CLEMENT Q. WILLIAMS

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 11, Issue 52, 11 July 1947, Page 5

CLEMENT Q. WILLIAMS

VERSATILE ARTIST . MUSICAL TREAT A small attendance in the Grand Theatre on Wednesday evening were given a musical treat such as is seldom experienced by residents of smaller centres, when the Australian baritone, Clement Q. Williams presented a number of songs. Mr Williams was accompanied on the piano by Owen Jbnsen, who is quite a well known figure in Whakatane musical’circles.

Mr Williams gave a selection of songs ranging from light classical pieces to more modern numbers. A novel item was a group of Australian Aboriginal numbers, sung in the native tongue. Mr Jensen gave several solo items on the piano and these were very much enjoyed by the audience. The concert was arranged by the Community Arts Service which has done a great deal of commendable work in bringing artists of merit into smaller centres.

As his first group of songs Mr Williams chose three light classic pieces the first being an Italian number, “Caromioben.” This was followed by two arias from Handel, “Silent Worship” and “Where e’er You Walk.” ...

Mr Jensen played three piano pieces by Scarlotti (C Minor, C Major and F Minor).

A group of British songs by Mr Williams commenced with “Cloths of Heaven,” “Linden Lea” and a Scottish Ballad “Lord Randall.” The group concluded with “The Song of the Palatin Bearers.” Two English and two Irish songs followed. They were: “Drink To Me Only With Thine Eyes” and “One More River.” The two Irish songs were “The Fairy Tales of Ireland” and “Kitty Me Love Will Ye Marry Me.”

Mr Jensen then played two numbers by Debussy, “The Girl With the Flaxen Hair” and Prelude in A Minor, Suite for Piano. A group of American songs “I’se Tired,” “American Lullaby,” “Were You There” and “Hangman! Hangman!” came next.

These were followed by the group of Australian Aboriginal songs.

As encore numbers Mr Williams chose “Waltzing Matilda,” “De Old Ark’s A’moverin’ ” and “Her Dream.”