RECITAL AT CONCERT CHAMBER.

Evening Post, Volume CVIII, Issue 146, 17 December 1924, Page 10

RECITAL AT CONCERT CHAMBER.

The recital given by pupils of Mr. and Mrs. Leon De; Mauny at the Concert Chamber last evening was a success, and a delight in every way. In the mam it was a musical treat thoroughly enjoyed and appreciated by an invited audience, which crowded the chamber. The programme was arranged with noticeable care and variety, solo wprk-'at piano and' on the violin being interspersed /with songs, and classical.selections by a wellbalanced orchestra,, selected from Mr. De Mauny's orchestral class.' The programme was a particularly long one, and cannot be' fully criticised here, apart from which the artiste, and some of them ,were that, only appeared in one item each, and few amateurs can really do justice to'their pieces or show just their ability, in one selection on such an occasion. Some of them last evening were attacked with nerves very badly, A number of the items stood on their own, and these included those by the orchestra, under Mr. De Mauny, whjph rendered "Pomp and Circumstance" (Elgar), "En Bateau" (Debussy), "Hungarian Dance" No. 6 (Brahms), "Folk Tune and Fiddle Dance" (Fletcher), "Caprice Pompadour," "Air a Danser," and "Passepiede" (Borowski), and three excerpts from the ballet music to "Faust." Miss Maisie Oaks played the piano solo "Invitation a le' Valse" (Weber) and wandered through its eccentricities -with; charming effect. Master Desmond Layin. played the violin solo "Hejre Kati" with delightful effect, and by the acclamation was the most populaj performer of the evening, while Miss Margaret Connell chose a difficult and rather long piece in the violin solo "Ballade and Polonaise" (Vieuxtemps), played it with the artistry which has won her some notice in musical circles, and was ■' thoroughly appreciated. Mr Erie K. Thurkettle, A.T.C.L., was another of the popular items. He played "Andante and Rondo Capriccio" (Men- : delssohn). Of the sing-ers Miss Gertrude Smith was perhaps the best in "Elegy" (Massenet), with a violin obbligato, played by Master Lavin. Unfortunately the singer was too nervous to do herself justice, but she should appear on the local concert platform with credit.1 Miss Mona Castle in the aria "Mignon's Song" was very ,good, and Mr. C. W. Clift in "I Triumph" (Carissimi) was in good voice. Other items included "The Border Ballad," Mr. J. M'Kinley; "Break, Diviner Light," Miss. Castle and Mr. Chit; violin, solo, Mr. L. Warner "The Willow," Mrs. C. Foebig; "Hindoo Song, Mrs. A. Griffin; "Blow Blow Thou Winter Wind," Mr. H. Tonks, a violin solo by Miss M. Brown; and "Yonder,' sung by Miss G. M'Mahon. In each case Madame De Mauny was the accompanist, and her work was delightfully done. ' . > ■