For anyone who likes powerful and brilliant choral singing there could be few greater pleasures than listening to the Helsinki University Chorus, which is now making a brief tour of the East in its first visit to America.

Unfortunately there are no tickets left for the Chorus's program in Sanders Theater Friday evening, but there will be a final Boston concert Sunday afternoon in Symphony Hall.

The Chorus, which is known in Finland as "Y.L.", has aroused and maintained an interest in choral music in Helsinki for many years, inspring some of the finest compositions of Sibelius. For the last six seasons Martti Turunen has been their conductor.

Three years ago they made their first extensive venture outside of their own country, giving concerts in the principal European capitals with great success. The present chorus consists of picked singers from a much larger number.

They will present to their Boston audience music not only of Sibelius, but of various Finnish composers, including arrangements of folk songs of their own people.

Incidentally, the whole chorus was entertained on New Year's Eve by Jaakko Mikkola, coach of the track team and himself a Finn.

Music Department Plans Recital

A free, public recital, by Anna Golden, viola, Amelia Tataronis, soprano, and Arnold Hartmann, Jr., piano, will be given at the Music Building next Wednesday evening at 8:15 o'clock. The recital is under the auspices of the Music Department.

The program will consist of: Songs Gesegnet sei Und willst du deinen Liebsten sterben sehen Er ist's Das verlassene Magdlein Der Freund  Hugo Wolf Sonata for Viola and Piano, Op. 11, No. 4  Hindemith Songs with Viola Gestillte Sehnsucht Geistliches Wiegenlied  Brahms La Cloche Felee Serenade Dansons la Gigue!  Loeffler