Washington, Apr. 10, The Supreme Court at to-morrow'a session will probably review the appeal on the ratification of the child labour amendment by Kentucky, as requested by Mr, Albert B, Chandler, Governor of Kentucky, The Court also was expected to review an appeal from a decision holding the government may not tax the admission fees to a -football ame. The case rose from a dispute on whether the government may tax gate receipts from football games at Georgia University and Georgia Technical College—United Press.
The Shanghai Choral Society, five soloists and the Municipal Orchestra combined forces in a special programme of sacred music at the Lyceum on Sunday. The house was packed. Only two works were presented: Perosi's "Death of the Redeemer" and Dvorak's "Stabat Mater," which more than amply filled the programme.
Don Lorenzo Perosi the priest, who is still living, was appropriately represented by the third number of one of his trilogies, but this paled before the warmth and surge of the "Stabat Mater." Although we need not necessarily belittle Perosi's work in exalting that of Dvorak, there is a factor of range, depth, call it what one will, which may express itself less convincingly in a dress of formality than in the more elemental fervour of rhapsody. There are indications that Perosi's foundations are those of the great contrapuntists who preceded him; in thought he is obviously arm-in-arm with Palestrina, but his texture comes from his colleagues of the 19th century. There is not much to get one's teeth into in this Perosi, which probably accounts for the rather lack-lustre performance.
Messrs. Shushlin and Booth, the soloists, gave a satisfying account of themselves as the two narrators. The former needs no other praise than to say that his singing was up to his unfailingly high standard. Mr. Booth, for the most part, was pleasing, demonstrating a good breath control and well-rounded phrasing. It seemed, though, that he was hampered by a cold, for tone was constricted when the vocal-line moved upward.
Of the qualities of the choir, one must be a little guarded for whilst the sopranos (better than soprani for to be consistent this postulates alti which is: just too, too) were bright and: free in their production, the masculine element disappointed by reason of its intonation and lack of sonority, though in view of the former possibly the latter was more than fortuitous. In all this, however, the final word has by no means been said about the acoustics of the Lyceum under conditions where orchestra and choir have virtually to sing in a gigantic box open on only one side, Things reshaped themselves very considerably in the "Stabat Mater" which followed and which contained some really fine moments. The most was made of the stirring first movement which is perhaps the best of all with the possible exception of the popular and very lovely third chorus, ^O Thou Mother, Fount of Love." This was taken somewhat on the slow side which might have accounted for the excess of portamento of the sopranos in sealing the heights of the. cantabile section. Among the soloists, Mr. Shushlin again distinguished hiniself. Mrs. Harvey is clearly a singer of ability with a particularly clear enunciation, though her voice is a little small and her high notes only passably good. Mrs Gain's contralto is rich and effective. which was particularly demonstrated in her solo which comprised the ninth movement, and whilst Mr. Markoff has a tenor of indisputable range and power, these qualities were not offset by a certain roundness of tone which a work such as the "Stabat Mater" demands.
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