Evening star., 1902-03-29
TWO oRAToRIos.
Excellently Given Last Night at Trim
ity Church.

The choir OF Trinity Episcopal Church.
augmented by several additional soloists
and a number OF choristers, last night pre-
sented a song service particularly designed
for Good Friday. 1t consisted in part Of
excerpts from composition by the choir
master and organist Of the church, Mr..
William A. Kirkpatrick, which was en-
titled THE Man OF Sorrows and which
was conceived as an introduction to Sir
John Stainer's we'll known "Crucifxion" !"
The latter work formed the second half of
the program. The church was crowded to
Its utmost limits by an audience which
heard the work in the most profound
silence and which left the building mani
festly impressed.
The aim of the choirmaster, as set forth
In the printed program, was solely to tell
in song the story Of the crucifixion, ito
bring to the hearts Of those in the audience
the life, sufferings and death Of the Man
of Sorrows. who came into this sin-sick
world, lived, suffered and died that we
might have eternal lfe." There was no ef-
fort at musical display. But Thea evening
was notable musically, nevertheless. The
two compositions were admirably rendered.
the chorus Included about fifty voices,
evenly balanced and well trained. The So
loists were nearly all widely known locally:
Miss M. B. Woodward, soprano; Mrs! kirk
patrick. centralto; Mr.. M. Harry Stevens,
tenor; Mr.. Halstead P. Hoover, baritone
Mr.. Wilbur H. Peter, bass. - ''f
In view Of the subject of the choir offer
ing nearly all Of the two works were COM
posed and presented in a low tone. The
professional began "Oh, Come and Mourn
With Ne Awhile" The first chorus was
built on the theme He is Despised and Re-
jected Of Men," The most notable number
in Mr.. Kirkpatrick's composition was a
chorus in unison for male voices, "Oh, Lord
God, Oh, God to Whom Vengeance Be-
longeth Show Thyself" There were, OF
course, occasional reliefs-a wonderful male
chorus on Psalm 11S, "Oh Give Thanks Un-
to the Lord" composed by Mr.. Kirkpatrick
along the lines of Gregorian melodies and
the most modern harmony, and Sir John
Stainer's impressive hymn, rs 1t Nothing
to You. All Ye That Pass Ne By? But
the work whole was somber and i'm
pressive in the extreme and was according
ly peculiarly appropriate. In brief, from
the several standpofnts Of composition, ap-
propriateness and Interpretation Trinity s
choir-offering Of last night was a notable
success.
The personnel of the choir follows:
Sopranos-Mtss G. H. Cook, Miss e.
Meloy. Miss w. Peters, Miss N. Medcraff.
Miss L. Weldon, Miss ]. Peters, Miss e,
smithson. Mrs. N. 8. Smithson. Mrs. L. 1.
Belts, Miss I. E. Edsall, Miss M E. Mich
OILS. Miss E. J. Newland, Miss M. B. Wood
ward, Miss NJ Trego Miss NJ. Raney. Miss
A: Farnum Miss H. B. Peters, Miss E. L.
McFate. Miss NJ. E. Sherwood, Mrs H B.
Corser, Miss M. Durphy, Miss M. Metz
Miss N. Ayres.
Contraltos-Mrs u. b. Perry. Mrs G. s.
Whitmore, Miss G. D. Witter, Miss G. Hig-
don, Mrs. 7. A. Mckee, Miss F. Bean. Miss
M. Pickford, Miss c. Smith.
Tenors-Mr. H. c. Robb, Mr.. B. T. Rol-
Inns. Mr.. B. L. Jacobs, Mr.. G. S. Whitmore
Bassos-Mr. H. S. McAuley, Mr.. H. C..
Porter. Mr.. G. S. Beardsley, Mr.. W. H.
Peter, Mr.. e. Davidson, Mr. E. G. Hay
wood, Mr. c. w. Whitmore, Mr.. E. s.
Blake, Mr.. c. A. Kreps, Mr. D. B. Perry,
Mr. r. E. Hollister.
Guests-Soprano, Mrs. c. ]. Lucy; con-
tralto, Mrs. w. A. Kirkpatrick; bassos, Mr.
c. J. Lucy, Mr.. H. P. Hoover, Mr. w r..
Carter, Mr.. ]. c. McKillen; tenors, Mr.. M.
H. Stevens, DR.. J. E. Parker