|
Summer 1955: ON OPEN DAY the Choral and Orchestral Society gave a shortened concert version of "Trial by Jury". McCulloch sang the part of the Judge well, and good performances of the other solo parts were given by T. Davies, M. Brown, W. Bauer, P. Bennett and P. Mann. The orchestral writing had been cunningly arranged by Mr. Warren so that even the least skilled instrumentalists were able to blow, hit or scratch a useful note every now and then, Mr. Woolford filled in the gaps on the piano. The chorus suffered from being too small, and we hope that there will be many more trebles and altos at the next concert. Altogether this was the best thing that we have done and was a not unworthy last performance under Mr. Warren, who had worked hard for three years to create a musical society from nothing. We wish him well in his new post at Belfast. |