THE WELSH CHOIR.

New Zealand Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic Review, Volume XVII, Issue 968, 24 September 1908, Page 17

THE WELSH CHOIR.

If their reception in Sydney is any criterion —and it certainly should be —the Royal Welsh Male Choir are to have a . veritable triumphal progress through Australia and New Zealand, during their forthcoming tour under the direction of Messrs J. and N. Tait. The Town Hall was packed with people (writes a correspondent) who grew more and more enthusiastic as number succeeded number, and the beautiful quality of the voices, collective in the choruses and quartettes and individual in the solos, became more and more apparent. Everything on the programme from first to last was encored, sometimes doubly encored, and the “ scheduled ” items were consequently expanded to more than twice the total originally set

down. It would be difficult to particularise'the most enjoyable item of the whole concert, but the unaccompanied part song “ Sleep,” and the descriptive chorus “ The Tyrol,’’ were singled out for special approval by the audiences. The Choir has gone to Brisbane, and after a short season there and in a few other northern towns, will journey to Melbourne, opening in the Town Hall on October Ist.