The Rhodesian Academy of Music began their lunch-hour concert series for 1967 with a recital at Bulawayo City Hall yesterday by Robert Sibson (flute) and Hugh Fenn (pianoforte).
Outstanding recital in City
Shura Cherkassky’s meld of technique and temperament almost guarantees that he will deliver compelling performances of the Romantics.
“Messiah” rewarding for two reasons
This year’s performance of Handel’s Messiah by the Bulawayo Municipal Orchestra is rewarding because of the adoption of the Watkins-Shaw edition of the score and because of some fine solo singing. The Watkins-Shaw edition restores the orchestra to the modest size Handel himself would have expected. The gain in textural clarity is substantial and the music moves with a buoyant purposefulness much closer to Handel’s muse than the foggy re-scorings we are accustomed to.
City orchestra in striking form
A.R. Sibson wrote his First Symphony, in A minor, in 1948 in memory of his son Maxell. It was written with the resources of the Bulawayo Municipal Orchestra specifically in mind. In a time of grief it was a courageous undertaking, the more so because the Symphony rises to a final mood of triumph and affirmation. Despite some lapses of discipline, the performance last night by the Orchestra with Mr. Sibson conducting, was both striking and moving.
Spanish Pianist Excels
The first season of the Bulawayo Celebrity Concerts closed on Saturday evening with a consummately accomplished recital by the Spanish pianist, Alicia de Larrocha.
Beethoven to Perfection
In recent times, pianist Hans Richter-Haaser has established a name as ossibly the most distinguished Beethoven specialist since Schnabel. It was easy at his recital last night (Bulawayo City Hall) to see why.
McDermott excels with Brahms Sonata
A recital last evening at the Teachers Training College gave many persons their first opportunity of hearing cellist John McDermott since his return to Bulawayo.
Generous offering by U.S. pianist
The noted young American pianist, John Browning, launched the second season of the Bulawayo Celebrity Concerts with an unusually generous programme last night at Bulawayo City Hall.
Student is now a performers
The first concert for 1966 in the lunch-hour series promoted by the Rhodesian Academy of Music yesterday featured a pianoforte recital by Anneke Bean (Anne Visser), recently returned to Bulawayo.
Concert reflects high standard
The Rhodesian Academy of Music Presentation concert at the Bulawayo Small City Hall last night generated two strong impressions. It was apparent, firstly, that the academy maintains a high standard of tuition in a number of instruments. There was a consistent worthiness of performance last night which bettered most previous concerts of this type.