TALENTED SISTERS

Evening Post, Volume CV, Issue 87, 12 April 1923, Page 2

TALENTED SISTERS

VIOLIN AND PIAIfOFOBTE.

The Misses Eudora and Frances Henry gave a recital at the Concert Chamber last evening to a large and appreciative audience. The former was at the pianoforte, the latter played the violin. In the selection of the rjurnbe.rs for their programme ikvjp displayed high courage and good taste. The first, piace was the concerto in D minor of Mozart; the last the popular Sonata in G major of Grieg. The solo numbers for pianoforte . were Ballade op. 10, No. 1, of Brahiiis and! "Jeux d'Eau" of Ravel; those for the violin included Vieuxtemps' "Keverie," Couperin's characteristically quaint "La Precieuse," aB arranged by Kreisler, the "Chant du Nord" by Chaminade, and "Draggnflies," by Zsolt. .It Vaa very plucky of these two evidently .highly accomplished young ladies to face . a public audience with such difficult number^ as they had chosen, and their musical discrimination was manifest in the varied' character of the. pieces o! which their programme was compiled. It need hardly \>e said that the playing of neitlier was impeccable. There were sometimes to be noticed in .the performances pf ea.ch of them little asperities that will be rounded off by continuous practice and the papsage.of time. So far "as thp audience was concerned, it was', amply ...satisfied, if tha heartiness of the applause is anything to go by. It insisted upon recalls, and, notwithstanding the. heavy work entailed by keeping to the programme, the Misses Henry' were most generous in*"their responses. Undoubtedly they haye talent, especially the violinist; she has an astounding memory too, for one so young, for she played every solo and in the great Mozart Concerto without a npte^ before her. The; spirit of the Meditation from "Thais" and of the "Reverie" of Vieuxtemps eluded her, however, which is not to be wondered at in the case of «o young a performer. She was quite at her ease in "Dragpnflieft" and Cui'b attractive and picturesque "Orientale." Her best work was seen in tha playing g£ the weird and sonorous "Chant du Nord." She appeared to thoroughly understand its character and to be able to give full expression to ita composers intentions. Miss Eudora Henry's playing proved moat acceptable. After the Ravel item, she. played a brief but brilliant trifle, quite modern and rather difficult, by Hugo Anw. The efforts of both youpg ladies were warmly applauded, as they richly deservedi to be, for the instructive and entertaining evf"' ing that they provided.