Litchfield enquirer., 1873-11-06
The Creation.

The Creation.
 None of our readers who can go, should fail to be present at the performance of the Oratorio of the Creation at Washing ton on Wednesday evening next. It is the greatest and bids fair to be the most successful undertaking ever attempted by the people of that enterprising communi- ty.
 The difficulty of adequately rendering first class music like Haydn's Creation in in the country, arises from want of per formers who can sing the solo parts as they should be sung, and of organists to play the difficult accompaniments as they should be played. The choruses of the Creation, Messiah and the older classical works, are not beyond the reach of care fully selected. carefully trained country choruses, but the solos need the power and skill of the professional musician To meet this necessity soloists have been engaged from New Haven-performer who have repeatedly taken the leading solo parts in the oratorlos rendered in that city and who are considered by com potent judges, as good a trio as could be obtained in the state.
 The chorus has been carefully selected and has been practicing diligently in it's, respective sub-choirs, besides meet ing, a large proportion of it, for joint practice two or three times already. No doubt there may be occasional passages not as perfectly rendered as city chorus would sing them; but the grand volume of sound, with fair execution, needed for such choruses as the Heavens are Tell ing" we are confident will be forthcom- 1 ing. sE
 The organ is new and powerful in- strument made few years since by the Hooks, the celebrated Boston builders. The organist, MT. Shepard, of New Ha- ven, is one of the finest in the State.
 The oratorio is full of fine airs. ''With verdure clad," "On Mighty Pens," '1n Native Worth" are famous concert pieces; and the music throughout is prob ably better calculated to please general audience than any other of the great oratorios.
 A very large audience should be pres ent to hear much the finest musical per formance ever presented in this part of the county. They will be well repaid in the first place; and they will moreover give an impetus to the practice of really good music in our country choirs which will be of incalculable benefit to them.
 An excursion train will run from this place at 5:30 F. M., returning after the concert.
 People are wondering at the extraordi- nary stupidity of the Count of Chambord in writing and publishing letter that substantially cuts off all chance of his ascending the throne of France. We are not so sure he is quite as stupid as he seems. His friends could not muster 8 sure majority of twenty in an Assembly of about 700 members and every election reduces that majority by about the full number elected. Popular feeling is strong l ly against him; and it is by no means impossible that his friends hinted to him that recent developments had about block ed their game. Everything considered, the Count of Chambord has done wise thing though not in very wise way, certainly. The Orleans princes are uncommonly self-denying, too, just now; but then, there are Isabella, and Amadeus. and lots of ex-Kings out of business.
 WASHINGTON, Nov. 3d, 1873.
 Fifty of the chorus singers met in Farm ers' Hall, last Friday evening, to practice the s'Creation." New Preston, Roxbury, Warren, and Morris were we'll represent ed. We hope to add Litchfeld and New Milford to the list, this week. The sing eis bring considerable enthusiasm to theil work, and show they have been thorough in their practice. Most of them are now able to sing the choruses with good effect, and we expect to be able to make the hills of Judea resound with the praises of the 'sCreation", November 12th. The solo Iparts will furnish n feast to all lovers oi good music and we hope to show the per- formers that the appreciation of it is not confined to large towns and cities.
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