RICHARD FARRELL IN LONDON
Concerto Played “With Composure”
<Rec. 10 pm.) LONDON, June 20. Neville Cardus, writing in the “Manchester Guardian,” said seldom had he ever seen a young man, or young woman, sit at a keyboard with composure such as the New Zealand pianist, Richard Farrell, displayed during the performance of the Brahms § i concerto at a concert in the Royal Festival Hall last night. Farrell often played beautifully, always with unself-conscious sensibility X? *? at . .Y e . received consolation for the fact that the greatness of this concerto was missing. ~“Jt “. a compliment to Mr Farrell that criticism is able to find so much seriously to discuss; it is another compliment to him that criticism is left wondering where his gifts will eventuaHy take him, and if he has yet found the right atmosphere, school, and culture. ’,
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Press, Volume LXXXIX, Issue 27072, 22 June 1953, Page 9
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