JEAN GERARDY.

Evening Post, Volume CVI, Issue 14, 17 July 1923, Page 3

JEAN GERARDY.

The box plans for the Gerardy conC(S, w-2r *** opened.to-morrow morning at the Bristol Piano Company. ; The Wellington season will be limited to four concerts, which will be given in the Town Hall on Saturday next, 21st July •Tuesday next,-24th July, Thursday, 26tli Jwy. and Saturday, 28th July. Th»' cello> «-widely regarded as the-most beautiful of stringed instruments, and Jean Uerardy, more than any other 'cellist, is responsible for the position, now held by the instrument in the affections of music-lovers. When Gerardy last visited these shores nearly a: quarter ofa century ago it was thought' that his playing then realised the utmost capabilities of the "cello as a" solo'instru-ment,-but, according to American aud Australian critics, we are now to hear a Uerardy who surpasses even his former self. Ih e cellist's art is said to have ripened and; matured. His technique is described ■as bordering on the incredible, while he remains uhapproached in his classic beauty of style, and apparently lUimitable variety of tone. Supporting the famous 'cellist will be an American pianrst of considerable note in the person of Mr. George Stewart M'Manus, whose recitals in the Carnegie Hall, New York early this year attracted great attention, .and, Miss Essie Ackland, a, young Sydney contralto, whose remarkable . voice and. interpretive abilities created something of a sensation at the Gerardy concerts in Sydney and Melbourne. ' .< ••-'.■•■■.