CHORAL FESTIVAL.

Press, Volume LX, Issue 18218, 31 October 1924, Page 15

CHORAL FESTIVAL.

FUNCTION IN CATHEDRAL. i The annua! festival of the Diocesaa } Choral Association was held at thi* | Cathedral yenerday afternoon -end j evening The- proeoedinp* »'» thf> afternoon took the form of the ordinary 1 evensong service, the festival proper ! taking place in ilio evening, his i ;;rarc A.-chbishou Julius prear!»ed irom the text Isiah 52. 1. , • i In t.lw course m" his sermon ,Ins I Grace stated thai when the earlv coion- | iits came out to Np«- Zealand, fcnghsh Chuivh nnisic was at its lowest ebb. «nd a ehnnee wa. taking plaee. J*"?"; ! a!! v. he had never been able to.dondo j whether this chance had b*?n tor ! best. He outlined briefly the change ; by which choirs had come into temp. ! and said he was not s-.iro teat suc-n ! a:; innovation had not spoilt conpesaI tiou:;l singing fo a large extent, U> tno ! pros-m services there wore too mucH 1 sentimental music, and too many sen- ; j titnental hvmns. It was poor aim i ,ir-klv stuff., and he was tl.anktnl toi I see that tin? Choral Association was in- \ ! trodu'-inf an inmroved ciass or music. ! 0 espial interest was the singing ; ; of the combined choirs during the even- | in.r service. There was a total ot j i 407 choristers. whose P?[*°'™" c «j ! | t-nder the condueiorsftiu c/ Mr 0 Donel j ; l*av: s . was verv creditable indeed. Ino , ! <-ioir. taking part in the festival were ! as fellows: Cathedral, Christ, s College; i Chanel >i Barnabas, IVntlalton. Inn- j i ilv/Avoi-sieie. St. Luke's: St. Au.?~us- , i tine's. Cashmere Hills. St. P»ui■:> Ja- ! nar.ui: St. Chad's, Linwood: bt '3I-y----..riri's. Sprevdon : St. John's ; St. Marx ~ J Opawa: and St. Saviour's, Sydenham I The servim music was bv Marfan ! Shaw, and the anthem, "God Is Um . Hore and Strength,'' a classic chnralo Jof Bach's. The sentence was '. k£.'i ard de Costre's Prayer to Jesus ! Richard Terrv). In the afternoon tho ! precentor was' the Rev. H. B. .Tone*, ! and in the eveninir Archdeacon 1". >. ! Tavhr. The organist was Miss J. -J----i Black.