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DL Ck oir For the first time in its history, the chapel choir this year gave a performance of a complete cantata: Theodore Dubois ' The Seven Words of Christ from the Cross.” Not- withstanding some occasional over-melodiousness, this widely used work is a moving and dramatic meditation on the redeeming passion of Our Blessed Lord, and its prepara- tion was for the choir a richly rewarding experience. The cantata was sung in March at St. John’s Church, Victoria, before a large congre- gation, and we were fortunate indeed to have as soloists Margaret Abbott, soprano, Peter Yelland, tenor, and John Bray, Baritone, all of whom gave musicianly and satisfying performances. We are grateful to these busy singers for their interest and whole-hearted co-operation. Many letters from members of the congregation testify to the devotional effective- ness of this presentation, and we hope it may set a precedent for further similar under- takings. For a number of years the choir has been an affiliate of the Royal School of Church Music, whose headquarters are in Surrey, England. While generally following the princi- ples of the Royal School, we have avoided any scheme of organisation” on the con- ferring of special distinction within our ranks as being irrelevant to the purpose of a church chior. In May we enjoyed a long-awaited visit from Dr. Gerald Knight, the Director of the Royal School. He heard a rehearsal of service music, and then gave us a blunt frank and useful adjudication. He expressed much satisfaction with the sound of the choral ensemble, and singled out for special remark the quality of the soprano tone. Afternoon tea in the Big School followed the rehearsal, and the boys chatted informally with Dr. Knight. in November the choir travelled by bus and ferry to sing at a largely attended service of Holy Eucharist in Brentwood Chapel. After the service we were served lunch by the ladies of the parish. An invitation has been received from the Victoria Musical Arts Society to present a programme of Christmas carols at their December meeting, and we are also asked to sing the service of Solemn Evensong in St. Barnabas Church, Victoria. The date of this service has not yet been arranged. The visit to Victoria of the Vienna Boys Choir gave our own choir a delightful encounter with the special type of choralism for which the group has long been famous. Many of the choir attended the Duncan concert of the Victoria Symphony Orches- tra in which Glen Gould appeared as soloist. Under the direction of its permanent conductor, Hans Gruber, the orchestra’s im- pressive performance proved it a thoroughly worthy partner for the genius of the re- nowned Canadian pianist. An otherwise splendid musical evening was marred only by Mr. Gould’s notorious and eccentric indifference to his audience. The last concert heard by members of the choir in the past year was played on the fine new organ of Christ Church Cathedral, Victoria, by Virgil Fox of the Riverside Church in New York. This recital afforded a thrilling experience, made doubly enjoyable by the happy accord which Mr. Fox quickly reached with his enormous audience through his apt and enlightening comments. His own obvious joy in the instrument and the music com- municated itself irresistibly to his hearers, and there is no doubt that any subsequent visit by Mr. Fox would be enthusiastically welcomed. A WORD TO THE CHOIR: We all know the rather silly and over worked saying about choirboys looking like angels and behaving like demons.” It may be a matter of opinion whether the accom- panying photograph gives support to the first part of the remark; happily, the deport- 29 —
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THE CONFIRMATION CANDIDATES: E. Amy Frampton Nancy A. MacDonald Anne L. McFarlane Mark Appleton Ian Back Paul Baylis Peter Boyd Bruce Clark Daniel Coffey Thomas Coldicutt Peter Culter Richard Farrally Dougal Fraser Dal Grauer Stephen Jeynes John Larsen James Milne Kirk Nordstrom Thomas Orr Richard Pyke Russell Quinn Alan Roaf Michael Robinson John Simpson David Tryon John Turvey Richard Williams John Wright — 28 —
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