VIENNA MOZART CHOIR

Wairarapa Times-Age, 22 May 1939, Page 2

VIENNA MOZART CHOIR

PLANS OPEN TOMORROW. Tomorrow morning at W. G. Perry’s plans will be opened for the concert to be given by the world-famous Vienna Mozart boys’ choir next Friday night in the Opera House. This choir of twenty voices, belongs to the tradition of Viennese boys’ choirs to which in their day, Hadyn. Mozart and Schubert all belonged. Lucky enough to grow up and be trained in a city with Vienna’s unique musical associations, they naturally sing much music that may be called native to the place, ranging from the polyphonic masters of the 16th century through Haydn, Mozart and Schubert down to the popular music of Johann Strauss. These boys sing, not merely from memory, but with a sense of style and musicianship resultant upon intensive training in the cultured environment of the city which must always be accredited as the musical capital of Europe. The programme to be presented on Friday night will include the operetta, “The Deceived Cadi,” by Gluck, arranged by the choir’s conductor Dr. Georg Gruber. There will also be a group of 16(h century motets, Austrian national songs and a selection of the folk songs of many countries. Masterton musiclovers are advised, in view of the limited capacity of the Opera House, to make early reservations.