CHORAL SOCIETY

Evening Star, Issue 23370, 13 September 1939, Page 3

CHORAL SOCIETY

( CONCERT ON TUESDAY NIGHT ■ < An interesting evening of music is < promised those who attend the Concert i Chamber on Tuesday night, for the < Choral Society is to perform one of the < most sublime choral works in its reper- I t o i r0 —the great ‘ Requiem ’ of Mozart. ' Written at the end of this composer’s i life, it is one of the most deeply mov- 1 ing and dramatic of all Mozart’s works; ] indeed, it can be compared, in its i drama and pathos, to the ‘ Symphony in i G Minor t (K 550), which was compose a ]

at the same time. The two works- mak* a fine programme, and were bracketed together at a concert of the 8.8. C. Symphony Orchestra which Bruno Walter conducted in London last January. No greater evidence of Mozart'* overwhelming genius could be found, however, than the fact that in 1791, when he was writing these intensely dramatic works, he _was > also composing one of the most vivacious of all his operas—* The Magio Flute.’ There will be a strong quartet of soloists, and th» work will have orchestral accompaniment Among thd supporting.works to be presented at this concert are two part songs' by well-known Dunedin musicians, Miss Mary Martin and Professor V. E. Galway. Further particulars will bo later.