It is well known that it does not rain if you close the car windows. I am afraid, therefore, to say too much about what sounds like a new “high” in orchestral playing in Bulawayo in case it should cause a similar effect.
Pleasing City Recital
Marjorie Hird’s singing was always notable for ease of delivery and wholesome charm. Her Bulawayo lunch-hour recital yesterday for the Rhodesian Academy of Music showed that in the two years since her last such appearance, she had made big strides in voice control.
Any fears banished by violinist
For a 25-year-old violinist, the programmed look ambitious – Bach’s great Chaconne, Brahms’ late D. minor sonata, and Debussy’s elusive G. minor sonata
Sonata was in wrong sequence
The practice of planning concert programmes in chronological sequence of works is firmly established, but perhaps there are occasions when the traditions should be relinquished.
Iolanthe easy on the ear
Just 25 years ago, G.B. Shaw’s plays were the last word in fashionable heresy. They are almost forgotten now, while the older Gilbert and Sullivan operettas, whose barbs are certainly gentler, but which prod at some of the same venialities, always find an audience.
Irritating Problem at City Concert
Last night’s concert by the Bulawayo Municipal Orchestr, under Hugh Fenn, turned out a series of honourable near-misses. This sort of thing can be more irritating than downright failure.
Exhilarating African concert!
Kwanongoma College is a subsidiary of the Rhodesian Academy of Music, devoted to African music and musicians. A lunch-hour concert by pupils yesterday at the Bulawayo City Hall was an exhilarating affair.
Odette takes lyrical view
If Schumann’s works lend themselves more than most to striking interpretive divergencies, it is probably because they constantly mingle poetic with heroic elements and either factor can be emphasized to the exclusion of the other.
Verdict on concert excellent
Alexandra Cook (mezzo-soprana), who sand at the Rhodesian Academy of Music’s lunch-hour concert this week, affirmed the excellent impression she made at her recital some months ago.
Pianist prove ability
A number of pupils who gained awards in the Eistedfod performed at the Rhodesian Academy of Music’s presentation concert last night.