VOCAL RECITAL

Evening Post, Volume CX, Issue 137, 6 December 1930, Page 7

VOCAL RECITAL

MRS. GINN'S PUPILS

There was not a vacant seat ill Nimmo'. Concert Hall last evening, when the pupils of Mrs. I. P. Ginn gave a recital* All the performers showed evidence of thorough; and painstaking tuition, and every number? was enthusiastically applauded. Thai voices were of varying quality; some wera fully matured, others were still forming, but all were well trained. The -first part?. o£ the programme was ia the main.'devoted to the numbers of the less.advanced singers. The songs in almost every instance were well chosen with, regard to> the capabilities of the voices. Especiallypraiseworthy was the clear articulation o£ all performers. ... . Mrs. J. E. Kamsay, a pleasant contralto* sang "A Memory" (G. Thomas) and "Tally-ho," a rousing hunting number by; Leoni. Miss JSthna Greig's first number was Godard's "Angels Guard Thee," and she adequately conveyed the spirit of tha song. To "Crascun lo dice," by Doni» zetti, she also did justice.: Miss Greig has a most sweetly toned voice. Misa Elspeth Bath admirably caught the lilt iii the song "Lonely Am I Now,"-by voa I Weber. Her second number,: • "Do. Not Go," by Hageman, was notable for the beautiful pianoforte accompaniment. Miga Phyllis Liddell was pleasing in her items, "Like to the Damask Rose" (Elgar), arid "Lament of Isis." Her voice was better suited to the Elgar number than to tliei ".Lament of Isis." The other singers o» the first part of the programme were Miss Muriel Allen ("Chinese Mandarin" and "Break o' Day"), Miss Pearl Brodie ("Tha Siesta" and "Enough"), Miss Edith Adams ("Recompense" and "Last-Night I Had'-a Dream"), Miss Lilian Beere ("Mary Mag* dalene" and "Blackbird's Song"), and Miss Mavis Chamberlain ("I. Love Thee1' and "My Fairest Child"). Two vocal'trips, "Spring Song" and "Spider and Ply," were given by Misses Gray and Fenton and Mrs. Townley, and the. singers' voices blended admirably. . Miss Ruth Perry and Miss Molly Pen-; ton carried off the honours in the second portion of the programme. Miss Feritou sang beautifully the "Virgin's Slumber. Song" (Reger). Her second number, "Nebbie," was also nicely expressed. Misa Ruth Berry's best performance was in; her singing of Schubert's famous number, "Gretelien at the Spinning Wheel.". "The Glory of the Sea" (Sanderson). was also, well dove. ' Miss JSTora Gray gave a good interpretation of "To Daisies" and "Giva Me Thy Heart" '(Bach). Miss Nea Jarvis's deep voice was well suited to "Ays Maria" (Luzzi) and "Song of Waiting (Wright). "Poet's Life". (Elgar). was tha better of Miss Ella Pair's two songs. Mrsi E. P. Holland displayed a pleasant voica in "The Dove" (L. Ronald) and "April Morn."". Misses Gray and Fair and Mesdame's Townley and Ramsey pleased .greatly as a quartet in their interpretation o! ''Barcarolle" (Brahms). Mrs L. P. Haywood was heard in "A Lament" (M. Head), and "Clair de Lune" (Faure). Perhaps the most. outstanding number on the programme was Percy Grainger* "Colonial Song1." It was not given as arranged by Grainger, but as ■ a piece - for two sopranos (Misses Perry and Liddell) and pianoforte. The pianiste was Misa Lalla "Vondersloot. The number has all the wistful yearning which, Grainger says, in his introduction to the work, belongs to the lands overseas. It was,admirably performed. The aecompaniste to all tha songs Avas Mrs. Ginn.