Great Oration For Colin Horsley
LONDON, Dec. fi. The New Zealand pianist Colin Horsley, aecompanied by the London Syinuliuny Orcliest ra, pla.ved three piano eoiieertos a't the Albert Ilall and ro i-eived a great ovation by an audienee which included the High Commissioner i'or New Zealand, Mr. Jordon. The Sundav Tinies remarked: "VVitliout (piestioning the desirabiiity of such a I'eat, it is a coniniendable faet that a pianist of the younger genefation -hoidd (dioose concertos by Mozart, 'ho])in, and Lennnx , Berkeley when hU oetter-known seniors gainble for larger audiences with Grieg, Tschaikowsky, and other favourites. Deft and clear, and fashioned with his usual sltill, Herkelev 's eoneerto is a t.vpe of Britisii wdrk that is likely to please abroad. Horsley, with his obvious nmsieal integrity, natural faeility, and youthfu bravura, is its ideal exponent. N1 ay they travel far together. "
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Chronicle (Levin), 8 December 1948, Page 5
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