(From Birmingham)
THE Birmingham MILITARY BAND
Conducted by J. ORD Hume
VIOLET CLIVE (Mezzo-Soprano)
CHALFONT WHITMORE (Pianoforte)

(From the Studio)
Conducted by the Very Rev. Canon GODWIN (of St. Francis Catholic Church, Handsworth)
Order of Service :

(From Birmingham)
An Appeal on behalf of the Horton General Hospital, Banbury, by Colonel H. E. du C. NORRIS, J.P. (Hon. Treasurer)
Contributions should be forwarded to [address removed]

(From Birmingham)
THE BIRMINGHAM STUDIO CHORUS and AUGMENTED ORCHESTRA
(Leader, FRANK CANTELL)
Conducted by JOSEPH Lewis
KATE WINTER (Soprano)
WALTER GLYNNE (Tenor)
HOWARD FRY (Bass)
'EMMAUS'
A Sacred Oratorio by Sir HERBERT BREWER For Soprano and Tenor Solo, Chorus, and Orchestra
Sir HERBERT BREWER 'S life was closely bound up in more than one capacity with his native city of Gloucester. At the age of eleven, he was a chorister in the Cathedral, and for over thirty years was its organist, and conductor of the Three Choirs Festivals when they were held at Gloucester. And in other ways, too, he was active on behalf of the city's best interests
The long list of his own works ranges from simple songs to oratorios and other big Festival works, and this oratdrio is a fine example of his sacred music. Set for soprano and tenor solos, chorus, and orchestra, it tells of the two disciples who had been told of the Resurrection, and how ' Jesus Himself drew near and went with them.*
Excerpts from
'JUDAS MACCABAEUS'
(Handel)
Overture
Chorus, ' '0 Father, Whose Almighty Power' Bass Recit., 'I feel the Deity within' Aria, ' Arm, arm, ye Brave '
Chorus, ' We come in bright array '
Soprano Recit., ' 0 let Eternal Honours' Aria, ' From Mighty Kings ' Bass Recit., ' Be comforted'
Aria, ' The Lord worketh wonders' Tenor Recit., ' My Arms' Aria, ' Sound an Alarm ' Chorus, ' We hear '
THOUGH taking for its theme the exploits of Israel's hero, Judas Maccabaeus (told in the Apocrypha), this big oratorio of Handel's was composed actually in celebration of the battle of Culloden. In the light of history, there is not much in common between the great Judas and the Duke of Cumberland, nor can the ill-fated Prince Charlie and his Highlanders be compared at all fittingly with Israel's enemies, but Handel, of course, was a staunch upholder of the House of Hanover.
Excerpts from
'ST. PAUL'
(Mendelssohn)
Chorus, To God on High'
Soprano Aria, ' Jerusalem, thou that killest the Prophets'
Chorus, ' Sleepers, awake '
Bass Aria, ' '0 God have mercy ' Chorus, '.Happy and Blest'
Tenor Aria, ' Be thou faithful unto death' Chorus, '0 great is the depth'