PIANO RECITAL.

Press, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20496, 15 March 1932, Page 7

PIANO RECITAL.

I)ON BRYAN. CERTO WITH JESTRA. amc again most liap[angarian lUiapsodies, Liebestruume, Bach- , and the like, Mr dc his fourth appearirch at the Radiant His niajor performBach Concerto in D md best known of the solo clavier, in which by a string orchestra Betk. The orchestra ip opening and sustack and Bympathetic i e end. For his part the music with a re- « of outline and definest shades of colour igly singing quality of as presto which ends [specially well played, and his conductor in xnpanied in the first a and five brief moveIe music" by Purcell, collection of minor Mr Bryan finished his e were chosen among losers as Bavel, Ibert, iene-Batoq, and were than engrossing, alI'p verbal comments lem point. The three los, all of Spanish : from Ravel's Sona- > colourful imitations were all most effecshowed again the lense of tone and li at the end Mr Bryan to the orchestra and I to Miss Freda Judi«r four Christchurch his own songs. Miss sd' herself in Bach's [y Shepherd I Rely," nappy in the rippling" HrtV "Trout.*' which 100 re. In the second 1 by the composer, tfr Bryan's songs, all tinge, *of poems by ill Fathom Five"), Eleanor Farjeon. Her s quality of tone and interm stations were We Mr Bryan then of Madame Ottlee's Myra Sntton. Clarice ilpott, and Mr Dougng whom he had been n Saturday, and hmithem in a further songs. Finally he lem by persuading give two prizes pnd that he had never fnl interpretations of (ratted that he could tmend the size of his