Connecticut western news., 1917-04-05
FIRST CONCERT
Splendid Rendition by Falls Village Choral Society of Two Masterpieces.

that place. The works selected were The Bridal Chorus from Gov ems Rose Maiden and Lahee's cantata The Build ing of the Ship arranged from Long fellows poem of that title.
 An ideal night except for the bad condition of the roads, attracted large audience. The church was beautifully decorated with the national colors, ar. tistically draped. The following pro gram shows the various part as taken by members of the chorus, to praise one is to praise all, no conductor could have asked for better support nor for more careful attendance at rehearsals.
 The Merchants Word ;Solo, Mir. Bray.
 Beautiful They Were in Sooth Duet, Miss Bray, Miss Hanchett.
 The Masters Word; Recitative and Air, Mir. Fellows.
 Ahl How Skillful Grows The Hand Quartette, MT. Sanford, Miss Hanchett, MT. Abbe, Mir. Heinz.
 Thus With The Rising of The Sun; Recitative. Miss Bray.
 Day by Day. The Vessel Grew; Reef tative, MT. Heinz.
 The Ocean Old: Solo, MT. Carrigan
 On The Deck; Miss Heinz, Mrs. Fer guson, Miss Hanchett, Miss Goodwin, Miss Hines, MT. Fellows, MT. Abbe, MT. Burnett, MT. Bray, MT. Heinz.
 Then The Master, With a Gesture of Command; Recitative and Chorus, MT. Carrigan.
 How Beautiful She is; Air, MT. Abbe.
 Sail Forth Into The Sea of Life; Trio, Miss Bray, Miss Hanchett, MT Fellows.
 Sail On, or Fear; Chorus and Solo, Miss Cummings.
 The pianist, Mrs. Emil Mertens, has a local reputation as a piano player, and was ably supported by the violin. ists, Miss Katherine McNeil, Master Edward Mulford and MT. Harold Bray.
 The Bridal Chorus. from The Rose Maiden, by F. H. Cowen was beauti fully rendered by chorus of 40 voices.
 Master Edward Mulford of Canaan rendered most acceptably violin solo. His youth and the masterly way in which he played greatly delighted the audience.
 The beautiful manner in Which the orchestra gave the instrumental intro duction to Henry Lahee's The Building of the Ship, was much appreciated. It was spirited we'll formulated prepara tion tor the singing of the cantata by the Choral Society.
 The first solo "The Merchant 's Word" sung by Harold Bray showed such richness of tone that competent critic speaking of the concert mentioned it as first to be praised.
 The duet Beautiful they were in Sooth" was exemplified by Miss Alice Bray and Miss Belle Hanchett. Miss Hanchett is an experienced singer who sings we'll and true, and her voice blended perfectly with the spontaneous melodies of Miss Bray's voice, so full of promise.
 MT. Fellows comes to us from out of town. His experience as teacher of music assured superior rendition of the tenor solo, "The Masters Word".
 Bruno Heinz has a voice of large capacity and has inherited the gift"o singing. His bass solo was strong in timber and resonant.
 We would make especial mention of "The Ocean Old' sung by w. l.. Car. rigan, who is an artist in music as we'll as with oils. "The Ocean old, centuries old, Strong as youth, and as uncon. trolled'',. was we'll symbolized in his splendid bass voice.
 Alfred Abbe is young singer gain i'm nri fra ifnin of nn new-b born Choral Society.
 Real merit came in the singing of the finale solo" Sail On" by Miss Julia Cummings of Lime Rock.
 The Quartette, Mrs. Sanford, Miss Hanchett. MT. Abbe, and MT. Heinz and the Octette, Mrs. Ferguson, Miss Heinz, Misses Hanohett and Goodwin, Messrs. Abbe, Burnett, Heinz and Bray were each perfect of their kind.
 Our admirer remarked that it was a Norfolk concert in miniature. There was not slovenly part. It was all good music.
 It is doubtless true that there are niceties and classicalities that the young Choral Society has not yet at- tained, but that they were able to give careful, correct, and interesting inter. pretation to the Bridal Chorus and The Building of the Ship was due to the training of the conductor, Miss Jessie O. Hart, who has so faithfully in. strucued them during the winter.
 This enviable beginning it is hoped will become a permanent institution for the training of our young people in practical music.
 Aside from Miss Katherine McNeil, MT. Charles Fellows and MT. Clarence Sauer all those on the program were members of the chorus. But MT. Sauer who was to play Weiniaski's O Bertass, was unable to be present because of ill. ness, but Edward Mulford of Canaan, took his place on the program to the satisfaction of everybody and greatly to his own credit after only few hours notice.
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