NAPIER MUSICIANS SOCIETY ENJOY A DELIUS EVENING

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Volume 81, Issue 4, 28 September 1937, Page 11

NAPIER MUSICIANS SOCIETY ENJOY A DELIUS EVENING

Deeorated with bowls of lovely mixed blooms and foliage Blythe's loungq;and tea-rooms looked most colourful- Iast evening when members and friehds of the Napier Musicians' Society i.heid their monthly meeting. * Dr. A. Ballantyne and Itlr F.' X. Hunt had arranged the excellent prograinUie for this meeting which took " the 'form of a Delius evening. Eaeh item presented was of a very high standar.d and feceived well-'.deserved • applause ; from ' the large and appreciative audienco. A paper on the life of the composer Frederick Delius was read by Dr. Ballantyne and proved most interestmg, boing followed with close attehtioii by all present. • '/ The programme presented . was .. as i'ollovvB : — Recordings, - ' ' A • Bummer ■ Garden" and 4A Song Before Suiirise"; piano solo, three prelu'des, Dr.'. A. Ballantyne; group of songs, ' ' Cradle Bong," "Little Biru," ' ' Nigiitingaie, ' ' Mrs Feildhouse, aecompanitid by Miss Winifred Mc.Carthy, L.RA..M,; •violin and piano sonata, No. 2 (1924). iV Hunt, violin, Dr. A. Ballantyne, piano; piano eolo, "Dance for the Harpsichord*"' Dr. A. Ballantyne. / The president, Mr P, W. Tombs, thauked.Dr. Ballantyne and Mr Hunt, also Mrs Feildhouse, for a very in- , teresting evening, which had been enjoyed by everyone.- Mr Tornbs welcomed Dx*. Markham Lee, ihe examlner .for the Assticiated Board of Royal Schools of Music, who is visiting Napier' in connection with the local music examinations. Dr. Markham Lee,. who was the guest of the society for the evening, said that when he had coneluded the examinations in New Zealand he would leave for the ' United States where he will conduct lectures on music. The speaker was ploasantly surprised, he eaid, to hear of the Musicians' Society 's meeting coinciding with his visit and said a few words on the composer chosen for the evening. He said that the chamber music and songs of Delius gave much raore oppor-. tunity than his piano compositions. He was a manneri'stic composer and to M'r Lee.'s niind, did uot have a great deal of variety. He, himself, loved a iittlo of Delius, but not too much. : Mr Tombs thanked Mr Markham Leo ffor his very interesting littlo talk, and said how grateful the society was for his attendance after a hard and tedioua day 's work. - A light supper was then, served and much appreciated by everyone. Tho singing of the National Anthem brougfit a very- pleasant evening to a clo-se. Among those present were: Mr and' Mrs F.'W. Tombs, Mr and Mrs T." H. Ringland, Dr. and Mrs A. *C. Biggs,. Mesdames W. L. Prime (vice-president), Williams, Feildhouse, Hunter, A. * E. Denholm, Oliver Dean. L. McClurg, Miller, L. Bisson, A. Christie, S. Bicknell, Hugh Thompson, J. Lopdell, W. Pearce, M. Poley, Pilcher, M. Barker; Misses ^ Winifred McCarthy, Francis Fox, Winnie Dean, Jufte Davias, ArcherWells, M. Mondelssohn. Nurse Carter, Y. Campbell, G. Neilsen, A. Lane, E. Tombs, M. Caldwell D. Prewitt, Sister Massey, Wray, Lewis, B. McClurg, P. Mayo, N. Prime, Hyett, Bolton, Ctinl s, Phillips ('2), Rowe, Q. Corbett, M. Bayley, Eddy (2), Margaret Claughton, D. ^ Buckingham, E.. Benton, H. Dykes, Bridle, R. Wilson; Messrs J. W. Oargill, Holmes Dean, F. Hunt, Lamb, Dr. Ballantyne, and Dr. Maikham Lee.