(From Birmingham)
Parts I and II of Haydn's Oratorio will be sung
EirrUE WALDRON (Soprano)
GEOFFREY DAMS (Tenor)
JAMES HOWELL (Bass)
SECOND only to Handel's Messiah in the affections of British music lovers, Haydn's big Oratorio deals in picturesque fashion with the Creation of the World, of the growth of herb and flower, and finally with the coming of Man. There can be but few listeners who do not know at least parts of it, and who have not enjoyed its fresh and charming melody, set forth as it is with fine expressive orchestral accompaniment.
A man of devout and simple piety, Haydn approached this task in a spirit of sincere humility. In his own words, ' never was I so pious as when composing the Creation. I knelt down every day and prayed God to strengthen me for my task.'
Followed by Cowen's Cantata
' HE GIVETH His BELOVED SLEEP'
ALICE VAUGHAN (Contralto)
THE BIRMINGHAM STUDIO CHORUS and AUGMENTED ORCHESTRA
Leader, FRANK CANTELL
Conducted by Joseph LEWIS
THIS is a setting of the poem by Elizabeth Barrett Browning , for Contralto solo, chorus and orchestra. Very simple, it is admirably laid out for voices and orchestra, enhancing the effect of the touching poem in a very expressive way. There are only a few bars of Introduction, and then the Contralto voice begins alone :—
' Of all the thoughts of God that are
Borne inward unto souls afar,
Along the Psalmist's music deep, Now tell me if that any is,
For gift or grace, surpassing this" He giveth His beloved, sleep ? " '
The chorus echoes the last line.
The second verse is treated in the same way, and then the Contralto voice and choir, either together or alternately, continue the poem, with orchestral accompaniment throughout, finishing in the softest possible tone with a long held chord on the final repetition of the word ' sleep '

From the Birmingham Studio
Conducted by the Very Rev. Dean Yeo (of St. Mary's-le-Mount Catholic Church, Walsall)
Order of Service : Music by the Choir of St. Patrick's Church, Walsall
Under the conductorship of the Rev. Henry McDonnell

(From Birmingham)
Appeal on behalf of the Social Work of the Birmingham Central Mission by the Rev. F. H. BENSON
(Contributions should be sent to the Rev. Benson Perkins , Central Mission, Corporation Street,
Birmingham)

and The Park Lane Hotel Orchestra
From the Park Lane Hotel
SYLVA VAN DYCK (Sopraiv)