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.
Second Raters with Talent
If Prokofiev and Shostakovitch have remained interesting second-raters, it is not through lack of talent. The blame rests firmly with a regime which has insisted on full-time allegiance to its approved philosophies and which as disallowed the personal vision as heretical and subversive.
Distinguished by Discipline
The post war years have seen the inauguration in Europe and elsewhere of several small string groups devoted primarily to reviving music of the 18th century. Possibly the war itself prompted a sense of distaste for the excess of romanticism and a nostalgia for restrained, classical values
Miss Addie invades a male province
Pianist Fiona Addie chose two very dissimilar fruits of the late Romantic era for her appearance last night with the Bulawayo Municipal Orchestra under Hugh Fenn.
Girl with startling talent
Jennifer Huntly is a young Rhodesian pianist studying overseas. Her recital last evening, was not entirely successful. Nonetheless, I believe that she has a startling talent, and there need be no limit to what she can achieve.