Bridgeton pioneer., 1915-05-27
CONCERT OF
CHORAL SO.
Patriotic Song Festival at
the Park.
DATE JUNE lST.
The Bridgeton Choral Union VIII
Provide Concert on Tuesday
Night Next.

On Tuesday of next week, the Patri-
otic Song Festival of the Bridgeton
Choral Society will be given in the
auditorium at Tumbling Dam Park.
This will make Tuesday, June 1, of
the present year a bright date in the
memory of Bridgetonians, for the Fes-
uval will be one uf the most preten-
tious musical events that the city has
ever seen.
The patriotic nature of the program
will fittingly mark Memorial Day and
Will tend to make the presentation the
more popular.
Thomas R. Janvier has been busily
occupied in training the large chorus
for the event. Over one hundred and
thirty we'll trained voices will be
raised in song in the open air auditor
ium, the seating capacity of which will
be enlarged to accommodate the vast
multitude who will undoubtedly pa
tronize the Festival.
The choral numbers will include:
Festival Hymn Buck.
Festival TIE Deum"-Dudley Buck.
ITO Thee, o Country''-Eichberg.
Dixie Land"
Medley of National Airs
Barbara Frietche" (Cantata) Jor-
dan.
The Star Spangled Banner"
The rehearsals have been well at
tended and but one remains for the
eventful night.
Bridgeton has always been pre-
eminent unsteady The outside World
has heard of the work of the past So
cieties and singing organizations, but
it is believed that the present effort
will eclipse those of the past.
One feature that is not local will be
incorporated in the Festival. Francis
J. Lapitino, a harpist of renown, will
render several numbers.
Mr.. Lapitino is at present the harp
est of the Victor Talking Machine
Company. He has been connected
with the Philadelphia Symphony Or
chestra, Neapolitan Trio, the Floren-
tine Quartette and several other well
known musical bodies. AS an accom-
panist he has served with Tetrazinni,
Melba, Sembrick, Gadski, Schumann-
Heink and many other of the better
grand opera stars.
He holds the enviable position of
having had wide experience in solo,
ensemble and accompanying, and is
just at the heighth of his career.
His numbers will be:
Grand Fantasia on the Opera Nor
ma" Bellini.
"Barcarolle" (Tales of Hoffman,
Offenbach.
The soloists for the Festival TIE
Deum", Buck; have been carefully Sc
lected and are
Miss Florence Stephenson, soprano.
Miss Ada Riley, contralto.
Mr.. Ralph G. Higgins, tenor.
Mr.. Elwood Weber, basso.
This is one Of the foremost of Dud-
ley Bucks works and will be present
ed in Bridgeton for the first time.
The quartette numbers as enumer-
ated in the program are:
While My Lady Sleepeth", Pike.
when the Corn is Waving ng''-Buck.
The members of the male quartette
are:
Frank T. Barker, first tenor.
Ralph G. higgins, second tenor.
Thomas H. Woodruff, first bass.
Elwood Weber, second bass.
The addition of these numbers will
mean much. to the evenings enjoy
ment.
The Cantata, Barbara Frietche"
by Dudley Buck, is particularly adapt
ed to the occasion. This clever com
position will be presented by the en-
tire chorus with soloist, not yet an
and is the most pretentious
number ever attempted be-
fore Bridgeton audience.
That the large auditorium at the
Park will be crowded is a foregone
conclusion. Bridgetonians will heart
lily support such a gigantic effort made