Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1919-04-07
NEW LONDON ORGANISE
AND CINCINNATI TENOR

The fourth in the Lenten organ re-
citals series. under the auspices of the
y. NJ; c. A. Auxiliary. was given on
Saturday afternoon at the Second
Congregational church. Alban w
Cooper, organist of Trinity Episcopal
church. New London, presented a no.
| taply delightful three-par programme
O. classic, entente and American COM
posers, assisted by Arthur Anderson of
Cincinnati, tenor soloist.
MIR. Cooper played his first seIec-
ton, fugue in G. Johann Sebastian
Bach, 16S5-lI50) with its stately pre-
cision Of measure and melodious theme
running throughout the entire piece, in
Il crisp and brilliant style, with es-
| pecially fine handling OF the maestoso
passages. This was followed by Ada
sio from Violin Sonata, and CANON
Meta Josef Rheinberger 1S39-190D.
| Mr.. Anderson, possessing a bass
voice OF rich range and remarkable
! fieXibility, combining training and
quality TO a high degree, sang Honor
and Arms (HandeD with fine artistic
| Interpretation of its difficult phrasfng
The second part of the programme.
the Entente numbers, consisting of
three selections from English, French
and Belgian composers, was most ex-
! pressive of their national eharacteris-
i tics.
The vibrant lyric qualities of Mr..
Anderson's voice were displayed to
perfection in his second SOLO, Still as
the Night (Bohn) which he sang
with splendid expression, repeating
the last verse in response to insistent
! applause from his delighted audi
ence.
The trio of compositions by Amer
/ lean musicians opened with AT Twi-
light IS. Gatty Sellars), played with
a sensitive and rich appreciation of
it's uiet crespular moods. The second
OF this series, The River of Life now
in the press, written by Louis
Adolphe CoerHc. professor of music at
| Connecticut College. has a softly
flowing theme. developing into fri
!, umphant, joyful paean, in its way, an
impressive toneDoem. This was rend-
cred by Mr.. Cooper to whom it is
dedicated, with exquisite delicacy or
force, as the theme indicated. and in
, perfect sympathy with the real music
! itselnl. Toccata in d (Ralph KINDER
closed the afternoon programme.
MfS-Clarence D. Serin and her con-
: mittee, were in charge of the tickets
as heretofore and the ushers were
l Lieut.. Edward Mckay and the Misses
Syhil Palmer and Elizabeth Higgins,
Of Troop No. !, Girl Scouts.
Shortly after the concert. supper was
: served i'll the church parlors by the
1 women Of the Park Congregational
J church. consisting Of the following &c
S lictous menu: Chicken a Ia Bi!t1reie,
boiled rice, green peas, rolls, Jelly
. pineapple Malha ice cream, cake and
$ coffee. Supper service was greatly
f facilitated through the courtesy OF the
. Wauregan hotel, which cooked and de-
e livcrcd the rice hot from its Kitchen
and the Providence Bakery. which at
tcaded to toasting all the bread serv-
ed with the chicken. Each hostess
, poured the coffee at her special table
. from silver Urus. giving q home-lil7e
4 atmosphere TO the pleasant meal. which
m0ra than TWO hundred people erIoEed
? Many applica taions were made for adj
l. ditional supper tickets, which were moi
!; to be had, as all available seats were
lddkCn.
liable decorations consisted Of silver
: cand!pfra and artiS.o arrangement
y ! Of spriis tl,,EgrS. narciSSGs ard yellow
| daff0diis. AN laskets Of whom were
/ also ARR rEod a the WinGow Sills. Dur
: ing tas: ..!apor tours. SWaha :: orcllRS-
ira FURNISHED dcIjs7tf"i progtan1pl(
= of popular music and Mrs. Charie:
y Tyler Bard. who was in her customary
{ line voice sang several solos.
Coffee grows throughout Contra
$ America at attitudes ranging from 5ot
@ to 5,0G0 feet, but the largest quantit!
= comes from districts where the eleVa.