TRIPLE HONOUR FOR COLIN HORSLEY

Wanganui Chronicle, 31 May 1949, Page 4

TRIPLE HONOUR FOR COLIN HORSLEY

Three Concertos At The Albert Hall, London Triple honour for New Zealand’s foremost pianist in Britain, Wanganuiborn Colin Horsley, comes with the latest news that he is to play three concertos at the Promenade Concerts in the Albert Hall, London, this coming season. For a pianist to play at one of these concerts is considered a distinction: to be asked to play three times is an indication of Horsley’s virtuosity The three concertos he will play are Rachmaninoff’s No. 3 in D Minor, the Rachmaninoff-Paganini Variations and the Cesar Franck Symphonic Variations. Horsley has just returned from a tour of the Continent where he was invited to play at the International Festival of Contemporary Music, held this year at Palermo, Sicily. With the Radio Rome Orchestra he played the Concerto for Piano and Orchestra by Lennox Berkeley, written for and dedicated to him. He also gave recitals in Paris and Rome and broadcasts in both cities. This was his second visit to Paris this year and he was asked for a third time, but was unable to accept the date of the concert because of his engagements in Italy. A little while ago Horsley played privately to Queen Mary and the Princess Royal. The Queen Mother was most charming to him and had a long conversation with him, as did also the Marquis of Carisbrooke, who was there He had known Ravel, some of whose works Colin Horsley played.