University Recital
The university lunch-time concert tomorrow will be given by the Prague Quartet of the University of Canterbury and Frank Gurr, principal clarinet in the N.Z.B.C. Symphony Orchestra. They will play the famous Clarinet Quintet in A major by Mozart, composed in 1789, for the virtuoso Anton Stadler. It is said to capture the essential spirit of the solo instrument even more successfully than the concerto in the same key. John Warrack describes the Larghetto as “a miracle.” Mr Gurr, who has been a member of the N.Z.B.C. Symphony Orchestra for many years, has visited Christchurch frequently as a soloist.
Outside the final Beethoven concert this will be the Prague Quartet’s last appearance in New Zealand after a busy year “in residence” at the University of Canterbury, teaching, playing and demonstrating. The programme will be completed by a performance of two movements of a quartet by John Ritchie.
The concert will also be the last in this year’s series. During the current concert season the School of Music has offered 36 recitals and it is estimated that something in excess of 11,000 attendances have been recorded. Regularly, people have had to be turned away because the hall was full.
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Press, Volume CVI, Issue 31177, 29 September 1966, Page 10
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200University Recital Press, Volume CVI, Issue 31177, 29 September 1966, Page 10
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