The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-03-22
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choir, with solos and duets by princi-
pals, including Lady Norah Noel.
The principals in Pan" are:
Pan (the Earth Cod Robert Chignall
Syrinx "a Wood Nymph ........
.............. Miss Maud Wildly
A Young Faun. ........ Wilfred Virgo
Echo ..............La Lady Norah Noel
Fauns and Satyrs, Dryads and Or
eads, and Water Nymphs. Chorus
Part 2.
Glee-Strike the Lyre. .......... Cook
Akron Away, Awake, Beloved. .....
............. go. COierldSe-l dylOT
tHiawatha)
Madrigals
a. In Going to My Lonely Bed
-. Edwards
b. Fire, Fire My Heart. Morley
Duet - How Sweet the Moonlight
Sleeps ......... .... Sullivan
(Kennelworth)
Lady Norah Noel and Wilfred Virgo
Part Song-The Bells of St. Mich
aeIs Tower. ...... .Knyvett-SteWart
Song-The Cuckoo. -. Liza Lehman
Miss Maude Wildly
Scenes from the Bavarian High
lands. ....... ........ ..... Elsar
n. Lullaby
b. The Dance.
The first part of the final program
on Saturday evening includes two
splendid double choruses and one or
chestral work The motel for double
chorus. Sing We, to the Lord" of
Bach, will open the program, follow
ed by the Cincinnati orchestra. Par
rvs "Blest Pair of Sirens" an ode for
double chorus, will complete the first
part. The Sheffield choir will be con-
Quoted in these works, as in the sec
ond part of the afternoon program,
by DR.. Henry Coward.
Beethoven's Ninth (ChoraD SYM
phony, scored for chorus, principals
and orchestra, will complete the pro-
gram, Leopold Stokovski, conducting.
The principals chosen for this SYM
phOny abe Miss Jennie Taggart So
prano; Miss Gertrude Lonsdale, con
tralto: Henry Turnpenny. tenor, and
Robert Charlesworth, bass.
The Sheffield choir comes to Indian
apolis in the midst of epur of the
world. In England. where the choir
is perhaps better known, it is esteem
ed a privilege as well as an honor to
hold membership in the organization.
The male portion of the chorus COM
prises men prominent in business af-
fairs, educationalists. university men.
men of letters and scientific men. The
women are highly cultured, talented
and thoroughly educated in music.
One of the high accomplishments of
this choir Is demonstrated in the fact
that all of the songs. glees and madri-
gals sung on this tour have been men,
orized-both words and music There
will be no fluttering of pages of music
and no turning of leaves to distract
singers or audiences. They simply
stand up and sing, with their whole
attention devoted to singing-and
their whole heart in it.
When the worlds tour of the Shelf
field choir was first decided, $50 men,
bers clamored TO go. Only two hun
dred could be taken on such trip
anu IL Was tueTeIOTe HeCeSSdTy 10
eliminate a large portion of appli-
cants. This was done by competitive
tests. DIR. Coward, who is chorus mas
ter, and who has handled thousands
of the best singers of England during
his life time. submitted each of the
$50 applicants to IA personal test and
from them selected the two hundred
whe were best. That is the organiza-
ton which is being brought to Indian
apolis. DR.. Coward says the Shat
field choir, as il vii be heard here, is
composed Of 200 finest voices he has
ever controlled throughout his pro-
fessional career
The Cincinnati orchestra is well
known in indianapolis and is assur-
ance in itself that the orchestra will
meet the demands made upon it in
participating in the festival
All inquiries for tickets should be
addressed to Ona b. Talbot.