Show Ae 1 Oy 1 M E J 17 t k 7 A f V 4 t rl r- r I 1 ti f l I M MII II t 3 i irr rr f fn n A A Ae 1 f e 1 t r 1 T S St t r I 4 7 1 I 1 aS e t I t r L I t i a 4 L l ar i ii i i r 4 fr r r i ft t y Vienna Boys Choir To Bountiful The world famous Vienna Boys Choir will be heard in concert at the VIewmont High School auditorium on Saturday Feb 11 at pm p.m. as a part of the Bountiful Community Concert Association series THE CHOIR made up of 22 boys between the ages of 8 and 14 has won fame the world over and Is currently on its North American tour One of the outstanding musical musical musical musi musi- cal attractions of the world the boys' boys choir of the inary School has been a prominent prominent prom prom- nent feature in Vienna since 1498 when the Hapsburg Emperor Emperor Emperor Em Em- Maximillian established the group for the Austrian Courts Court's private religious ices EACH YEAR fewer than l t boys only ten per cent of the I number of applicants Is ad admitted d- d mUted matted to the institution Before admission to one of the choirs students receive two years of training Each boy Is given an academic ic education in addition to his musical one and when his voice changes he Is aided by the Institution Institution In furthering his education education education tion for the career of his choice A ROTATING system always leaves one complete choir unitI unit I I In Vienna to sing at religious services at the Hof lIe and at St. St St Stephens Cathedral I as well as to appear in performances performances performances per per- requiring c children at atthe atthe the Vienna State Opera Other units travel around the world each boy Is given the opportunity to visit as many countries as possible The first Vienna Boys' Boys Choir I I came to the United States In 1932 The noted S. S Hurok sponsored the boys then and has continued sponsoring this and the last 22 American tours of the Choir SINCE THE BOYS' BOYS voices change each concert brought to this country has consisted of different boys However the quality never changes Such great musicians as Josef Haydn and Franz Schubert sang with i the group before their voices changed Singing in the choir is a short career but a very desirable one with its opportunity for travel and excellent educational bene bene- fit SO COVETED are the positions positions positions in the choir that when it was re-organized re after world war n H more than children I Ii i applied for admission However However However How How- ever only could be accept accept- I ed The unique presentation of the choir will be divided Into three parts The first third will be devoted to religious selections Including sacred songs in Latin some written in the and centuries and stemming from the choirs choir's original function as singers in the Hapsburg Court Chapel THESE WILL BE followed by bya a complete switch in mood as the boys change their traditional sailor suits to high he heeled e 1 e d shoes dresses and wigs and perform a rollicking operetta The concert ends with a set of some of the most familiar Viennese Viennese Viennese Vien Vien- nese waltzes and Austrian folk songs The boys have hav won critical acclaim wherever they have ap ap- ap As the Washington Star expresses It They are good by any standards and si simply astonishing astonishing astonishing aston aston- If you pause for a moment and consider they are children after all I THIS TillS CONCERT is the second secondI in a series of four being presented presented presented pre pre- I by the Bountiful Community Community Community Com Com- Concert Association this year The remaining two concerts will be held in the Bountiful High School auditorium In April On April 7 Martha will appear She Is a remarkable folk singer who displays her great talent in seven languages ON APRIL 14 Toshia Ito Ho will perform on the violin This Japanese Japanese Japanese Jap Jap- anese artist Is also one of the I greatest In the world today I I |