Recital by Schola Cantorum
F-OR many in Wellington, recitals ae the Schola Cantorum are events of the year, and their performance in the Town Hall on Wednesday, June 15, will : be enhanced by the appearance of two prominent visitors, Ruth Pearl (violin) and Peers Coetmore (’cello), with Alex Lindsay (violin), Winifred Stiles (viola), Clement Howe (piano), and Julian Heminway (bass). The entire programme will be devoted to the works of Vaughan Williams. It includes his Dona nobis pacem, a cantata written for soprano and baritone, chorus and orchestra, and based on three poems by Walt Whitman with sentences from John Bright and the Scriptures, which has been described as the most individual and impressive of his choral works. The Mass in G Minor and the Benedicite, written for soprano solo, chorus, and orchestra, with words from the Song of the Three Holy Children and a 17th Century poet, are also included. The first half only of the concert (from 8.0 p.m.) will be broadcast by 2YA. .
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 21, Issue 520, 10 June 1949, Page 7
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