Connecticut western news., 1922-05-11
COUNTY CHORAL UNION
 CONCERTS ONJUNE 5, 6, 2
First Night Will Be For Chorus, Orchestra And
 Soloists

The 18th, 50th and 51st meetings
 and concerts of the Litchfield County
 Choral union will be held at Norfolk
 in the Music shed on the evenings oi
 June 5, and T. The 49th meeting
 is for chorus. orchestra and soloists
 only. The 50th meeting will open
 with the presentation by chorus, or.
 chestra and soloists of the first, sec
 ond, third and seventh of "The
 Beatitudes" by Cesar Franck. Dur
 ing the lifetime of the composer he and hfs works were neglected, de- rided and even despised, but the pro- cess of time has made of him in the estimation of many judges, a modern John Sebastian Bach. One of Franck's strongest advocates in this country has been George W. Chad wick, who early saw the genius and power of his works and gave the first performance of "The Beati- tudes." A work of this magnitude should be given only by a large chorus and orchestra, and these re- quisites will be abundantly fulfilled NY WhlGn WILL nave d chorus of 425 voices and an orches- tra of 75 players The soloists will be Florence Hinkle, soprano; Merle Alcock, contralto; Elizabeth Bonner, contralto; George Hamlin, tenor !; Raymond Frank, Ntenor; Clarence Whitehill, baritone; Fred Patton, bass, and better selection of voices for the requirements of "The Beati- tudes" could not be found anywhere.
 Part second of the program will consist of "A Tale of Old Japan" by s. Coleridge-Taylor, to be given by the same chorus and orchestra and the following soloists: Louise Homer Stires, soprano; Merle Alcock, con- tralto;> George Hamlin, tenor, and Clarence Whitehill, baritone. This work was largely written at Norfolk by the lamented composer when he came from England in 1910 to con duct his Indian music at the festival of that year, and is dedicated to Norfolk friends. Peculiar interest is attached to the presentation of this composition by reason of the compos= CTS visit to Norfolk, as we'll as by the visits to the same place by Alfred Moves, the poet, who wrote the poem and is expected to be present at the concert. The entire program has been prepared and will be conducted by that prince of choral trainers, Richmond P. Paine, whose return tol the union has been one of the most fortunate events in it's history.
 The 51st meeting on Wednesday evening, June 7, will be an unusual and brilliant affair, as are all the or chestral concerts given in the shed. Three new orchestral compositions in the larger form will be rendered un- der the direction of the composers, raising the list of such original com positions made for the union to 34, the largest number produced for any society in the world. During the past winter new symphony, "The Lon don", has created a good deal of in- terest in New York, Boston and other large cities having symphony orches- tras. This work was written by R. Vaughan Williams, one of the rising
 
 creators of England, and he has re- gently finished new symphony call ed "The Pastoral and is coming ex- pressly from England to direct the | first performance in this' country of7 his work. America will put forward 1 it's finest composition, the concerto | for pianoforte by the late Edward | to be played by her greatest pianists, John Powell, also rapidly becoming known as 8 com poser of the first rank. George W. Chadwick has written a. new Con cert Overture" for the union and will direct it's initial rendition, and Victor kolar will render like duty to his new piece, "Slovakian Rhapsody" found ed on two ancient folk songs. Other selections will include the "Andante Cantabile" from the string quartet oy Tschaikowsky and the "Scherzo" from his fourth symphony. The con- cert will conclude with Berlioz's Hungarian March" and the singing ,f America" by the chorus and audience with full orchestral accom- oaniment. Henry P. Schmitt will conduct the entire concert with the of such selections as are to ,e led by their creators. The or hestra will consist of 75 of the . worlds finest players, selected bylth