CHRISTCHURCH HARMONIC SINGERS.

Evening Post, Volume CXXIV, Issue 26, 30 July 1937, Page 4

CHRISTCHURCH HARMONIC SINGERS.

His Excellency the , Governor-Gen- ; eral, Lord Galway, has announced his intention of being present at tomororw night's concert in the Town Hall, when I the Christchurch Harmonic Society will be presenting a programme of choral music which should attract a very large audience. This choir of over 120 voices has as its conductor Mr. Victor Peters, who was one of Dr. Malcolm Sargent's pupils, and the concerts it gives reflect great credit upon its conductor. The choir has visited Dunedin, where it created a great .sensation, and the concert here tomorrow night is likely to be one which will live long in the memory of those present. The 2YA concert orchestra will lend its support, and the programme has been arranged to suit all tastes while presenting only the best in choral music. ."The Highwayman" and "Rio Grande" are the two outstanding modern items on' the programme. The latter is likely to create something of a sensation. The majestic "Sanctus" from the B minor' Mass by Bach will be sung with organ accompaniment and the chorus "The Heart That's Contented," from Handel's opera "Admetus" is another item from the classical section, of the programme. Part songs and choruses complete the programme, which will not be devoid of humorous items. Miss Ailsa Nico! the well-known soprano, will be beard in solo.items. McCREADY AND COX. Earl McCready has expressed his intention to spare no effort to beat King Kong" Cox as effectively as possible when he meets the American in the return bout at the Wellington Town Hall on Monday night. Whether the Empire champion will be able to do^ so is a matter on which various opinions are held, but there is no controversy regarding the trouble he will experience in attempting to give effect to his desire. Cox in his first bout with McCready, as well as in all his other engagements in New Zealand, has shown that he is an extremely hard man to beat, and also that McCready's greater size causes him no worry at all. There will be preliminaries from 8 o'clock. .