The Newtown bee., 1907-08-16
''The Creation. ORATORIO TO BE REIN
 DERED
By Washington and Litch-
 field Singing Clubs,
UNDER THE DIRECTION OF PROF
 A. D WOODRUFF.

The Washington CnoraI cub and the
 Litchfeld Singing club. combined. will give Haydn's oratorio of ..The Crea- tion'' on August 9, in Washington and on August 24 in Litchfield under the direction of Arthur ID. Woodruff of New York and Washington. Ambit
 ious some say, but the clubs and the
 conductor know that it can be done and feel that in the third year of the com
 bination of the two clubs, some work
 of magnitude should be given, so this one has been selected The choruses have been working since June 9. every
 week and for several weeks, twice each week, to prepare their part of the per formance and are nearly ready. The soloist question is one of money, which is being expended freely, to give the proper rendition of the difficult Arias.
 recitatives and solo numbers. The or
 chestra is the same as last season with
 the addition of flute and is selected
 from the New York Philharmonic so- ciety and none better can be found.
 MT Dannreuther, who is looked upon
 as indispensable at these concerts. will
 be the leading violinist. Miss Bernita
 Earl. young and talented musician from Jersey City will preside at the piano. Miss Blanche Duffield. who was so popular at last seasons s concerts and received so many encores. has been re- engaged to sing the fiorid and elabor- ate solos written by Papa Haydn"
 for soprano. "On Mighty Pens." with flute obligato, is specially well suited to her voice. We shall no doubt hear
 now preparing for it. The tenor. John Barnes Wells, is one of the coming | tenors and holds high salaried posi- tion in prominent New York church. | His concert engagements are numbered | by the score and he is much sought after for musicales. His work in the larger forms of music is broad and dig nified, his voice is large and full and runs from the low tenor co to the high e." it being unusually full in the lower octave, something particular | ly desired in "The Creation.' as many
 a good tenor knows to his sorrow. A graduate of Syracuse university. he is
 the solo tenor in the University Glee | SluD Ol ANSW 1oIh, SOiHpoSSQ o1 SoilSSS graduates and becoming celebrated for its concerts. William Harper, bass. J sings at so many concerts that he has no time left for church singing. He
 is liable to be in Boston to-day and | Chicago tomorrow, many and varied
 are his engagements, recitals. oratorio and orchestral solo work. He is now
 in the middle west, singing at summer festivals and returns just in time for
 "The Creation here. His press no tices would make good sized book. His voice is large, deep and has high range as well. which makes-him par
 ticularly desirable for the solos in this work. These performances will be the first of this work in this vicinity for 34 lyears. It was given by Earl Bucking- ham then, with his various singing
 schools from many towns around. il the Congregational church on Wash ington Green, with organist and solo ists from New Haven and was quite remarkable performance. The presen ones to come will be worthy of an, city and should be attended by anyon, wishing to hear an oratorio well given
 as it is a change which comes rarely