ORGAN RECITAL

Grey River Argus, 2 June 1914, Page 5

ORG AN RECITAL

v' l AT ST^ 7 CHURCH. Tn spite- of die wintry weather thert was good 'atteridaiice "at organ recital by I M^r> 'Eric * jtfos's, J *'organ:st of -the l Ch>lrcE.' St. John's Church is the fortunate possessor of a gooft orga'rr, and tne^buiiaing itself is eminently *nife*d for the pprpose^ of -4 Te<3>faI Vj Mr. 1 although comparatively ''Young' in years, Eas alireadv made , excellent progress as an "organ 'st T ' .and J a noted I improvement was , seen in the standard of music .selected t>v Ihim and in the mastery* he displayed gver the instrVim'ent. The p^ec'es^selected for last nierht's programme \vere such as dfsolaved the power' ,of the insrrtiment arid tested Jth'e resources 01 the player. They Included the follown. tn > i^^ — Barcarolle (from the Tales 01 Hoffmann} OffenbacTi- (a) Offertoire 'in D Miner fßatlste) v d) Vi-> h Fexii^ee '(Tnomej, Narcissus (Nevin), Adsfgio second movement, Soiaata Pathetisue, Op. 13, Beethoven) an 3 Marche Militaire in D Majox ( Schubert). "" All* the Uems were well rendered.', but Narcissus and theMarche Militaire may be sngled out for special mention. Mr. Moss was -assisted by Mrs/ York*, wlso is t 'universally admitted to be facfle pf^ncips ;as an 'organist 1 on this 'side qf . the Alps, and her playing- was education in. itself. She.. played Grand Offertoire in .F (Balrete), and her magn'ficpnt worfc was -rewarded with a cordial outburst of applauseShe pjaved as an, encore' "Lead Kindly X.ight," 4 the familiar^ hymn being Tendered, with^ great -expression. Mn Har-* rison was the only vocalist. t He sang Alits;en's "Song of Thanks^iyimg," a number in which his splendid voice was heairy to fuJj He .as an encore "AH-'Tfttough the Night." Thej^nstrumeixtaLtrio /'La Serenata" for .yioljn^celk) a^for-g-aji 'v^as play-' ed by 3/Tessr.s . G. Holder, C- Moss and E. Moss. " This was well rendered 'and ,a an .encore the players responded wjth, "The Link Divine." The Choir under Mi*-. G. T- More sang the amthems "Abide With (Thompson), and "Crossing- the B,ar"' (Woodward). The Rev. W. Tirotter who presided, thanked the choir and those who had assisted at the recital. He said that if the nig-ht'had not been so extreme-, ly 'disagreeable the church would ihave been crowded!. . A collection wais. taken up in aid of the church funds."