Show wily Why B Britain rItam Leads C In Choral Music To the tue Editor With to Mr 1 Evan 1111 Stephens very Yen Interesting article In tn last Satur Saturdays Saturdays days News OWN I feel like endorsing tome of his statements also 1150 to say Lily l U mi a afew i few words of or t on other at h 11 musical mutters It H Is II a fl lct cL In which all ull mu musical ideal critics especially those of or Inter International national nat tonal fume concur C that Flig using the tIle term for 01 Isles leads kids the tho world In choral eh 0 singing whether It II be he on oratorio ora or oi heavy hL chorus work wok or 01 on glee part parL song 01 or any RIi other style of If unaccompanied singing It Is IH t more inlIne In the lat latter later her ter er style viz Iz singing without tho true title test of or choral abil it t Middles excel Such delicacy pure no t loll light lIht etc and amid in no purl of ot time the world hils 1111 H this unaccompanied reached such a u high ii standard of t excel 10 I i UH In certain II districts 1 mostly working clues In such as us In Ill Nottinghamshire NoLt a Id the time Potteries dis district Li is of t t I hh Bolton Manchester etc IC atu an especially tIle tho th West est Hiding of or Yorkshire Mr Ir Stephens lilt did not hot visit these thin thu musical Oli ill II teis t IH par excellence of Iceland England 1 If J so he Ill has hus missed a n treat from mIll mIllI lie tho I standpoint as liS no metropolitan Il Ilor or south of hf England Modelled COIl can com compare pare par with the world famous choirs The rhe performance e of lugers fa fe famous work worl Tile The Dream of if Geroll by hy time tho lloyal al Choral society or any nil other It lI 1011 to ii 11 society y Is II absolutely tame compared to time the work of either the tho Leeds 1111 or 01 I ford festival choirs or ui what Is today the thi th finest oratorio om tori Iorio churns III In the lie world viz hl clIchE choir Hr ti Coward on MI this work worl It Is worth crossing the tho ocean neemI ml to hear ulear this is famous choir choh per perform form Mr I I masterpiece especial especially ly iy I that weird the Chorus of nf If De Do Demons D mons the LIme Ih the till dra dru dramatic matic effect tile the way WU LI the time words 1110 aio Hung nUll jill ng almost spoken from flom tIlt till teeth tech II the Iho gnashing frenzy Is absolutely thrilling and filiti once heard can never neol bo ho forgotten I 1 LEADER Ll IE nl Jt Without a u shadow of ot If a doubt huhl Dr Is to the greatest choral lender and a trainer t living I liIl t day y V hit his II ill choir C lie I r t bit ed London I to III perform rh Ill 1 LI I iC another 1 1 work wul by h hJ J ISu Twelfth MJ lu ia mn m In other It work LI mIll th tb M H o i l n iu UK tho Ih finest fluet soloists being engaged hut they hud had to play pIli second I fiddle H 10 to tIme the York chorus as us all ull through the tue Mes Messiah siah lasting nver three horns the tho Royal Albert hall was packed and ono On and 1011 all nil waited to 10 tho the very cry finish all wishing to 10 hear heal Dr 11 Cowards choir In lit tile tho final Amen chorus one nIle of Handels masterpieces and this when the Messiah Is as mis common In Ill Lon Lomi London don and England J In Ill general as its time thu Old hundred I People In Ill AmerIca the Idea of or the laIR and development ot o it choral music lc In England I It IL Is there you ou will to wend your our way to hear Handels sub sublime tItlE lime I imI tori as properly performed Cities or time the population lation of Salt fall Lake I possess lOH not one on 1 hut but t several class choral so societies each euch one 1110 of LIf which per Iler performs forms form six or seven complete works as nil Handels Messiah Judas Jutillo Redemption 1 dens Creation Hymn of o Praise Irnise e Fort Elijah Sullivans Legend and Mater ftc ide te cery Iely Cel season ceason leaving ll out Innumerable cantatas mitch as nil Daughter of hf etc te by h different diemont church Impel choirs augmented for 01 tile the occa occasion sion IUlI Sit SALT LAKE m In lit this tIlls respect Salt Sait Lake compared lo fo s orOM 11 en of nr English 1 cities scarcely half her hem siz Is to use a mt expulsion O mills Ill ill 1111 1111 l II a statement II Il Cl III Stephen HI 8 t x t Ill I Ii probably Alfi AIH I is It choral to lo lobi toU bi ho U h aid U it ov l r i Wales In A 1 I A 1 A tl 4 j 1 ii iiI 1 1 v X I A I i cF 1 n T I I I I ci Ll Lla j i m a ii L t x xI I I i j j x f I a j a y r i I I I I T VV I NEW EW ORGAN IN m PROVO TABERNACLE CLE I ii oi III U 1111 Ul i W t ti 11 1 orvall JUKI I 1 I f l I I Ii i t I I iii 1 u 4 11 Lit Ill An till 1111 LIt Uit li iv of rut i il I I l I in t ul It 1 id Ill U l I P v L ii i loll 1 of It tin III In it tile the mining regions and amid more especially In Ill the tho valley valle I a ml I district that produces l the finest voices for fim vocal music especially tenors and aliI I bassos haSH OR In III tile the world Hut But the time fault In Inal Wales al Is that such SUcil wonderful choirs as us Ic Cardiff Llanelly HOI mind and lint Philharmonic PhI mire are engaged mostly In Iii choral competitions I thong mm oct de do devote dote vote te too ton little of their tIme to 10 the tIle per performance of It complete works Hut Hilt the thee especial e glory Klor of ot Wales lIles Is IR In her magni magnificent voles VOll choirs whose name Is III legion eglon after time Welsh male choirs on 1111 n tile l e national eisteddfod and elsewhere have sot set l t a II standard that Is III barely hanly possible to equal let alone excel The Tue late Inte Sit Sir J Harnby anti and Dr of tile the past and 1111 Dr Coward Sir Augustus Marcus Mar cull Sir Sl V F 1 Bridge I flu 01 Camilla Cu Saint Sal nt II B I I Dord ford J amI mm and tm other Ithmer world famous am composers have been heen amazed at lit tho time of the tho crack male voice choirs of Wales Vales especially In tm drama dramatic tic tl rendering g and Li the tho quality of nf tho tile voice vol co It H Is Ill a IL pity lilt In lIt u It missed this tills sense enl e that hiLt Mr Ir tr Stephens years yel mS eisteddfod clot III which Is held tills this month In III I Il Swansea S as mill nil Wales ilO Is II look Ionic looking ing log forward to tn time the chief choral con comi contest test tile the Interest being centered on time tho twi nh choirs owing to 10 I ho time split Hh has 1110 made a II name for or orI Itself Itsel I t sd f chorally I as IIIi II Il tho time united II li I toil 11 choir WO voices Willi I the t chief lOt choral I contest for fur three consecutive utho years A t occurred one une section loll adhering mullion ng to IC John Price the old lid leader Imler and tilt till other to Dan Owen louder of till the male nale voice ioie choir which recently sang 1 In Windsor Castle by hy command of these hese I partie mi red on tho I II I chief elm lot choral contest comm 10 t III at IIIi Mountain i I Ii Ash i 1411 last Ins t im it and amId gave fW splendid III rendering being lId rug a II t revo revolution 11 me e emt lution mt Ion of or music mm to the adjudicators tars tors to IM time tho choirs elmol no coming camhI out lint first and It mIll Old and tEL are Ill again to 10 compete at nt Swansea Smi In I II till the I chief this his t month while e to adil 1111 lid II to 10 t 0 the ime I I II besides os other choirs tho famous North Stafford shIn Choral In tIme the last fw years cams has defeated several of lit It time tho bout Wel h c e heirs IH III entered BO Mo In Ill a It Mr Mm II Stephens hUll has 1111 just what will wIllbe be he one of or If till the choral of ot till tho tilly year y lr Ir When next be lie the th pond Mr Stephens should look silt out for fill iii till the Blackpool I hack timid and Ill 10 musical II HI 11 I tOll fell tOllI I HM IW there theme he lIe will I I I an 1111 I mm opportunity I ty of II helm ml mig the thu th finest Ii ls and amid Juvenile ju choirs ra In I ii lIe Ihu I world Iron ii Tho he Il md Is OX tIe Ill ely high In Ill Wale WIlI H but hut Welsh adjudicator with Ith one 01 ac or accord cord Hay III the tile 1 Is I higher In iii the tile north of lit England he cannot II ll lint form fl II lillY any conception II of the IIII til wonderful I singing I Il gI ilI of theno Ih I ii is children rums choirs It t In Is m thing stuart of nf till tho lou rr Lr of lit If Buying It II was Willi worth th til voyage O H lo In I I hIlI I lOItI hilch Hinging iii I gi IH Is paid to 10 choirs choIr II both In V and far fIt III m more than I ham I m I I t ii I s of lIr the lie I pond Taking Tit hI no II a the thu finning ut If f childrens and Juvenile rho II IH Is of or u ii low standard viiI Ic Unit I III t of mt many fly of or tIll thu Sunday IH Is II pitiable In Iu the lie ex lX I lunge largo dIll II Diner si mig hure imoe and bIt id y u a 1 ar r D U of iii I I It 1111 to In I ba be b heard A j t III rOllS lull r U IS I fust Ill it sop liI tI alto iii to alto at to No Nn ur or Itami UD us oIes iol Thin hlll IH lit tilt till fault tuu I t of nr nil ull U II all Ii I I top IIII I oP II P 0 1 C lIf 01 our nul hll In 11 Inv WuliN v II ls on I II Imo thu I other oth 01 Ii tin r hand I the tho t alto lilt patt It ItIs IH Is a H mill tilt thu How over Our III In taking U tip 1111 thu III to so ii I Ii In III I II tho Iho t ii 0 t s thu lIlly boy ho lit Is which adds Ud to tn the HIP ulf t NO Mr Ii ornet In lii stilting that thul fur film III Willi In Iii ull hating Hie till tint love of It with Iv I t Ii I ho hi ils I ii I In I n I I IH I II the Imo tI t III In A d Ill lIkI also IH lOg tom for U It aiming 1111 all alli i over ocr litIe till I than L lIlt I I III IN Is hn II ii In III Olf 1114 or OJ 0 ot of l WaliN Ii stands head and shoulders above hoo all other othel nationalities and that Is 18 In III the general excellence and high standard of Its It I congregational singing Nothing to 10 compare with It U can bo be heard ally un where hero hen the tIme revival was It IH is height In ill special excursion trains ivelo elo run nIh from Liverpool Manchester and other places Just to listen to till thu wonderful singing purely congregational con In many mOIl instances without aid ahil of or organ or choir simply led lell by II the tile the time audience of Ut fully foil 2000 at Union singing with the time subdued tones tombS of a 11 quartet a ml huge hUJe whisper thou then carried tI off their feet teet by iY II a Ii tremendous double clou bl forte rorIe such as liS only Welsh anI Yorkshire singers are arc capable of nt If producing tile the bass basil olce voice and 1 Is I s noted HOt ed even een e In III Wales III for Its bass rolling roilIng and reverberating like 1110 peals of nf thunder No 0 person can calm pic picture ture Iuro t nrc or em Imagine lion gi no what congregational I singing In III Wales ules Is III li like hIke especially when worked up tIll into Inlo n LI In ill singing porno of them pathetic weird like Ilke tunes mostly In the th minor key Tilts This effective congregational singing Ill OgI mig has hIll II not mint hem been I brought lInen about by h I either accident or nr neglect No II country In Imi the th world lUll has done donI even cven a IL tIthe ot of n what Willil Welsh Vel h churches have done 1011 for or thu tho de do development mill Improvement of Ut congre congregational singing ln It H costs untold ef of effort effort fort oven ven In iii 11 I ell whose people has 1110 hasan ha an hIm Inbred aptitude for fill III and nid an 1111 Intense Ill love of If music ll I 1 wonder dla thu t Mr Il Stephens attend any all of ot the Cy Canu un 11 congregational mu LOU musical 1 festivals Is peculiar I 1 IC loll U 1111 I to In I Wales of If which hundreds rods aiu ure held hehl during ii tint IIi II I year ear till the combined choruses varying from roll as low hoW as 10 2 O voices with harmonium um UlmI to 1114 1111 high as liS voices voltas with nn 1111 mm orchestra lra of nr 20 according to population tion 1111 t of or I C tho Iho I districts d lot where sv the lie I festivals f me III Ii lu held of lIf I f thc festivals is aru uro Ii ru held In III I im the lIe t open n air uh II II In ill the tit t Ia oil no building being huge enough to 10 ae tW tL the lIe Ih t timing t So Ho tilt the t of good gOOf I cUll psalmody I In Ill Is hard lilt l work devotion dot I oIl both hOlh ho t ii money ill nile I time th being iel ng expended on time the attainment of It II and aLI tile the Improvement Is 14 still stilt going on omi DOWN IN AMERICA Jn lit America Oil on tile tho other hand mines N lie thu I pity Ill t congregational I Hinging sIn gi Ll U II on OIl time the down thu tho 14 Ill never was 1114 very try high and It ItIs IH Is going In Imi one JIlt Heime troth from bad hat I to worse wone Over h n far ni too stress IH Is laid 1 on nil and place given HIon to tu till tho th may 1111 bo lie saveli from trum It and fur flit too little tI t tie on Ill congregational I sill gI 1110 The average congregation oll not hIlt get Il enough Ii hill to Ming si jig In I Ii tile tho tu 10 I ii become lent It I t Is 18 thu Uw latter III lit ton l II not 1101 till thu quartet or choir Unit should 1311 ill have hll tIn the premier flu Ilia CO In I II public Thu iIa II proper function 01 or choir 7 in III public Ic I IH I N like Ike I that t of or 1 1 1111 an organ mIto to be 11 ii u help and LI 1 lid accompaniment II IH ml to III I I Ihn I hIt ill t 1 sinking sI jil I and lint U not lInt blI the tho whole by 11 Itself II 11 11 f OH as In lit tOt lOll otto often 11 the I 1 havu boon In ill In iii t country OUCH mIlls at lit that I where tho ti me congregation em I lOll were lookers on oil only anI having u II I chance at III onu tUlle tuno or III ii two ul III II t t lie t H ide willie il Ils thu Iho t tom ims cut down dowil to In ii 1 Hi minute nermon U nil th tImi rent ItS I PlY wanted ed on nn o n oin U l II molI In OI Il violin viol Itt und I I solos Rohm duet lut and Ito 01 InI In I Ing mig lIe thu I ci 10 roil I moio Ilka I I ice a il 1 I miU pit hull ha II than t a iu ill IllS else alno If Ir I t thU t hil IH lit the Iii e only tell t limo that t lilt t will wll iv I ii II I t om some to In Ii divine service the thu church chulch U hi t fur far hutt I off nfl them I 1 have n II I oh to church or III SQ III o ati they Ih net let In their proper propel uhe hilt lint I gooi hould not lit lIe h ut Lit the I Ime ami n of lit If I t Imi mi nuro 1110 tile the will roach resell hIli IM Hock r after II tIlt Io hll I ili of It a tL SIlO I t 1111 ng hi tuno timmie by byll 11 th t ll Ii huh than I hilt III 11 I I 1 after Ii Ih I ho lIe Will VIl I hI I of lit If 11 a Ii I tu lull mt et no mut I II I ler i r how I I s I oh t r Rig may lilY Y 1111 Illel 1 If Ih I ii oll I MillIns in country to 10 K joint td l und I thIn I WilY way la Is to tn It the moth od ml I by iy giving public more oti 11 I and 1111 II imul holding I the t hit annual nil 11 I congregational I Iti 1101 III I Ill I festivals festi which proved so In In imi fostering III nul in Olad y y Hall gnu Wild lId Wales miho the land 1 of or song JOHN JOliN |