PIANOFORTE RECITAL

Hutt News, Volume 13, Issue 21, 1 November 1939, Page 5

PIANOFORTE RECITAL

Youthful talent was to the forefront at the annual pianoforte recital given at St. James's Hall by the pupils of Miss Alice Duff and Miss Myra Nichol. The varied programme, which was presented to a large and appreciative audience, was of a high standard, and gave evidence of careful tuition and preparation. All the performers, .rom the small beginners to the most advanced, rendered pleasing items, the majority exhibiting no sign of nervousness. Branches of pink and white cherry blossom were used as stage decoration, and at the conclusion of each item the players were handed chocolates and flowers. Miss Duff and Miss Nichol were also the recipients of bouquets. The programme was as follows: "In the Ruth Surtees and Beatrice Evison; "At the Ball," Audrey Reynolds; "Pixie's Goodnight Song," Audrey Nichol; Mazurka," Peter Dennis; "Swannee River" and "Kemo Kimo," Margaret Doran; "Jack Tar," Roger Oppenheim; "Big Ben," Graham Nichol; "Boat Song," Adriene Ansley; "Gavotte" and "Schero," Beth Piper; "Two Cuckoos," Allan Reynolds; "Rustic Dance," Ailsa Anderson; 'Pastoral Dance," Gwen Hook; "The Swing," Audrey and Allan Reynolds; "Valse Velocite," Shirley Gee; "Country Dance," Helen Webley; "Pagoda and ivier-ry-go-Round," Beatrice Evison; "Hanging Gardens," Margaret Bethwaite; "Noname," Pamela Holcombe; "On Horseback" and "Music Box," Ruth Surtees; "Dance of Sunflowers," Betty ---

verwood and Margaret Bethwaite; "Little Soldier," Jimmy Mann; "Minuet," Judith Reid; "Song from the East," Pauline Fenwick; Apple Blossoms," Airlie Colbert;, "Sir Knight," Pat Dennis; "Butterfly," Rae Russell; "Valse Legere," Joan Perry; "Petite Valse" and "In a Chinese City," Betty Silverwood; "Les Muscadins," Ivan England; "Gavtte," Ruth Strand; "Capri, cante," Lyndon Perry; * olish Dance," Gordon King; "valse," Miss Marion Smith; "Lieberstraume," Miss Myra Nichol; ' nexentanz," Misses M. Nichol and M. Smith,