Connecticut western news., 1908-05-07
CANAAN CHORAL
 SOCIETY CONCERT
TO BE HELD SATURDAY MAY 23'
MendeIssohn's Elijah" will be Ren- dered-Famous Orchestra and Em- inent Soloists.

The plans are now complete for the Canaan Choral Society concerts and the season is unquestionably to be the best yet. For the first time in the history of the Litchfield County Choral Union,. an auxiliary chorus is to give two con cert May festival. This will be given at the town hall. Canaan, Saturday, May 23, afternoon and evening. The work which the Chorus is to give this year is Mendelssohn's Elijah, which shares with the Messiah" the honor of the first rank among the oratorios. It is by far the most difficult work which the Canaan Chorus has yet undertaken and those who have attended the rehearsals say that the Chorus has never sung so well. The Chorus will be under the direction of Mir. R. P. Paine and MT. D. w. Shailor will be the piano occompan- ist.
 The Boston Festival Orchestral Club. of Boston, has been engaged. They arc we'll known and popular here and are. now on an extended Spring Festival tour. While the Canaan Chorus has always been able to secure good soloists- they have never been able to present. such singers as have been engaged fers this season. The soprano will be Mrs.. Shanna Cumming who has sung several times at the Winsted and Torrington concerts and is one of the beat known. orotorio singers i'll the country. The contralto, Miss Genevieve Wheat, of New York, is new to our concerts, butt comes highly recommended" She, has had successful concert tours with the Pittsburg aud Theodore Thomas orches- tras. ~The tenor, MT. Cecil James, also, of New York, made a fine impression at concert recently given in Meridian and he has sung in New Milford where, the Gazette said of him He possessets a wonderfully clear and even tenor voice. and used it with an ease and grace that was remarkable" Mir. Ericsson Bush nell will sing the part of Elijah, a part. in which he has had large experience. The only time the Elijah was ever given in costume in this country, an elaborate production in New Haven, Mrs. Gum ming and MT. Bushnell were selected for the chief roles. Mrs. W. O, Bullock, of Canaan, will sing the mezzo-sopranC> part in the trio Lift Thine Eyes"
 The Elijah" will be rendered SatuT- . day evening, May 23, at 500 o'clock, There will be an orchestral concert of several numbers at the close
 An unusual feature of this eeason'Es plan is the afternoon concert. The after, noon rehearsals have been popular in the past and the seats have always been welE taken. This year there will be the re hearsal of the choral parts of The Elijah with the orchestra. After this ther will be splendid concert by the orches- tra and three of the soloists, Miss Wheat, MT. James and MT. Bushnell. Among the numbers by the orchestra will be cello solos by Carl Webster. The after noon concert will begin at 2:45 and the tickets will be B and 30 cents. The prices for the evening concert will be 90 and 75 cents and $l.00. They will be on sale at the town hall Thursday, May IA, at 2:30 ?. m., and no person will be all lowed to purchase more than three tic-, kets for the evening concert.