ST. MARY'S CHURCH.

Taranaki Daily News, 9 August 1917, Page 7

ST. MARY'S CHURCH.

SEBSWDE OF SACRED 'MUSIC Tile" fflmgregrttabn who-availed themKlve*! off "Sib vpfptntoiiitf. ol attending tha : service of sawed masiu on Monday e.v«iing< were by no means afc tlunißinnt ; aa tho occasion warrtasted) but. as thte- wa»' the piwaecr of its kind, the absent ones can be well assured of an equally successful service- in the future, They cortainly missed an evening when the cf>oir and organist combined' to render the music with great'dignity 1 and impres3ivene9S. The Evening Service of Stanford was chosen anid sung with great effect, the lowder passages being given with full and rich tone without any coarseness, while the lighter parts were equally well done with varying' quotation, thfr- articulation alt through, being good. I Smart's setting of the To Deuni in F 'was well and careftilly; sung: as alio w*as the. anthein of' Goss, svnig without accompaniment. The different hynms'used were most effective, (tho- old Hebrew melody in Q minor being pairt.euhwly majestic- The organ solos comprised' the 6th Sonata of Mendelssolnr awt the Baeh Toccata with tfie Fugue in 1) minor, both of. which were well played' by Mr. Renaud. Another service on aitnilar lines will be held this year when-it is hoped -t»ome equally effective musto will be chosen. '