THE WESTMINSTER ABBEY GLEE AND CONCERT PARTY.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXV, Issue 85, 6 April 1903, Page 2

THE WESTMINSTER ABBEY GLEE AND CONCERT PARTY.

The above-party, which is to be heard | at the Theatre Royal on April 10th, is composed of members of the famous Westminster Abbey Choir, with fonrj iminent solo boys, assisted by Madame , Mnie Hooton, the English contralto,; and under the whole direction of Mr j Edward Braoscoanbe who will be re-' co'lectedin Australia " as tin tenor of, Messrs Stevens, B.siA and Howell's' lEoglish Concert Company of six years ago." j Tbh combination has just concluded a tour of over 180 "concerts in Canada and the United States, where enormous popular enthusiasm was aroused by the delightful programmes of old English gleef, madrigals, and catches, together with the national ballads of E >gland, Scotland, Ireland, and Wales. The Westminster Abbey Glee and Concert Party now touring is representative of the original body, and was | selected by the o'ganisar, Mr Edward Branscombe, not only for their excellence as solo vocalists of assured position in England, but noted also for that perfection of blend, sympathy and expraesion in ensemble singing, which is so difficult to attain or to find and which stamps the singers not only as cultivated musicians, but men of eclectic taste, artis ic polish, and r= finement,