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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Thursday evening in Symphony Hall, the Glee Club gave the first concert of its third series, with Mme. Louise Homer assisting. In a long and trying program, traveling from Bach and Palestrina through Brahms to Bossi and Coleridge-Taylor they outdid themselves. Were their talents not so well known hereabouts, much might be said of their round and liquid sustained tones, their inclsive staccati, their impeccable diction, their lightnesses and their depths; as it is, a few words about their programme will suffice...
...with breakfast-foods, "there's a reason!" In contrast with the rest of the program, the work seemed somewhat dry and uninteresting. True, the solo voice is well blended in the chorus, but one wondered whether the responsibility for that lay most with Brahms or with Mme. Homer, who singing without rehearsal, gave a nearly perfect performance...
...University Glee Club, with Mme, Louise Homer as assisting artist, will give the first of a series of three concerts in Symphony Hall, Boston, at 8.15 tonight under the direction of Dr. A. T. Davison '06. Over one hundred members of the Glee Club will sing in this concert. A few good seats are still on sale at the box office...
...Praise Thee Schvedov Tenebrae Factae Sunt Palestrina The Harvard Glee Club II. Invocazione di Orfeo Jacopo Peri Cavatina: "Vieni che poi sereno," from "Semiramide" Gluck The Mermaid's Song Haydn Mit deinen blauen Augen Strauss Elfenlied Wolf Bei dir sind meine Gedanken Brahms O liebliche Wangen Brahms Mme. Homer III. Fire, Fire, My Heart Morley Rhapsody Brahms (Contralto solo by Mme. Homer) Russian Folk Songs. Song of the Lifeboat Men Fireflies At Father's Door Drake's Drum Coleridge Taylor The Harvard Glee Club IV. How's My Boy Sidney Homer From the Brake the Nightingale Sidney Homer Pioggia Respighi...
...final and most important concert before the spring recess will be given on Thursday, December 14, in symphony Hall, Boston. The entire membership of the club will take part in this performance. Dr. Davison will conduct, and Madame Louise Homer will be the soloist. Tickets for this performance may be purchased at Symphony Hall...