A UNIQUE CONCERT.
A description of a unique concert, given in a German paper, deserves to be rescued from oblivion. In one of the prisoners’ camps are a number of Russian musicians, who have formed a chorus and an orchestra, which are apparently so good that the inhabitants of the nearest town were anx. ions to hear them. Accordingly the commander of the camp agreed to allow them to give a concert of Russian sacred music in the principal church of.the town. Germany always has an eye to business nowadays, and the takings, which were considerable, were devoted to the benefit —not of the Russian prisoners, but of German prisoners in Russia. Among the singers were two who have appeared with the Russian Opera Company at Drury Lane
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Taihape Daily Times, 11 February 1918, Page 3
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128A UNIQUE CONCERT. Taihape Daily Times, 11 February 1918, Page 3
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