The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-05-07
CHORAL SOCIETY GETS
SEVEN SOLOISTS
Two Afternoon and Two Evening Con-
certs, Including Children's Mat
inee, Will Be Given.

The Montpelier Choral society hal
completed nearly all its plans for thu
seventh annual festival to be held June
and next, in the city hall, Montpelier
Following the lines of last year, there
VIII be two evening concerts, a students
and an orchestral matinee. For the first
time the opening concert will be desig.
mated as a popular concert and promises
to furnish one of the most attractive
programs of the festival, introducing the
artists in songs of lighter vein, the cho-
rus in operate selections, with the male
chorus in numbers both accompanied and
unaccompanied and bordering on the hui
morous. The choral work, "0laf Trygvs-
| son, by Grieg, introduces the well known
dance music by this composer
| The students matinee, an innovation
introduced last year for the first time,
will be repeated this year at the opening
day OF the festival exclusively for stu
dents, chorus members and season ticket
| holders. This matinee was last year one
OF the most attractive of the series of
concerts besides affording the young peo-
pie an opportunity to hear the orchestra
at a small cost.
The second matinee will be open to the
general public and will comprise a pro-
gram of orchestral selections by trained
musicians under the competent leader
ship OF Roland Huxley, concert master,
Boston, with two vocal soloists assisting.
The last evenings program will be di-
vided into two parasitic first devoted
TO choice excerpts from the famous ora
torio, Elijah by Mendelssohn. The
second part will present soloists and
chorus in variety of musical selections.
These four concerts of the festival are
equally expensive, equally attractive, but
wholly different, no member appearing
on any two programs and only one ar
fist at more than one evening. Four ar
fists will be present each evening two
OF whom will assist at the regular mat
inee.
OF the soloists, Lambert Murphy, ten
or, OF New York, by reason OF his con
nection with the Metropolitan Opera
company and long experience with promi-
nent choral societies of the country, is
undoubtedly the best known He is one
record staff, many of his songs being fa-
vorites with singers in this city.
OF the soloists of the opposite sex,
Mime, Caroline Hudson Alexander, So
prano, OF New York, and concert sing
er Of national reputation, must be ac-
corded first place. Besides being the
highest paid church singer in America
she is admitted by critics to be without
a superior in big choral works.
Another New York soloist, Miss Marie
Morrisey, almost shares the honors, how
ever. Miss Morrisey is said to be the
most popular contralto on the concert
platform in New York. Her services are
in constant demand and she is the re,
cipient of most hattering salary from
the Edison company. Not only won
derful singer, but one of the handsomest
singers before the public is the judgment
bestowed by critics,
No announcement will be received with |
greater pleasure than the one that Ber-
nard Ferguson, baritone, of Boston, will |
again appear before our audiences. Al |
ways favorite here, his work is com
increasing attention in the mu.
steal field and each year finds him pos
,essed with greater ability to please his |
hearers.
Miss Cara Sapin, contralto of New
York, appearing with the Metropolitan
Opera company and number of the Bos-
.on opera house during its existence, is
me of the foremost dramatic contraltos
IN the concert stage. No singer can be
found better adapted TO the difficult
irieg work, "0laf Trygvason.
The next soloist in the list is Martha