The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-11-26
Music Department of We
mans Club to Give
Second Number
NJ. {. CHURCH
Best Local Artists Will
Appear; Mrs. Johnson
Director
BY Ida Storic Dumcr

BY Ida Storic Dumcr
The second sacred concert to
be presented By the Music Dc
apartment OF the Womau's Club
will be rendered on Tuesday eve
ming OF next week IN the First
Methodist Episcopal Church un-
der the direction OF Mrs. Truman
+. johnson. Mrs. johnson VIII he
assisted by Mrs. Forest Fauk-
hauscr, contralto. Walter r. Bar
rington. tenor. the vested Choir OF
the First NJ. E. Church with
Mrs. J. Minor Durham at the pipe
organ and Miss Hazel Dock at the
piano.
The entire program will be
composed OF selections from the
worlds rcnown orutorIOs. the ora
torio forming the very highest
class Of sacred music, and each
selection has been selected as tho
most representative and effective
of the composition for the voice
for which It was composed insofar
IS such discrimination could be
made.
The program will open with an
organ number. Fantastic on the
hymn tune, "Twrgwyn'', which
while not strictly OF the oTatorio
type, resembles 1t very nearly. 1t
Will be OF interest TO know the
number Is one OF a group Of organ
selections which Mrs. Durham
rendered before the Federation
Convention Of Women's Clubs in
Huntington recently.
Two numbers for the organ and
piano include { Fastoralc not OF
sacred character but selected be-
cause OF It's beauty. In this sell
cotton tho piano renders a harp
limo accompaniment to the organ.
Tho other number will DO the
Heavens Are Telling" from Hay
dn's Creation which is splendtdly
effective.
The contralto numbers include
tho Aria from the wonderful Mes
etah bv Handel, 20 Thou that tell
est good Tidings at Zion" u Won
derful selection which requires
skill in it's rendition and the
second selection will be the beau
tifuI aria "Oh Rest in the Lord
from Elijah by MendelsBohn the
two numbers forming a merton
ious program for the ~contralto.
Three OF the tenor selections
will be from the compositions OF
Handel aud Mendelssohn, the first
number 10 be the Recitative
"Deeper and Deeper Still and the
Aria, WAIT her Angles Through
the Skies" from "Jepthia". yep
thia" vas Handcl's last 0ratorio
and tile recitatiTe is extremely
elaborate much moro so than US
uclly occurs in oratorio. In the
oratorio It Is followed BY a Choir
us but common usage has almost
invarinbly followed 1t with tho
hrla. wait her Angels through
she Skies" which privilege VIII
also be taken in this instance.
The second number from Han
del includes selections from "Jud-
as Naccabaeus" the Recttattve,
"My Arms Against This Georgias'
and the Aria, Sound m Alarm
recalling the wonderful battles OF
Judas Maccabaus, (19O b. CD tor
restoration Of Temple worship and
how GorgiaB, the Syrian general
completely annihilated the armies
OF Judas generals because they
mad dIsobeyed Judas orders. This
v.os indeed calamity but Judas.
sound an Alarm" and led his
army to victory.
The third composer represent
ed by this group OF tenor selec-
lions Is u more modern compos-
er, Sir Joseph Brandy. tho selec-
lions including recitattve and ARA
from his oratorio Rebekah, WITH
oyerflowing Heart" and The SOFT
Southern breeze. Both Will do
light. Tho aria THE Sorrows Of
Death" from Memberships The
Hymn Of Praise" closes the tenor
1.-THE Hymn OF Praise
il will be observed Is a cantata
cA,mbiug tho qualities Of o symph-
ony and oratorio.
The vested oh oir will render q
short cantata for soprano, chor-
us entitled Hear Ny Prayer ny
Mendelssohn and which includes
tho beautiful aria "Oh for the
Wings OF a Dove" while the Choir
us work is rendered with ob1iga-
to. Mrs. Johnson will sing the
arIa and obligato assisted by a
choir of twenty-five voices.
Accompaniment on tho organ
and piano will be rendered
throughout the program which &C
compartment alone will be a
splendid complication OF the
Instrumental work OF an oratorto.
Tho program will start at 8
o'clock promptly and will require
about one and one-half hours for
rendition. While the event, is tho
regular departmental nesting OF
the department, the public is not
only invited but urged to attend
.this concert. An Offering Will be
lCouuRued on page tsnl