CHAMBER MUSIC

Evening Post, Volume CXVI, Issue 90, 13 October 1933, Page 3

CHAMBER MUSIC

A TRIO RECITAL

• A varied and interesting programme was r-ovided by Mr. Leon de Mauuy (violin), Mine, cle Mauuy (pianoforte), and Mr. Claude Tanner ('cello) at the Nimmo Concert Hall last night, when two trios and two duets wei-e performed and songs were sung by Mrs. Anna Ginn. The artists were accorded a warm and sympathetic reception by the audience and from first to last it was manifest that a sense of intimacy was shaved by all taking an active or passive part in the concert. The programme opened with the Trio in D Minor (Op. 03) of Schumann—a felicitous choice—and the players gave a polished and conscientious performance of the work. The interpretation was intellectual, dignified, and well balanced. The second trio was the A Minor (Op. 50) of Tsehaikowsky, based on a simple yet beautiful thonin with a succession of wonderful variations expressive, it seemed, of every kind of human emotion and ending in an inexpressibly sorrowful, not .to say hopeless mood, the last notes (by the pianoforte) becoming fainter and fainter and then silent, suggesting the passage of a soul sinking into abysmal grief whence there can be no return. Sombre as its ending was, tho trio appeared to make a deep impression on the audience, which relieved its pent-up feelings in a burst of spirited applause. Mr. Claude Tanner and Mme. de Manny were heard in two quite dissimilar but beautiful works, the choral Prelude of Bach, "Christ Who Makes us Blessed," arranged by Zoltan Kadaly, and a Celtic tone poem, "The Land-of-the-Ever-young," by Granville Bantoek: Both artists played well together and with insight into the diverse character of the' works. In between, Mrs. Ginn sang three songs, "Through the Night" (Hugo WolO. "All Souls' Day," and "Dun Prison" (Hahn), the last in French. Mrs. Ginn sang with understanding and sympathy and showed sound judgment in her choice of songs, and in "Dun Prison" in particular helped her audience to see with the mind's eye. the.prisoner gazing regretfully at " Le ciel par dissus le toit si bleu, si calme." Mr. and Mme. de Mauny were heard in the Sonata for violin and pianoforte in D (Op. 84) by Cesar Cni. It was a splendid number and brilliantly played, notwithstanding the exacting demands it made upon each player. The recital was to be regarded as an unqualified artistic success.