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Oratorio Society's "Messiah"
By D. E. GRAY
ON
N Friday evening in Queen Elizabeth School, Kowloon, a performance of Handel's "Messiah"! wag given by the Hongkong Oratorio Socioty. This young choir has been well trained and is a credit to Mr Dennis Parker who has so ably carried on the good work since Mr Theodore Huang's departure nearly a year ago. It is a great pity Mr Parker Is severing his connection
with this choir, since he is able obviously 1 very musician.
I would like to see an amual "Messlab" be- performance of come a feature of Hongkong's musical life, but such a per- formance should be an a much bigger scale--three chairs join- ing forces with an orchestra us well as an orgað.
the
I have been told that music for such a performance
Hongkong now, exists in
All it requires is that the governing bodies of three or four musical organisations should Kether and plan ahead.
some
belter
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Two Britons To Spend
Another Christmas
In Nasser's Cells?
By Alex Joannides
Cairo, Dec. 21. Mr James Swinburn and
Mr James Zarb, the two Britons gnoled by Egypt as spies, were busy making them- selves a 12-inch Christ- mas tree in their de- corated cell when I visited them in Turah Gaol, today, Both men were in good spirite but could not
If their hopes are not reallocd conceal their dis-
rauch has been arranged to appointment at having mitigate their disappointment. to spend their third behind bars, fir from their families.
Christmas
11th Hour
James Swinburn
Special Food
Special food parcels will be festive season. They will re- ceive presents from their wives through the Swiss Embassy. and they will be able to talk to their wives by telephone December 23.
given then on six days of the
Ou
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Rod Steiger
Sir,-1 think Mr Anthony Fuller has exaggerated a little in saying Cut "it bad taisen a flm ("Across The British Bridge") to reveal what an out- atanding actor Rod Steiger is." For one thing, before this plo ture Steiger had some (secord- ing to Bome British crill's)
good roles In "Bl Knife," "The Harder They Fall" and "One Man Mutiny al. American productions,
pretly
Secondly, I don't believe "Across The Bridge" is such a
SD
critic
Their still-alive eleventh
Their fare from the special fine picture. Just my personal hour hopes were expresed to
parcels will include turkey and opinion, of course; but, to quote
British
Derek Hi me this wayTension la les-
Christmas pudding, and during
"Siciger's performance is as the
the holiday they will attend sening everywhere, with Algerians releasing French
services and receive Holy Corn-studled, self-conscious and con-
trived
the script....The prisoners, and Sir Hugh Footmunion in the prison.
reception which reprieving Greek Cypriot».
Both are very popular with enthusiastic
both these films ("Across The "We believe. I we were the prison's administration.
Bridge" and "Manuela") have released before Christmas this Brigadier Dessuki Bashlawi, the received in the national press overnor, told me: "They are
seems to indicate that allckness our models. and we all like them
has for so long been a stranger thai British production evidence of it is now considered regardless of the exciting, material on which it is employ- cd Competence treatment and technique is certainly worth
holl It having, but to
za An achievement in itself seems hardly likely to encourage the overdue search for worthwhile themes."
N. T. CHOW.
wo
the land."
Since last July, both men bave spent most of their time reading or walking
within the prison. They have not been to the quarry where they worked during the first months of their sentences.
Mail Delay
would be taken, buck home, as The solois£4 were not very
of unconditional good- good on Friday Two of them, an act is true. were hurriedly sub- will, creating an excellent very much."
tuting for Robert Witchor pression and certainly making families the happiest in who was, unfortunately, ill and utable to sing The very portant tenor part. But Hong- kong should be able to produce Good Soloists. marks must be given to the organist (although she was noi a brilliant performer) who had Lu carry the burden of organ and orchestra from beginning to end--on & Hammond organ.
But the organ Blone is substitute for an orchestra. ulways and at performances of this oratorio, when there is ani organ only, that the tempo of
music tends the
to drag at ilmes, and this happened to Bome extent on Friday in some of the arias, when the organist was not under the firm beat of The conductor.
Handel composed
☆
no I
this work
for amali choir, small orchestra,
1 and an organ.
agree with The Sir Henry Woods of our Ume, who maintain that if Handel had composed the "Messiah" In the twentieth the Instead of century, eighteenth, he would have employed all the forces ut his command, auch as are usualty avaliable in a British chora! union and a Brish symphony orchestra of today.
Our ears, having becuma ne- customed to the musical forces which portray the music of Wagner, Venll
James Zarb
BID TO
"SPREAD" NEGROES IN U.S.
New York, Dec. 21. Georgian Senator Richard B. Russell today disclosed plans to Introduce legiintion almed at bringing about a more equal distribution of the white and Negro
racts throughout the United States.
Under Mr Russell's proposed bill, a voluntary racial reloca- and Straustion
commission would be need big forces to bring us to
created to encourage and assist our feet at the singing of the
persons who desire to live in Hallelujah Chorus, that master-
other states to bring about piece of praise to the Maker of
more balanced racial popula- all things,
lon in each state.
Meantime, we can say thank you to the Hongkong Oratorio Society and to Mr Parker, their conductor, for the pleasure of Friday's performance. I hope Hongkong can have him con- ducting some future perform ance of this work with bigger resources at his command.
H.E. ATTENDS
CAROL
SERVICE AT
CATHEDRAL
Ho Excellency the Governor attended the carol cervice of the Nino Lessons at St John's Catho- dral with Lakty Blade and Miss Barbara Black last nigist.
Ho read the Ninth Lesson from the first chapter of St Jalih about the meaning of Chrisishar, This was preceded by an dlí Basque Carol" "The Infant King".
Upon arrival at the Cathedral Hla Excellency was welcomed by the Dean, the Very Rev. F. 9. Temple, for G. B. Doggett anl MT Tom Wheeler.
A large congregation heard the noted choin ACCORD- panted at the organ by Mien Cecilia Chori songs of praise including Herick's Carol and "In Dulal Juballo" from the German Tohalkovaly a "Crown of Hopes allay by Liking 4180 ethiny, esrol and many | tescillene). Infoliniten.-
The Dawes, confueled the sertion anatatech, by, thin, Thév J. Foster, Lessons warp jund by
Hon, DJM, Crusier, De Kesert To And member or the contengas slom 'nha “öbile,
the
23
Mr Russell expressed "grave concern over the bitterned that is being fostered because called efforts tu of what he
the white force integration of and Negro races in all relations of lite-UP.I.
China Gets New TV Station
Workers,
Paris, Doc.-21. students and gov- ement employees in Harbin, north-east China, caw the first trial television programme on Saturday evening put out by the no television station i Harbin, Itadlo Peking reported today.
This is the third television Arst Is station in China, The in operation in Peking and the 30cond in Shanghual. There are preparations to bulld another Iri Canton.
The only drawback in the TV station in Harbin, le that Saturday it will operate overy evening anty for the time being. -Franco-Pregat.
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Their anly complaint to me was about the two to three week delay in recelving mail from home.
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told me:
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Chicago, Dec. 21. Suow und cola nit scattered
Mr Swinburn, 52, is serving a sections of the US today to five-year sentence
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