March 1937: German Choir Sings in Glasgow Church

An article on page four of The Glasgow Herald, on Friday the 5th of March, 1937, reads:

 

“GERMAN CHOIR SINGS IN GLASGOW CHURCH

 

The Berlin College of Music Choir, which is engaged

on a singing tour of University centres in England and

Scotland, gave a programme of sacred music yesterday

at a choral service in Wellington Church, Glasgow. The

Rev. E. D. Jarvis, minister of the church, conducted the

service.

 

The programme opened with a short mass by Buxtehude,

and there was also a cantata by the same composer. It

included a choral piece and a motet by Bach, both of which

were sensitively rendered by the choir, and a choral piece

by Zeuner.

 

Mr Jarvis, welcoming the singers, said that the visit of such

a group helped people to understand the new Germany and

the problems with which Germans were grappling.”