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COMBINED CONCERT
Music By St. Cecilia
Society
(By "Tactus.")
The first concert of the Society of
St. Cecilia in conjunction with the
St. Mary's Cathedral Choir, in the
Assembly Hall last night, had so
much to its credit that if the fair
attendance had been increased to a
full one it would ,have been no
more than a just recognition of the
enterprise, courage and efficiency
shown.
The conductor (the Rev. Father
Albert Lynch), notwithstanding the
depletion of his choir by an epi
demic of colds, kept his available
forces welt under control throughout
a recital of varied and adventurous
music. Although the balance of
voices, numbering 23, and an
orchestra of about 20 was affected
by the absentee singet%, it -vas not
allowed noticeably to mar the en
semble. Both vocally and instru
mentally there was a marked
improvement on a previous perform
ance of Dvorak's "Stabat Mater."
The orchestra's contribution, ,in
addition to accompaniments through
out, was a Concerto for Two Horns
and Strings (Handel), the soloists
being Harold Thornton and Allan
Edwards: two Choral Preludes by
Bach; and two Aquarelles for
Strings.
The main work for voices and
orchestra was the Mozart Mass in
C Major. in which the soloists were
Peggy McCann (soprano), Mar
garet Atkinson (contralto). Austin
Coulehan (tenor) and Joseph Atkin
son (bass). As the operatic flavour
of that form of Mass is now ex
cluded from church use, their
performance as concert works
acquires an additional interest. The
presentation was praiseworthy and
showed care and exactitude in pre
paration, a specially agreeable
attention being devoted to soft pas
sages, shading, and climaxes.
The balance of the programme
consisted of two excerpts from
Dvorak's "Stabat Mater" by the
society, and a Grande Cantata
Madrigale (unaccompanied) by the
St. Mary's Cathedral Choir, which
was effectively sulig.
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