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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 23, 1926
Page
6
Sunday program features the K U band and city musical organizations. The third annual event aims to be the largest and most attended, with the Choral Union contributing multiple experiences and a long history. The program includes morning and afternoon performances starting around 3 o clock with an evening sermon and other offerings.
The Frat all stars with thirty five members, many seasoned, perform Thursday evenings during summer plus a Tuesday Music Week Festival at seven. selections include Barber of Seville Overture and various operatic, folk, and parade pieces. Washington reports Prohibition hearing, Senate debt settlements, veterans regulation, and farm relief committee activity.
A lengthy schedule lists morning and evening programs from Sunday to May 1 featuring Handel’s Messiah, Lawrence Choral Union with Kansas University Orchestra, soloists Genevieve Rice Cowden and others, Kansas University Band, glee clubs, and performances at Robinson Gymnasium Fraser Hall and Liberty Memorial High School.
The Lawrence Choral Union with 450 voices presents Handel's Messiah as part of Music Week. Soloists Genevieve Rice Cowden, Frederica Downing, Fred Wise, and Herbert Gould, all Chicago artists with a Kansas City soprano, perform in a program arranged by Dean D M Swarthout. Also featured is Engelbert Roentgen, cellist, entertaining doughboys during University of Kansas music week.
Handel's Messiah, first performed in 1742 as a charity concert, remains a staple oratorio. Kansas City's Civic Choral Club will perform next Sunday with 125 voices, in a tradition spanning centuries and locales, reflecting enduring religious and cultural interest.
Historic notes on Handel and the Messiah outline the oratorio’s religious focus and audience customs. The piece, sung Sunday by a local group, honors the tradition of rising for the Hallelujah chorus while urging reverence and restraint in applause.
The final day of Music Week centers on Haskell Day with a 2:80 concert on Massachusetts Street by the Haskell band under Cruz McDaniel. An 8 o clock Hyakell Auditorium finale features orchestra selections and solo numbers by Imogene Masten and Howard, with a Boys Glee Club chorus and pieces by Lieurance and others.
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