The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1887-12-24 00:00:00

BRIERLEY HILL.

ASSAULTING THE POLICE. At the Police Cour
on Monday, Charles Garfield, ironworker, wa
charged with assaulting Sergeant Gilbride and P.O
Birch. The former was arresting the defendant on
a_warrant for threatening his mother, when he
struck the officer, and also assaulted Birch on his
corning:to assist„—lie was sentenced to two months'
imprisonment on eactil case, and sent to gaol for
another fortni.;ht for the cifence against his mother

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BRIERLEY HILL CHORAL SOCIETY.

The members of this well-established and valuable
musical association gave on Monday night, in the
Brierley Hill Town Hall, the first of two concerts
for which they have this season invited subscribers
but although the hall was fairly wel, filled there
were many seats unoccupied where there ought not
to have been a single vacancy did the good folks of
Brierley Hill and its neighbourhood estimate their
musical opportunities at their full value. In lArge
towns one naturally expects in the present day to
fild a choral organisation cap Able of dealing
satisfacsorily with the works of the great composers
but there are few places of the Satan size that an
boast of so good a choral society as the one at
Brie:ley Hill, which is really wortey of the highest
consideration and fullest support of the town a d
its surroundings. Mendelssohn's Lau/a Sten and its
miscellaneous selection formed the programme of
the concert, and in addition to the chorus of the
society Mr. Langston had provided a small but very
competent orchestral band, selected from among the
best instrumentalists in Birmingham, and 1, d by a
local violinist, Hr. D. Poole, awl a quartet of vocal
principals, consisting of Mrs. Purser, Miss Delia
Atkins, Mr. C. Slater, and Mr. W. J. Chatwin.
Lauda Sion is not a work that present, great difficul-
ties to the executive, but nevertheless it to itaiis a
great responsibility upon those who would perform
it, for it would be little short of a crime to render
such a delightful work in careless or indifferent
stye. No such reproach can fora moment be directed
at the Brierley Hill Society nor their assistants on
this score, for the cantata was most carefully and
excellently given, and greet credit is due to all
concerned in the performance. The chorus sang
throughout with a zeal and intelligence which,
combined with a careful at•ention to the beat, went
far to ensure a good result; and the unerring at to,,dr
general precision, steadiness, and observance of t .e
nieities of light and shade noticeable in the choral
work was an eloquent testimony to the painstaking
care and ability bestowed by Mr. W, Astley Langston
upon the preparation of the work. Mrs. Purser man
the soprano solos (there are no others in the cantata)
with excellent judgment and effect. Her phrasing
was neatness itself, and her expression invariably
correct, refined,and sympathetic. The assistanoe ot
Miss Delia Atkins in the concerted music was most
valuable; and in a somewhat less degree only, that
of Mr. Slater and Mr. Chatwin. In the second part
the overture to Masaniello and the Prophete March
were enthusiastically encored, as was also Callicott's
humorous glee, 'Little Jack Horner sung with gre t
gusto ly the choir. Hackneyed as it now is, no
would never tire of the 'Lost Chord' if it were always
sung so well as it was on this occasion by Ms-7,
Atkins, and the usual penalty of a complete succcss
was tumultuously demanded, and paid by a repeti-
tion of the song much to the delight of the auttit-nce
Two songs suitable to the season Adam's 'Star of
B,.thlehem' for Mr. Slater, and Gounod's Nazareth
for Mr Chatwin, were included in the programme
and very favourably received.