MUSICAL RECITAL.
"THE CRUCIFIXION." St. Matthew's Church was well filled last evening, when Stainer's "Crucifixion" was rendered. The beautiful cantata was treated in a masterly manner, the various soloists doing full juptice to the numbers. Messrs F. J. Hunn and W. A. Fendall were particularly successful with the solos allotted to them, Messrs S. Earee and Nixon also being heard to distinct advantage. Mr H. S. Claugtiton, organist of S. Matthew's, had evidently devoted considerable pains to the preparation of the difficult but impressive music of the cantata, and his efforts as conductor were also rewarded by the painstaking and accurate rendering of every item. A special feature of the recital was the uniformity of merit, the rendering of the hymns, solos, anthems, etc., all being of a high order. It was intended to supply the congregation with books of words of the various hymns and anthems, but they arrived from the printer too late for distribution. Miss Hood, A.T.C.L., assisted the organist in several of the solo passages with pianoforte combination, with excellent effect. . _ ...._
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 9050, 27 March 1908, Page 5
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175MUSICAL RECITAL. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 9050, 27 March 1908, Page 5
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