THE COTTONIAN

17.

SOLO : " Oh, For the Wings "

Menadelssohn

 

L. GASPARELLI

 

18.

PIANOFORTE SOLOS

 
 

Fantasia Impromptu

Chopin

 

Rigoletto Paraphrase

Verdi-Lisst

 

MR. JOHN BRENNAN

 

1y.

" Rule Britannia "

Arne

 

CHORUS   arr.

V. Novello

For the Carol Concert on December Ivth most of the almost traditional Cotton carols were sung. Two new additions were " How Far is it to Bethlehem ? " a delightful little carol sung by the Sopranos, and an old sacred lullaby by Corner, very well sung by Gasparelli.

PROGRAMME.

I.

Adeste Fideles "

arr. Novello

2.

The Holly and the Ivy

Traditional arr.

   

M. Shaw

3.

Good King Wenceslas

arr. J. M. Neale

4.

" Joseph Dearest "

Vaughan Williams

 

TREBLES

 

5.

" Hark the Herald Angels Sing "

 

Mendelssohn

6.

" Unto Us a Boy is Born "

   

Geoffrey Shaw

7.

'CELLO SOLO : Le Cygne

 
   

.Saint-Saens

S. Withers' Rocking Hymn

L. GASPARELLI and Choir Vaughan Williams

9.

Once in Royal David's City

H. J. Gauntlett

10.

ii.

"O Little Town "   Walford Damies

L. GASPARELLI and CHOIR

" How Far is it to Bethlehem ? "

 

TREBLES   Vaughan Williams

 

(words by Frances Chesterton)

12.

SOLO : Old Sacred Lullaby

 

L. GASPARELLI

D. Corner

13.

" God Rest ye Merry "

Traditional

14.

First Noel

Traditional

15.

PIANOFORTE SOLOS:

 
 

Concert Study

Liszt

 

Polonaise

Chopin

 

MR. JOHN BRENNAN

 

16.

Gloucestershire Wassail

Vaughan Williams

Once again the Choir has surmounted its greatest hurdle the difficult task of the Holy Week ceremonies. During this period of heavy work, it is always one's fear that the Choir will not be able to stay the course. But great praise must be given to them for the very hard work which they performed with cheerfulness, and one could feel in the way they sang that they realised that it had been well worth while. The Responses at Tene-brae on Maundy Thursday by Palestrina and Vittoria were beautifully sung. Once Again the Alleluja by von Bercher was sung with great gusto on Easter Sunday.

L. W.



ST. THOMAS' NOTES

N the past sin months there have been the

usual activities for the members of St. Thomas's. The chief event this term has been the concert, which we gave on Sunday, March 15th. Fr. Dunne said it was the best concert that St. Thomas'

had ever given.

follows

The order of the items was as

1.

Chorus, The Soldiers of the King

2.

Pianoforte duet played by ROGERS and MANN

3.

Hark, hark, the Lark

Schubert

4.

LEES

   

Sketch : The Mad Hatter's Tea-Party

 

The Mad Hatter

...

TAYLOR

 

The March Hare

 

THOMAS

 

The Dormouse

 

MEAGHER

 

Alice   ...

...

O'DOWD

5.

Chorus : You are Old Father William

6.

Violin Solo

 

... Schubert

7.

WALLIS

 

... Mozart

A Lullaby ...

S.

LEES

One-Act Play : Breakfast at

Eight

K. NUNAN

V. Edkins

J. ELLIS

F. COADY

Judge

Vicar

Butler   ...

The Alan

 

10. Lass of Richmond Hill. Descant by the Choir

6y

C).

Chorus : Can Ye Sew

Cushions