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Wilmette Life (Wilmette, Illinois), 10 May 1929, p. 69

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·)lay 10·. l~ ·w I L M E T T position especially written by Dean Lutkjn to c9.mmemorate the coming of ' age of the Festival association. This will be of especial interest as it wili be s u n g without accompaniment throqghout, something which is rarely attempted by a body of singers of the numerical size of the festival chorus. It is a cappella motet for antiphonal chorusts in which the festival chorus and A C~ppeiJa choir will participate. Another new composition will be offered on the final program, Arne Oldberg's "Theme and Variations for Piano, Harp and. Orchestra" in which Mr. Oldberg will be the piano soloist. Miss Edith Mason, soprano and another star of the Chicago Civic Opera company, Mr. Richard Bonelli will be the soloists at this concert. E :LIFE for '3afe-keeping of their craft. they expect interest in this popular sport to increase, according to Karl Yost, commodore* Certain regulations 'were set down by the council requiring all boats to use mufflers, prohibiting planing speed within 200 feet of shore and requiring that no motors be used within 50 feet of shore. Dean Lutltin's Best Chorus to Present Bach's Famous Mass The hundreds of north shore singers who comprise the 1929. Music Festival chorus, which .Musical Director Peter Christian Lutkin states is the best in 21 years of festival history, have not been daunted by Bach's B Minor Mass but have become so enthusiastic over 1ts beauty and magnificence that they have requested that Dean Lutkin produce the entire mass in the near future. Parts of this mass, which is universally conceded to be the greatest composition of the greatest musician of all time, will be on the first half of the .program oi the third festival concert on the night of May 30. These excerpts will include the finest portions of the mass, both for soloists and for chorus. · The chorus and A Cappella choir wilt be heard in the tremendous cry for mercy, "Kyrie Eleison," part of the "Gloria in Excelsis," the magnificent "Crucifixus." and the tremendous ·'Sanctus" which is written in six choral parts, the "Sanctus" being said by many authorities to be the sublimest chorus ever written. Singers of Unusual Ability Singers of exceptional ability are required for the quartet of soloists and the artists chosen for the task will be more than equal to it~ They include, Anna Burmeister, soprano; Marie Morrisey, contralto; Tudor Davies, tenor; and Herbert Gould, bass. In the second half of the Thursday night concert, the Chicago Symphony orchestra will be conducted bv Mr. Stock in Respighi's "The Birds" and Josef Hofmann, ranked by critics as among the greatest of the world's pianists, will play the solo part of the Rubinstein "D Minor Concerto." To Sin~ Without Accompaniment The chorus has also been working hard on Saint Saens' "Samson and Delilah" music which will be given the first night of the festival and is also singing with splendid effect, "All ~fy Heart This Night Rejoices," a com- Outboard Motor Club Gets Right to Use the ·Beach Permission to the North Shore Outboard Motor club to set up equipment and shelter for the boats of its members on the heath south of the Guard station was granted by the Evanston city council Tuesday night. This action will allow them to utilize a space extending 60 feet south of the Coast Guard bQat house and to build a fence at that point to set apart their property from the rest of the beach. They are granted the right to ·set up a row of lockers and shelters for the hulls. T.his protection was missed by the outboard fans last summer, the first they were organized, but with facilities N. S. VASSAR CLUB. The North Shore Vassar club will meet Monday, May Zl, at the home _ of Mrs. Duane Peterson, 1014 Starr r~ad, Winnetka. The annual ele~tion will take place at this time. A dis~ussion of "Dark Hester" will be led by Mrs. Stanwood. cAre in Harmony With the ·Rambling Terrain ..... Right now is a good time to purchase next winter's Fuel··· In this issue of WILMETTE LIFE you will find the advertisements of responsible ... dealers in good Fuel.

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