MUSICAL RECITAL

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18587, 22 December 1934, Page 12

MUSICAL RECITAL

MISS M. SMITH’S PUPILS

ENJOYABLE ITEMS On Wednesday night Miss Muriel Smith, L.A.8., invited the relatives ot her pupils and the lending musicians or Gisborne to a most enjoyable recital. An original feature was the address that, prefaced each performance, wn the pupils, some of them children, gave a history of the development of the art of music as interpreted by the composers, whose compositions were afterwards used as illustrations. In opening the recital, Miss frniitn explained that during the winter she had inaugurated classes for the study of the history of music, to develop tl)e cultural aspect of musical ■ education. L lO audience early realised that the st it dents had benefited materially, the playing or their selections demonstrating that they were thoroughly familiar with the spirit of the different composers’ work, and within the mnge of their technique tfiey gavo highly intelligent performances. The programme was well arranged, ii) being in chronological order, beginning) with Handel. The opening number, the march from “Judas Maccabaeus” arranged as a trio, was played by three small pupils, Bruce Mclvor, Ailsa Porter ( and Bill Jensen. A sarabande by Jlach j was little Betty Trowell and Marjorie) Sell’s contribution, and then Bruce 1 Mclvor played “Minuet'’ {Bach). Ailsa. {Porter gave an interesting reading of

“Gavotte” (Bach), tins being followed by Marcia Itobinsou in another BaclV number, “Allenmndo.” The concluding number by this composer was “Gigue,” a duet played by Margaret Simpson and Norma Henderson, f A fine item was the andante from the (“Surprise” Symphony (Haydn), by i Margaret Simpson and Ailsa Porter. ! Marcia Robinson played the first movement of Mozart’s “Sonata in G. A good performance was the overture to the “Magic Flue,” arranged as a quartet and played by Joan J'arker, Nonna Henderson, Marcia Robinson and Margaret Simpson. It was followed by Beethoven’s “Sonata in 0 Minor, first movement, played by Miss I). Faram, who lias both the artistry and technique of an intelligent and studious pianist Schubert's “March Militairo” .was beautifully played as a -quartet by Kathleen Doimney, Marjoriq Sell, Ailsa Porter, and Betty Trowell. Two of the advanced students, Misses D. Faram and Joan Parker, gave an enjoyable rendering of the “Huy Bias , overture (Mendelssohn), followed by Schumann's “Wild Horseman,” played by Bruce Mclvor, and Betty Trowell playing “From Foreign Lands,’ by the same composer. Two items by Miss. D. Faram, 'Prelude in A, and Prelude in L Minor (Chopin), attracted special applause. Marcia Robinson is also to be congratulated for her playing of the Chopin waltz. Joan Parker’s first solo item was the Brahms Intermezzo. I A modern composer, Cuthbert Harris, | was the medium of a well-played duet I by Kathleen and Bruce Dominey, and | Marjorie Sell extracted real humor from