Unsettled weather and the counter attraction of the Vasco da Gama festivities accounted for a smaller congregation: than usual at the Friday night organ recital. gramme were instrumental, the others Four of the' six numbers onthe pro-consisted of two anthems rendered by the Cathedral Choir. 'The first of these, Hile: setting of "The Lord will comfort Zion, excellent specimen of modern church' music, It opens in the: tenor, the alto, bass, and soprano following successively in imitation, The second movement is a quartett in the key of the dominant—"The Lord will wipe away tears from off every eye." This is followed by a short chorus for tenors and basses in the original key, leading to the joyous concluding chorus, Break forth mite singing." The second anthem contrasts strongly with the first. It is "full" all through, except in the final movement in which snatches of soprano solo alternate with the chorus parts, It is a very effective composition and is accompanied by a free organ part. Both these numbers would have been the better for more rehearsal.
The organ pieces were " well-known Driumphal March and Cantabile by Lemmens; a delightful little Communion, the gem of the evening, by Baptiste Calkin, in which the organist had full scope for exhibiting the beauties of the tox humane and other soft stops; numbers by Strelezki and Guilmant, and lat -butnot lest, that standing organist's favourite, Storndale Bennett's Barcarolle in
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