AEOLIAN CLUB.

Press, Volume LXIII, Issue 19159, 16 November 1927, Page 13

AEOLIAN CLUB.

LAST NIGHT'S RECITAL. Uader Mr Ernest Empson 'a watchful tjt the performing members of the Aeolian Club had ably prepared their fetki for last night's recital. They .ilwiti set to work with enthusiasm lid rigorous persistence as friendly rinls for first honours. Under such conditions, the results are a foregone mmlbuod, and fruitful service is given hr maintaining a high standard of ptanistie art. Good tone production, ttrilliiney of execution, and taste in caaesption are outstanding features of tig recitals in almost ©\-ery instance. Tie programmes avoid the hackneyed pun, and last night even the übiquitous Ctopia was severely left alone. Tery little is written for two pianos, Heart, Schumann, and Saim-Saens providing the most. But nothing could be krelier than Schumann's "Andante with Variations," played most attractively by the Misses Olive Cooper and Esnite Tait, both ladies just revelling ii Ike beautiful music. Rachmaninoff's faaeifa! "Polka de W.H." found extieisire and very competent interpretation by Miss Violet Halliday. With aektmuag"Cnbana" by de Falla, Mr Frederick Page ingratiated himself by kii refined playing, but the "FetoMen" by Albeniz must have been a \ pull t» many unfamiliar with Spanish «*yi. Viw Lney Fuller gave with full E«r. «4 tharacteristic expression tfi "Maaeppa," a wild tone-picture wiagfeireeneessions to beauty. For wdtenffi inely drawn poetic sketches "In Deep Woods" and "The Joy of Aatnan,'' Jfiss Eunice Tait was well noun, equal to their refine■"tj. Tscpaikowsky's Concerto in B fit minor, especially in tho »w. rather too extended. "J"«Bt, is a work of great splondour, Jra* all the resources of tho solo iMtroiifflr, yet even so turning Sehu■"WJMia parts. Miss Bessie Pollard •j*l«4 great power and mastery, *» eoatrolled by Mr Empson's expert *JP««tion, nor did she miss tho finer fw* She may be heartily congratuwwoa her spirited performance, which ■«• i brilliant finish to the-recital, »apnrity and charm of Miss Lillian «"*W'i voice and her skilful manipwwiiirere most effectively displayed SL?**'" beautiful "Recitative and •"V* "Piano, Piano"; but her "V»Me not equally well chosen. It that so many singers rW ato the concert-room songs suit- "• »» tho drawing-room. Mr Hori "jwinade his mUtako at the other m Jwi. 88 "* a Mozart Aria thafc is irair tte ..6 reat operatic bass solos requiring great power. ™*»PJ Wa time may come, but it is S/m/u™ better did h ° succeed £?<«*«»" and "Tally-Ho" at J« Empson played the •Ml i£f*° mpanimentß also in fini shed >*, aao a foregone conclusion.