The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1914-01-28
CHORAL SOCIETY
IN SPLENDID
SUCCESS
Magnificent Singing Of Chorus
and Beautiful Solo Work
Delights Large Audience at
Presbyterian Church.

The marvellous simultancity- 10
Use an Imposing word-of the chorus
singing Of The Albuquerque choral
society In its first concert last night
NJ tbs Presbyterian church made d
the finest musical performance OF It's
kind eve attempted In his city and
laid laurcls ON the brow of'chorles }.
Andrews. thc director OF the society.
to whose assiduous and 'h".
capable work the success Of the event
was due. For without the thorough
training which was so clearly evil
dcurcd. even With the remarkably
nne talent which Mr. Andrcws had
90 direct, the concert could not have
been satisfactory. AZ q was. 10 was
"A musical delight from start 10 finish
md Albuquerque may he proud 90 the
h3ct That her singers put on o concert
which would be Creditable in any city
IN the country. The choral work was
absolutely satisfying aud the ear
could not catch u false note or q
tardy note or a stumble In the most
difficult passages. IL was as ~ onc
Immense voice were Hliing the audi
forum, and the harmony vas as abb
solute as the time WA perfect None
OF the audience believed IL possible
that rdch singing could be lone IN
Albuquerque.
The society numbers 100 voices,
including the choicest vocal talent la
the city, ana nearly an participated
In the concert last night. The pro-
! gram began with summon NoW the
God OF Thunder, and II Am the War
God, by Edward Elgar. from Long
fellows immortal and majestic saga
OF King Olaf followed Immediately
b Handles tremendous "HalleluJah
Chorus from The Messiah" the
second part being sterl3daie Bennctts
solemn and beautiful sacred cantata.
THE Woman of samaria"-and the
latter Is not an easy thing to render.
as any member of the chorus or So
lOist viii tell you, The characteristic
OF the cantata which impresscs the
iuyman is the immense amount of
repetition.
The numerous admirers of the rare
vocal ability OF Miss Georgia Shcr-
man were increased tenfold last night
when she sang In such q mastery
manner the soprano air beginning
Art Thou Greater Than our Father
Jacob?" in which a limited number
OF phrases must be repeated literally
dozens Of times in succession. Miss
Sherman's clear and soaring voice
was heard TO wonderful advantage
last night. not the least noteworthy
feature of her york being the appar-
cut cmortlcssness with which she
nllcd the big auditorium with the
Volume of her superb votce.
Upon Miss Mary McFIc. one Of the
city's most accomplished Vocalists
and always "a fnvurite, fell also a
large share uf the solo work and the
applause she received Indicated the
appreciation IL the audience. Mr..
Thomas A.. Christians powerful and
m%elodious busso In chorus work
formed the foundation for the en-
semble. and his solos. frequent and
often difficult. were literally splendid
While Mr.. Andrews solo appearances
were i%nlrcqutnt the cadences OF his
fine tenor were an essential part of
the concert, and Ars. Andrews con-
tributed materially TO the success of
the rogram Ia chorus and quartet.
This very incomplete n made
quate attempt 10 properly describe an
entirely delightful musical triumph
may properly be closed with an APP
probation Of the artistic and master
~ work of the accompanist. MI.
Stanley Scder. whose duties az the
piano and pipe organ called forth the
hest OF the rare talent which has
made this young organisi and com
poser widely known as a musical
genius. Not only so. but those who
watched MIR. Sedor's work will attest
the fact that Il took real muscle and
a quick cye 10 keep IN touch with the
director and furnish "a satisfying
background for the immense volume
Of sound as the chorus sang Mr..
! seder's success was not the least tri-
umph OF the evening.
The church was allied and the APP
plause was frequent and prolonged
throughout the evening.
The list OF Chorri society patrons
Is as follows;
Mrs. NJ. w. F%lournoy, Mrs. r. r.
Pollock. Mrs. r. y. Sturges. Mrs.
IL. r. Luthy, Mrs. J. A.. Hubbs, Mrs.
W. w strong. Mrs. Noa Ilfoid, Mrs
Louis Held, Mrs, Roy A. stamm.
Mr.. W X Patterson. Mr. J y. Hern-
don, nr J. a. Rcidy, Air Mendel sill
her. prof g. r.. Hodgln, Mr.. Geo. Al
bright Air. H. n schwentkor, Air.
Joe Barnett. Afr. George R~oslington,
Mrs H. "a wheeler
The active membership Of the So
clety practically All Of whom parti-
cipated tn last nights concert, is as
follows;
Sopranos.
MIS-. *. ]. Baidridge. Mrs. T. y.
Gloom. Miss Irene Boldt, Miss Alice
HOW'D. Mrs ~ l.. Bradford Miss
Chariotte Brixner, Miss Alice Brown,
Niles Elizabeth Brown, Miss Ruth