The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1885-03-31 00:00:00

THE umirEo 81NOING CLIBB.

A sacred cantata /rattle '• Devil." ware performed
by the member, of the !Jolted Sluing C 1... and
variour well knowa nublio •eciliste in G uneasier-
etreat Ch ape! on %Voluted., evening to a large
au hence. Tne scoomoaolati were—plan r, Inarrn. 11.
J. It ieees and H. .1. N etc At; Ara ',loan urger, Mr.
H. B. !Lindell. Tbe a l,isg were—
MON Freemen ...... i.prano as Ab'gail.
Nina Steele:ma C ortralto ...... „ 3lroniael.
Air. Tenor „ David.
Mr. Traver" Saralee. , J 44. e.
Mr. Alcack Base „ Saul.
Mr. A. Paver Base Samuel.
The mimic of the cantata was composed by U. F.
Root, and the words by Buterworth. It, of courser
IA of a sacred nature, and Interpret& the life of David,
the shepherd boy, from a scriptural briers, commencing
with the caorus of tits femur of trumpr.ts at Sethi".
hem and the coming of Saul. It may be reild that
throughout the cantata the words are of • very
plessiug description, being eloquent in simplicity, and
admira'aly adapted for musical rff re This wee
specially observable In the selections commencing
' Now take the Tebrets and Adelina'," " From
Carmel we coma with it. rich Treasures laden," and the
evening byrnu, "Now retarded soft o'er Carmel falls."
As to the maim, In many part. it ie ea 'pickling as it
very well can be for sacred tea:, alternating with
more subdue laud dreamy presagers. If anything the
cantata is • little tan long—so long that encores had
to be prohibited. Tue eoloieta, generally 'Asking,
ettetainid their parts very nicely. Tne cherries. were
In several trastacees meet creditably rend, red, a• was
the part deicing. Toe an hence hissed with rsitrst she
sinorreoeun rot that Mimi Freeman w. •uffering from
• cold. Neverthelese the young lady need her but
endeavours to do justice to bar part, and was cons..
quietly not so very far olif It a mark. The character
she sustained wee an important erre, an 1, water the
oircernstanc2s, it daub:leas canted • strain upon her
capabilitiee. The audience, however, frequently
applauded, ao that it wee evident they were well
satiafial. Mrs. Stedman was heard to advantage in
the contralto airs, and her eff ate receive' c rdial
approval.
Thu (wooed put went very smoothie', and we.
much eoj ryed, each of the soluiets improving, and
silo clog greater familiarity with their radon, parte.
Thai averring hymn, " Now St arligbt Soft O'er
C*llll4 Faller" was find snug and then hummed.
Hal the bumming been a lit.le more emphatic It
would have been more eff.mtree. Nev.rthelees, it so
pleaerei the audience that it warn repeated.
The Barr. W. LIMN. Coogregationali.t, explained
that the o deat of the singing ChM we. a,,1 to make
an .ney, but to encrourag the cultivation of dinging in
c nectlon with the 3uo,ley Sabuole sail congregations
with a view to its improvement. It ersa hoped that
the present winter BMW/0 waulnl be the pied:ninety to
one In which larger numbers would be in laced to
join the clads.

AIIIKISON said that the greatest sympathy
and c,operataon had hem ahowa by various persone
towards the claw, espmlally by the deacons of the
chapel. He also publioly thanked the verious soloists
fog their services.