STUDENTS' RECITAL.

Auckland Star, Volume LXVI, Issue 299, 18 December 1935, Page 19

STUDENTS' RECITAL.

VOCAL AND INSTRUMENTAL.

The Lewis Eady Hall was well filled last evening when Miss Thoo Ilalpin and Mr. Robert Simmers with their pupils, assisted by Miss Wynne James, presented a varied programme of instrumental and vocal items interspersed with humorous recitals. The following were the performers: Nancy Prichard and Joyce McKean, piano duo, "Chaconne," by Durand; May Rowbotham, Frances French, Cyril Walsh and Laurie Halpin, piano quartet, "Valse Melancolique" (Nohynek); Betty Rosenfeldt and Ngaire Birchfield, piano duos, "Singing and Swinging" and "March" by Schumann; Anne Ewen, piano solo, "Marching Song" (Alec Rowley); Beth Forsyth, piano solo, "English Folk Song"; Edna Bunting, piano solo, "Valse in C Sharp Minor (Chopin); Edna and Evelyn Pullan, piano duo, "Chant sans Paroles" (Tschaikowsky); Avis Hill, Esmay McGregor, Alison Henry, Camille ie Long, piano quartet, "Spanish Dance" (Moskoweki); Edna Bunting and Ailsa Smith, piano duo, "Tarantelle" (Raff); Theo. Halpin, May Rowbotham, Mrs. H. Wilson, Hazel Palmer, piano quartet, "Tannliauser" (Wagner-Liszt); Joyce McKean, Camille le Long, Mary Parsons, Nancy Prichard, Val Pope, Edna Grinter, piano sextet, "Minuet" (Bocherini); Alison Henry, piano solo, "Alt-Wein" (Godowsky); Lorna Frith, piano solo, "Polonaise Op. 26" (Chopin); Connie Bissett and Francos French, piano duo, "Sonata No. 5 in G, Allegro and Presto" (Mozart-Grieg); Doreen Paterson, "Nocturne in D Flat" (Alec Rowley); Ailsa Smith, piano solo, "Valse, Op. 39" (York Bowen); Theo Halpin and Lucy Tripp, piano duo, "Blue Danube" (Strauss and Co.); Doris Webb, vocal solos, "Margaret's Spinning Song" (Schubert) and "The Forge" (Brahms); Cyril Shepherd, vocal solos, "The Bitterness of Love" (Dunn), and "Pass, Everyman" (Sanderson) ; Madge Taylor, arias, "Musetta's Song" (La Bolieme) and "Laughing Song" (Manon), both by Puccini: Barbara Cross, Madge Taylor, Mattie Paterson, Myrtle Bell, Ted Coyle, Cyril Shepherd, Douglas Jessup and Alfred Sanft, part songs, "Still aa the Night" (Bohm) and "Love Was Meant to Make us Glad" (German); Eric Child, vocal solos, "The Two Grenadiers" and "I Will Not Grieve" (Schumann); Delme Goldsmith," vocal solo, "One Fine Day" ("Madame Butterfly"), Puccini; Muriel Collicoat, aria, "Una Voce Poco Fa" (Rossini); Doris Webb and Cyril Shepherd, vocal duet, "On Wings of Song" (Mendelssohn); Robert Simmers, vocal solos, "Oh, That It Were So." (Frank Bridge) atfd "The Roadside Fire" (Vauglian Williams); Jean Menzies, vocal solo. "A Birthday" (MacFadyen); Madge Taylor and Robert Simmers, vocal duet. "Kingfisher Blue" (Amy Woodford Finden). Miss Wynne James contributed a humorous recital. "The Burglar." the humorous sketch "Buying Shoes" and several recall items. Both the piano and vocal work showed distinct evidences of careful tuition, correct use of the pedal and clean execution were noticeable features of the playing, and the singing was marked iby clarity of diction. Miss Theo Halpin accompanied with, fete an<i> discretion.