VIOLIN AND PIANO

Evening Post, Volume CXIV, Issue 125, 23 November 1932, Page 13

VIOLIN AND PIANO

A SONATA: EVENING

The riolln and piano recital given last evening in the Bristol Salon by Miss". Ava Symons and Mr. Ernest Jenner was a veritable musical treat for those, fortunate enough to be present. The pity of it is that Wellington is so soon to lose the services of. Mr. Jenner. He and a small band of others have striven hard to give the public of Wellington the best in the way of chamber music, and his efforts have been very much appreciated by those to whom music means something. As an accompanist, too. Mr. Jenner's place will be bard to flll, but what will be Wellington's loss Is to be Christchureh's gain. Last night's recital consisted of four sonatas, ranging from almost the first examples of this kind of music down to the modern form. The old Corelli "Sonata in D Major" has lost none of its charm of dignity with the lapse of time, and the colour in the Brahms "Sonata in G Major" will be relished by music-lovers as long as music en?,i! res" Very dainty and bright -was the Sonata in E Minor" by Veracini. Most srimualting of all tho lour sonatas played was the last one, Cesar Franck's "Sonata in A Major," which is destined lons to remain a favourite in this class of music. To praise the playing of Miss Ava Symons and Mr. Ernest Jenner is superfluous. They bring real interpretative genius to bear on their work, hence a recital like last night's is a treat too seldom available to music-lovers. Omar am I, last Ecion of Khayyam, : That ancient strain which sprang from Abraham. Heedless of Allah and the thrall of Soul, I seek and find my heaven in the Bowl. Gome! rest awhile and taste The Nectar now, Its soothing-glow shall warm your hearts, . I vow; 1 blend its luscious tide with fragrance pure— Most precious Woods' Great Peppermint Cure.—Adyt. ■ j