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Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 766, 15 March 1910, Page 6

t ; - ~~ ~ ; On Empire Day this year Dr. Charles Harriss will give his annual Empire Concert in London. A special interest attaches to it this time, inasmuch as Dr. Harriss has offered three prizes for competition, viz., ,£SO, '.£25, and ,£ls, for' a cantata to be performed on that occasion, preference being given to works dealing, with the Imperial idea, of which Dr. Harriss is a staunch supporter/ At these Empire Day concerts a chorus of from 3000 to 5000 voices,' an orchestra of 200, and many distinguished soloists'take part, preference being given to artists born in the dominions.' Two New Zealand debutants took part last year, Miss Aulsebrook, of Christchurch, and Hiss Kichardson, of Auckland. Dr. Harriss pays all expenses of the concert, which, hitherto, has been given at'the Albert Hail, and hands over the gross receipts to the trustees of the Union Jack Club. For the four festivals arranged to take place in Wellington in June, 1 1911; Dr. Harriss will have the support of the 200 best: v.oices of the great Sheffield Choir, ladies and .gentleman, working girls, and masters of factories, captains of industry, doctors au.l nurses. ' Some details have been received'from Mr. Hugo Qorlitz, who represents Dr. Charles Harriss in Australasia.' The work for the opening, night will be Sir Edward Elgar's. "Dream of Gerontius" from the book by the late Cardinal Newman. The Sheffield Choir will sing the entire music without books, arid the interpretation of Dr. Coward, who will conduct the choir, is said" to be most perfect. The last night's festival Oratorio will' be "Elijah," in which 'the Sheffield Choir will have the assistance of a local auxiliary choir of 300 voices, carefully selected, and, together with the orchestra and chorus, thero will bo nearly 600 people taking part in this work. The programmes for the second night and the Empire matinee will be commnnicaled later on, when tKe jreact 4atea \wiU anuounc^U