TRINITY WESLEYAN CHURCH.

Evening Star, Issue 11626, 10 July 1902, Page 3

TRINITY WESLEYAN CHURCH.

la connection ■with the anniversary of the above church, a very successful soiree and concert took place last evening. The soiree was held in the school,hall, the tables being presided over by the following ladies:—Mesdames E. Bosevear, E. lies, Swannerton, Ackrojd, E. Scott, A. King, R. Gordon, R. Shepherd, J. Gordon, Ferens, Gardiner, Roy, A. Beck, Wells, J. Scots, Elliot, Hartley, T. E. Ccrkill, C. J. Liggins, and Matthews, and Misses Rosevear, Gardiner, King, Scott, Ackroyd, Roy, Wells, Dora Bull, Hartley, Findlay, and Fairclough. The choir table was locked after by Misses Patton, Sparrow, j Smith ,and Taylor. Tho arrangements in , connection with the tea were supervised by Mis P. W. Fairclough and Miss Bull. After the tea a concert was given in the church, and was listened to by a laige and appreciative audtouce. Under the baton of Mr S. Lawn, a well-balanced choir of over forty members sang the anthems ‘ In humble faith ’ (soloist, Miss Armstrong); ‘ The marvTcus work’ (from Haydn’s ‘Creation’), the solo part, being most effectively taken by Mis Hawcridge; and- ‘The radiant mom.’ They also acquitted themselves well in Dudley Buck’s ‘ Hymn to music,’ and throughout their singing was marked by correct intonation and due attention to light and shade. Mrs Hawcridge’s pleasing soprano voice was heard to great advantage in ‘I know that my Redeemer liveth,’ but the effect would have been better had there been perfect accord btween singer and organist. A similar remark applies to the rendering of another of Handel’s songs, ‘How vain is man’ (from ‘ Judas Maccabieus ’), sung by Mr T. Slater. Probably these two items would have gone better had the organist not been curtained off from the singers. Mr R. F. Foster pleased the audience by the style in which he sang ‘ God’s Slumberland,’ and received an encore, as did Miss Fairclough for her rendering of ‘ A dream of Paradise.’ Songs were also contributed by Mesdames J. H. Hutton and C. F. Edgar and Messrs W. Musker and A. Ibbotson, the singers in most cases being recalled. A word of praise is due to Miss E. Hartley, who, in addition to acting as accompanist throughout the evening, gave as an organ solo Batiste’s ‘Offertory : n D’ in finished style. At the conclusion of the concert. the National Anthem was sung.