A WELLINGTON 'CELLIST.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 165, 6 April 1908, Page 8

A WELLINGTON 'CELLIST.

HIGH PRAISE FOR ARNOLD TROWELL. : (BY TELEGEAJH.—ErECIAL CORRESPONDENT.) . Christchurch, April 4. The special correspondent of the Christchurch ''Press" in Sydney has been inter-' / viewing Mr.' Philip Newbury, the well-known .' tenor,/on the subject of colonial singers and ; musicians at Home. It is for young Arnold Trowell,. tho Wellington .'cellist,, son of Mr. . Thomas Trowell, that Mr. Newbury reserves' . J 1 .' 3 greatest praise. So far as colonial musi- . ciaus aro concerned, "ho is absolutely prodigiousl '/ is his. verdict. -.Indeed, he .goes so far as' to say that Trowell is. the greatest living virtuoso on the 'cello. \ \ " Gerardy?" • - ' . . "Well, yes. -In my opinion Trowell has a technique than oven Gerardy," he replied. -. ' // ■ ■ '"That's/a big tiling to say," commented thb interviewer. , ' . "We 11,,. I'say .iti.. Mind,-,do not. confuse / what I say. He is the greatest living • executant^.- and-New--'Zealand'ought to be proud of him. ' We call fiim 'The wizard of the 'cello' at Home. I was at a, recital he gave in the Bechßtein Hall, v/hen .the audience •went'mad over him.' Trowell, in/my opinion, is just.as-great on tho 'cello as Kreislor on the violin." - - . ■ ■ •••; Tho "discovei-y" of 'Trowell on the Continent, after he had finished his studies in Brussels, was, it appears, quite accidental. The credit- of. it: is ; attributed to a concert agont named Rainbow, 1 who, while visiting the town, saw casually a poster announcing a concert which had just: taken place. His inquiries led him to hear Trowell play, and : ho/promptly snapped-him up for London, yhero he lias appeared under tile direction of Mr./ Vert and his partner.' '/' '