Choral Items

Radio Record, Volume III, Issue 39, 11 April 1930, Page 12

Choral Items

Unique Concert L_ISTENERS-IN will be pleased to hear that Signor A. P. Truda, conductor. of 2YA Orchestrina and St. Mary of the Angels choir, will broadeast a concert on Monday, April 14. The first part of the concert will be of a miscellaneous nature, including orchestral numbers, instrumental solos, as well as vocal solos, duets, and trios, with orchestral accompaniment.

The second part of the programms will be within keeping of Eastertime. The choir will sing Schubert’s celebrated Mass in G, Perosis Tota Pulchra, which numbers are the first performed in New Zealand. Other numbers will be Ave Verum by Crookall, unaccompanied, Haec Dies by Turner. The Mass will be also accompanied by the orchestrina, Mags soloists will be Mrs. A. P. Truda (soprano), Mr. C. Edwards (tenor), Mr. Woods (baritone). The whole concert is under the sole direction of Signor A. P. Truda, and will be broadcast from 2YA Studio. Listeners-in are assured of a first: class concert, as no doubt many will remember the fine performance of this choir, when it performed Gounod’s Mass Solenelle an December 23, 1928. which scored numerous letters of appreciation by listeners-in, requesting a repetition. Soloists. Rs. A. P. TRUDA, solo soprano of St. Mary of the Angels choir, possesses a beautiful and colourful voice, sings with great depth of passionate feeling, and her diction is noted for its clarity. \ Mr. C. Edwards, tenor, with a rich mellow and descriptive tenor voice, has taken the leading parts in-many concerts throughout New Zealand, and this work is specially suited for his voice. Mr. Woods, well-known baritone, is the possessor of a very fine cultured

voice with an extensive range, and will complete a perfect balance in the Bene(lictus Solo Trio.