JUBILEE CHOIR
CONCERT FOR CHARITY
The audience was small but enthusiastic in the Town Hall Concert Chamber on Saturday night, when the Wellington Jubilee Choir, under the baton of Mr. Frank J. Oakes, gave a performance in aid jf the funds of the Home of Compassion. The programme was varied and .well chosen. It was apparent, however, that the male voices were not as strong as the contralto and soprano sections of the choir. Mr. Oakes, however, is a capable and artistic conductor, who knows how to evoke the best from the performers. . The concert opened with a choral number, "Henry of Navarre" (Harris), followed by a violin solo by Miss Nancy iHolloway, a violinist of considerable technical skill, "Serenade" (Valdez). Pinsuiti's "Tell Me, Flora," was sung by the choir with a beautiful appreciation of the tonal quality of some o." its [passages, and Handel's "Wher'er You Walk," specially arranged by Mr. Oakes for the four voices, was warmly applauded. It is doubtful, however, if this musical gem can be heard to | better advantage than in its original setting, as a solo. The choir sang also very effectively the humorous number, Simple Simon" (Macey), and Buck's "Hymn to Music."' "Now Tramp O'er Moss and Fell" (Bishop) was a striking and spirited solo and chorus. Mrs. Amy Woodward sang the solo part with artistic exhilaration. "Spin, Spin" (Juhgst) ■ was followed by "The Night is Calm," from Sullivan's "Golden Legend," Mrs. Woodward again singing the solo part very effectively. Mrs. Woodward's rendering of Gounod's "Quant, dv Chantes" was so enthusiastically received that she responded with another number that was no less effective. Mr. J. N. Goodson's light baritone was heard to advantage in "Love's Lament" and (Rachmaninoff's "To the Children," both'of which suited his voice and interpretative ability to perfection. His later numbers were 'Do Not Go, My Lord," and "the Bitterness of Love" (Dunn), and he sang asm? n encore "The Rose of Tralee." The accompanists were Mrs. Charles McDonald and Mr. George Holloway
JUBILEE CHOIR
Evening Post, Volume CXX, Issue 115, 11 November 1935, Page 5
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