RETURNED SOLDIERS’ CHOIR

Otago Daily Times, Issue 21646, 17 May 1932, Page 9

RETURNED SOLDIERS’ CHOIR

The programme to be presented in the Town Hall to-morrow evening by the Keturned Soldiers’ Choir includes music [ covering a wide range of-expression, Mem delssolm’s cantata, ‘ lo the. Sons of Art reveals graphic tone paintings and rises to a great climax. Serene and chaste liar- - monies will be appreciated _in Solely, Softly, O'er the Sea,” suggesting the tran- , ouil rhythm of a quiet sea. In contrasting mood will be Sullivan s Long Day , Closes.” “ Sylvia,” by Oley Speaks,is a ). graceful love song of ardent appeal, ihe t Wanderer’s Night Song reveals the r beauty Schubert found in his melodic •>. mind.' There is an old-time flavour in ■[ “The Village Blacksmith,” in which th* ,r interweaving of the “ Old, Hundredth do r . velops a devotional spirit. The stirring “Anvil Chorus,” “The Tar’s-Song,” anf r "Come to the Fair” complete the offer ing. Mr Maitland M'Cutchebn has choser- “ Valse Triste ” (by Sibelius) and " Ballet Musik” (Schubert). Patrons will hear * for the first time Miss Dorothy Stenti- > ford’s beautiful contralto voice in tw«- i selections, and the choir soloists will b» > Messrs George Crawford,, W. Strang, and ’.■> S. Jeffs. The quartet in the “ Sons o? ■■ • Art” are Messrs D. Lyons, C. K. Collins, ■!>, T. Harvey, and T. D. White. Mr Jolic \ T. Leech will be the conductor.