WESTMINSTER ABBEY GLEE AND CONCERT PARTY.
A concsrt by th j aouvj pirty will be given in Ne>vr Plymf uth on April 10 hj, and Mr Edward Bmoseom'je, of Westminster Abbey, the w 11 k ;own tenor, who viii'.ed Australia in 1896 wi htho Btjgl ; sh Oonc rt Company, givt's sme interesting information cooc-iriiicg thu music at the Ooroaatian ceremony on August 9h. It was plenacd tint the music should show the progr-ss of ecch siastieal music ia Great Britain for the past five centuries, and with this end in view, music by Orhud > Qibbjns and Henry Purcell, representatives of the sjventeenth century, was givfn. Gibbons' "Amen" ftom hiß an'hem," Grea*; King of Gods," is one of his ui' tw ioQpre j s ; va work", and the ijnidile portion of Purcell's arnngment of Psalm ci., in five par's, wis sung at the coronation to the words " Le< My P<ayer Oome into Thy Presence."
Handel's wotk, representing the eighteenth c ntury, was illus*rited by tho composer's imposing coionation anshom "Zidok, tbe Priest," whilvi Wesley, Stsiui-r, and Standford, with specially composed music by contemporary writers, represented the ninatemth century.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXV, Issue 87, 8 April 1903, Page 2
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187WESTMINSTER ABBEY GLEE AND CONCERT PARTY. Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXV, Issue 87, 8 April 1903, Page 2
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