MRS. J. HECTOR'S RECITAL

Evening Post, Issue 29, 3 August 1936, Page 3

MRS. J. HECTOR'S RECITAL

well-balanced xif^opiano-.: forteVmusicftfortAersepond^iecital'/at , the1; Concert • Chamber \r~ptf-7SSatur<Jay; - nigHfe%S^vi":<">:':;">:^&^v v";;¥j^':S:'-c'v:v.;:\ '~. The first; Half of -the1 programme con-. sisted of two fine sonatas, ;ChopiiVs first Sonata^^in: B/Jmihor : ;ahd.. pne-of. Schu-.^ bert's.i ••■ ln the:first; 6fsth'ese:Mrs.fHec-" tor gave a.'yiyid portrayal of the poignant,- jhe&t^tTickenKsensel/pf •wittl Cwhich ; the : whole^'sonata^is'.i per- > in'&ted;"--"md'.\l6r\wWci;i?;teeYi-Fiineral"; Mart^^ormsrthe^clmiaxiKfe-;^ ;,Kvh -;{ ;: ItS' was ■■" hiost' refreshihgi to t'findf'* v •sbnata;-6t:;Schubertfs!lJ<toV"^iKe'"X'pj^..-'- ;- ---gramme,, for Jit is seldom^thatlthey, are included, ostensibly;; because! they, d<if not •■•: afford; enough' opportunily' for technical '■■ display: ' Though % Schubert wrote vteii sonatas: for .the; piano, :only<> liiree ■■«<&'- considered "worthy;-^ However, ":theVlyricja ria'ture''iiri"d-loois(&-'-'----n'e»:'ofibis\ioTO'Tandvthe'--ffluid;ViMiel yl-'--'modulatmg.tonality,'wWchistso',ch- > acteristic of him, make, them ;very;pleas-i ant, to listen to. -This sonata suited Mrs; Hector;admirably:•> «^'-S:'r ■;;■.,-;--, '•-■ ,The.second;half of the:programme commehcedxwith:Brahms's: Variations: on a Theme by Handel,: and Mrs. Hec- -V tor performed 4he'.wiork :-witK vstrifcing'-': effect.:-Maurice ;Ravel's U'Jeuxs'd'Eau" was;••■wiell--:played, SthelA^Umbiing . of : splashing fountains of; jyater being most realistic;; iThe -^orks- rf'Jardins isous/la\ Pluie" and, '-'LaJCathdrale Ehgloutic," v:B ebussy were both delicately de--picted. The remaining; items" were the animated "Kopak' f ■by/Arnold-Baxvand T- Alouette'^ by Glinka-Balakirefn .-■:-■