There was quite a large congregation at Union Church on Thursday evening to hear a choral services arranged and conducted by the organist of the Church, Mr. R. C. Young. The Programme was entrusted to a chorus of forty-five voices, with a small but extivmely efficient orchestra, and the work done was distinctly good, perhaps more than equal to anything of the kind attempted before, Mendelssohn's "Hear My Prayer? (motet for sonrans solo, chorus and orchestra) was first given, Mme. Thue taking the solo part. he choral work inj this was excellent, balance being well preserved and light and shade carefully emphasized, while the orchestra work was adequate and effective. The '"Solsmn Melody" (Walford Davies), for organ and
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