Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-12-24
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SUNG BY CHORUS
A nnual Presentation of
1.-The Messiah" by the
Boise Choral Society at
the Pinney Theater.

cAAC AA1ACy AuCdI0T.
/ At the Pinney theater this afternoon
at o'clock the Boise Choral society,
under the direction of Ward French.
VIII give its annual presentation of
the great Christmas oratorio Handefs
| Messiah.
Members of the Boise Symphony or
chestra will play the orchestral part
thus adding greatly to the color ami
the richness Of the setting
The solo parts of the Messiah, arins
and recitations. are to be sung by Miss
Louise Woodruff. soprano. a singer re-
Gently come to Boise and engaged IN
musical work here; Miss IaMoyue
Mayfied. contraito; l. +. Shaffner,
tenor and l.. w. Ensign, bass; all OF
the soloists are members Of the Boise
Choral society: the choral society it.
self will number between 80 and 100
voices for this concert.
The Messiah was composed by Ham
del in 1741 and is his greatest work
Twenty four days only were consumed
by the great master in completing his
wonderful oratorio and no musical
ity and has been SO often performed
as the Messiah"
1t has been regarded with great VEN
Grafton by every great musician AMI
composer since Handlers time and has
become permanent musical fixture IL
every civilized country. The Messiah
was composed while Handel was on a
sojourn in England and was first per-
formed in that country. Handel never
realized any financial gain from this
great work and his wish was that il
should always be given in a charit-
able way. This has since become .
tradition in most countries. as has its
annual production.
ANNUAL CHRISTMAS AFFAIR.
Boise has determined to carry out
this same idea in its Messiah" COD
certs by making It an annual Christmas
affair and charging no admission. 1t
is to be hoped that this laudable move
will receive hearty support from yeai
to year and grow accordingly.
The Messiah deals with the coming
of our Saviour, his suffering and death
on earth, his resurrection and eternal
life and his victory over all. The mu-
sic is a great dramatic portrayal 81
these scenes and events in the life OF
Christ and it seems that nothing sho.t
of a Divine inspiration could have prs
duced such intensity, such sadness AMI
at the same time such bitter denuncia-
ton of Christs sufferings on earth as
found in that chorus Surely He hath
borne our Griefs?" What could be
more stirring than the great chorus 81
praise GLORY to God" or more stupen-
dous than that wonderful song of vic
tory, the "Hallelujah" ehoruse
1t is said that in the first perform
ance of the Messiah in England the
audience was tremendously impressed
and affected by the music in general
but when the Hallelujah chorus was
sung they became 50 transported that
they all, including the king arose ID
their feet; this has since become a
custom in all countries. the audience
rises and remains standing during the
"lialleiuJah Chorus
This year the Messiah is presented
under the auspices of the Municipal
Entertainment course and it WAS the
purpose of the board of directors If
the course to make no charge for the
Messiah and to sell no seats for the
performance. feeling that it should be
given as a free performance as nearly
as 1t was possible so to arrange il and
it was finally decided to handle the
question of admission as follows:
SEAT RESERVATIONS.
All holders of reserved seats for the
entire Municipal Entertainment course.
will occupy their regular eats at tho
Messiah.
Holders Tickets I'm hu -
not seasonal reservations have been
permitted to reserve for the Messiah
without charge.
Most of the remaining reserved seats
have been put in the hands of the
tickets being allotted to each) to BE
given to those persons whom they knew
TO be anxious to hear the Messiah: any
tickets which are left over will pc
handed out to those asking for Them.
from the boX-offiee at the theater At
2:45 this afternoon: the gallery will be
open to those wishing to OCCUPY the
seats without any charge and withoue
any reservations being made. II seem.
cd necessary to handle the seating for
the Messiah in this way for two rea-
sons; the first being the desire to fill
the house with those who really wish
10 hear the Messiah, and the second
being to avoid having 4 crowd assemh-
ling at the theater on Sunday after
noon, large part of which may have
to be turned away, because OF insult
ficient seating capacity.
1t is especially requested by the NIL
nieipal entertainment board that ell
holders of course reservations. either
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