WESTMINSTER GLEE SINGERS

Waihi Daily Telegraph, Volume XXVI, Issue 7910, 3 October 1929, Page 2

WESTMINSTER GLEE SINGERS

WAIIII CONCERT TO-MORROW EVENING Under the direction of Henry Hayward by arrangement with Edward Branscomhe, the famous Westminster Glee singers will give their entertainment in Waihi at the Academy Theatre to-morrow night. Canada was their first country of call on this Empire tour and the success achieved in the Dominion has never been equalled. The company consists of six soprano boy soloists and eight adult artists who were selected by Mr Branscombe from the choirs of the great cathedrals and churches of England and also the colleges of music and concert halls of London. The programme to be presented is of a most diversified nature and with a unique stage setting and appropriate lighting effects the entertainment will appeal to all seekers of genuine entertainment, for it is bright with never a dull mo-

meut. The gentlemen of the company introduce themselves in a hunting chorus, then follows “The Pipes of Pan” hy the six hoy sopranos: Charles Draper will sing Arthur Sullivan’s “Youth Will Needs Have Dalliance”; part songs by the company, “Orpheus with His Lute” and “My Bonny Lass”; a beautiful number is Schubert's “Cradle Song” by Harry Frean, the boy soprano soloist; then a quartet arranged by iOdward Branscombc, “The Banks of

Allan Water”: a traditional Irish song' by Charles O’Connor: for the first time in New Zealand Albert O. Greene will present a group of sailor shanteys with a rollicking chorus; a cycle of Welsh airs precedes the IGtV century anthem, “Avc Maria,” and f Christmas carol. "Ring out tin Jocund Chimes,” the tenor solo bj Ernest McKinlay, will then lie heal'd, and a Scottish air, “Ye Hanki; and Braes” by Donald Reid with accompaniment of voices: a delightful number by the full company is a special group of old English county songs arranged by Edward Branscombe; James Barber will sing “A Song of Cider” and Charles O’Connor a tennor solo, “Among the Leaves so

Grcen-O”; Albert G. Greene will present an old Devonshire song and ever popular “Widdicombe Fair”; as a grand finale the full company will be heard in an arrangement by Edward Branscombo of ‘‘Oh Dear What Can the Matter Be.” Other gems from the repertoire will be added as encore numbers and Charles O’Connor will provide harp accompaniment to some of the selections. The box plan is rapidly filling and in order to allow all to be present the shopkeepers have decided to close at 8.30 p.m., the entertainment not starting until then.