THE MUSICAL WORLD

Dominion, Volume 30, Issue 249, 17 July 1937, Page 7 (Supplement)

THE MUSICAL WORLD

By

C.J.M.

The Game! One of the briefer criticisms, taken from an American country paper: "An amateur string quartet played Brahms, here last evening. Brahms lost.” Dunedin Activities. 'The Dunedin Choral Society commenced rehearsals last Tuesday on Vaughan Williams, "Sea Symphony,” which work is to be performed for the second concert of the season.

Treats in Store. Sir Arthur Sullivan's “Golden Legend” is the work selected by the Royal Wellington Choral Union for its second concert of the present season, An additional number will be Vaughan Williams's “Flourish For a Coronation,” which work has not hitherto been performed in the Southern Hemisphere.

Madame Winnie Fraser. Madame 'Winnie Fraser, the wellknown vocalist, arrived in London the second week in June from China and the East, taking in South Africa, where she has been broadcasting. After remaining in England a month Madame Winnie intends viisting Vienna and Salsburg. The date of her return to the Dominion is uncertain.

Moiseiwitsch and Symphony Orchestra. Benno Moiseiwitsch, the noted pianist, who is shortly to tour the Dominion, will play the Grieg Piano Concerto with the Wellington Symphony Orchestra some time in August. lie will also

broadcast from station IYA when in Auckland in a few weeks’ time. Thea Philips and “Aida.” Miss Thea Philips, who is to sing tlie soprano solos in “Aida” at the Town Hall on 'Thursday next for the Royal Wellington Choral Union, is a leading soprano from Covent Garden Opera, and is known throughout England as “the soprano without a wobble.” Hers is a voice ripened in Italy, that is as sweet and pure as any that has come out of England in recent years, faultless in diction and phrasing. Miss Philips has only one little grievance. She was born on Christmas Eve, and has always been deprived of a birthday present. "All my friends,” she says, “give me Christmas presents, but they always forget about Christinas Eve.”

Dr. Malcolm Sargent. In a letter written from London dated May- 24, Dr. Malcolm Sargent writes: “I am glad to say my arm is bettor. I have just returned from a very successful tour in Palestine.” It may be remembered that when Dr. Sargent was in Wellington last August it was suggested at a conference held with the Minister of Internal Affairs that the celebrated English conductor should visit New Zealand again in 1940 to conduct centennial concerts throughout the Dominion. In view of this, the following extract from his letter is of interest: “I notice you mention 1940; if you have heard this on any authority, please ask them to communicate with me as soon as possible, as my summer bookings are getting completed rather far ahead.”