LIEDERTAFEL CONCERT.

Press, Volume L, Issue 14975, 23 May 1914, Page 13

LIEDERTAFEL CONCERT.

The wintry weather that made «"«_* • .co uucomiorubio out ot doo r s a*t !_*rr'nt had uo appreciable effect upon $f attendance at tbe fifty-eighth Smi-chcr abend of the Christchurch fSerafel which was held in the " Choral Hail, before a largo and appreciS_ audience. Tho programme opened --- •♦»_ tn.* stirrinc sailors' chorus iron* "" "The FiM k < nagper), - i.h w__ "iven with all the brce_mc__ -*!"*£ it"character demanded. A spo- - ;S C the succeeding numbers falnnd pleasing interpretation ot the Zg P Be also sang the 'bracketed J.W *Thy Beaming Lyes (Mac- ' SSS'wi* Rood effc«. Mr C v. 'SS who excel* in tho interpretation of' Moore's Irish love songs was in _-SSl?«nt voice and contributed "Betife Mc, if all those Endearing Young • • rhanns" w"t-« »" tho tenderness de- ' >«£3d by the ideas sought to be con"Sd The bracketed number 'Ihe Harp that once Through Taras Halls, S?aE given with the reqnivto fcelintT' Mr A. Millar, who was to have " Men ''Oh Oh! Hear the iVind Blow' ffito Mattel), was unable to do so owing to a bad cold, and Mr A. Freeman took liis place with a number tnafc was pleasingly performed. - The other eolo vocalist who was on the , - -RrStSe, Mr W. G. Tonks was also unable to aorcar. Mr Alfred Worsoy to a severe* cold. Mr Alfred Worsiey i contributed a pianoforte solo, '■ tSm" Op- 2°. *?• M 0 * St»™bat.) in a fin-shed and pleasing style. Jhe ouartet, "How Sweet. How _resh <__ Pa-ten), was effectively given by Mps-ts W. G. Cookson, R. Vincent, G. March, and A. Millar. The part songs formed a strong feature of the evening'- offering, and tho principal item was "The Wreck of tho Hesperus, which'was-well interpreted, the light and shade being excellently The other part .ongs, which were pleas-in*dv-given, were.—"O. Thou Whoso &_*'" (Sir John Goes), ««p, Sanctis_S_»- (Anon), 'The Letter" (Hatton) ••Vint-tw Song" (Mendelssohn), Love arid Wine" "(Mendelssohn). '"Breathe, Mv Ham" (Bis'-en). "What Care 1 How Fair She Be?" (Blumenthal). "A Vocal Combat" (Dudley Buck), "Rocked in tho Cradle of the 3>eep," and '•Then You'll Remember Mc," "The Patriot" (CH. Lloyd), ariti "A Wet SKeofc and a Flowing Bea" (C. H. - T.lovdi. The accon-naniments were p-ayod hy Mr A. Worsiey, A.R.C.M. Thn improvements receirlly made in tho .nil were favourably commented upon b** those present, the removal-of the t-ilJara in the body of the building.having bad no, appreciable effect on the acoustic properties of the hall.