SONG AND PIANO RECITAL

Evening Star, Issue 21707, 30 April 1934, Page 11

SONG AND PIANO RECITAL

ALISON TYRIE AND FRANK CAWLEY Miss Alison Tyrie and Mr Frank Cawley collaborated in a charming song and pianoforte recital in Begg’s Concert Chamber on Saturday evening, a large audience recording appreciation of the artistic worth of their individual and joint performances. Miss Tyrie was in excellent voice, and gave of her best in a wide range of interesting and valuable songs, all of which were clearly and finely expressed. The opening work of the introductory group, the Bach aria ‘ Into Thine Hand,’ was an admirable example, in its 'dignity and breadth, of her style. It was followed by Handel’s ‘ Hymen, Haste,’ a florid aria, smoothly phrased. In her second group Miss Tyrio offered the Beethoven ‘ Creation’s Hymn ’ (one of her best presentations of the evening), the Brahms ‘ Sapphic Ode,’ Schubert’s ‘ Wonder ’ and ‘ I Love Thee ’ by Grieg. An arresting modern representation was composed of Hamisn M'Cunu’s Lie There My Lute.’ Armstrong Gibbs’s ‘ By a Bier Side,’ Sir Edward Elgar’s ‘ Where Corals Lie,’ and ‘ The Festal Hymn of Judith,’ by Grantville Bantock. Mr Cawley first played the Mozart ‘ Fantasia in C Minor,’ the treatment of which was authoritative and interesting. His modern group was even more charming, particularly the Debussy and Arnold Bax. There was a charming imaginative touch in his treatment of the elusive qualities of both these composers. In association with -Miss Valerie Davidson (who played the orchestral accompaniment on -ft second piano), Mr Cawley gave a vivid performance of the Weber' ‘ Coucertstuck in F Minor,' and gave its colourful story appeal and point. -Mr Cawley also accompanied Miss Tyrie in her. songs. It was a scholarly collaboration.