sung by the choir, under tbe conductorship of Frank J. Oakes, will be Percy Fletcher's setting »f “Ring Out Wild Bells,” to be sung for the first time by the choir; Palmgren’s delightful “Finnish Lullaby,” Dudley Buck’s “In Vocal Combat,” in which the sections of the choir will present two well-known arias interwoven; Elgar’s “As Torrents in Summer,” and "Drake’s Drum” and “Old Superb,” from Stanford’s sea songs. The box plan is at Begg's.