THE WORLD OF MUSIC

Waikato Times, Volume 127, Issue 21224, 21 September 1940, Page 13

THE WORLD OF MUSIC

Hamilton Singer Creates Enthusiasm J Of Mr J. T. Battersby’s performance in “Judas Maccabeaus” with the Auckland Choral Society last Saturday night the Auckland Star says:— Mr Battersby sang the fine tenor solos with considerable spirit. Outstanding among these were “How vain is man” and the great tenor aria “Sound an alarm!” in which he created a telling climax. This latter had to be repeated in response to a furore of applause from an appreciative audience. Recital at Cathedral j Tomorrow night, after Evensong, i an organ and vocal recital will be given in St. Peter’s Cathedral. Mr Stanley Jackson, organist, will play the Prelude and Fugue in D Major (Bach), Improvisation, Larghetto (Wesley), and the Toccata, “Esquisses Byjantines” (H. Mulet). Master Neil Church will sing two airs by Handel, “Angels Ever Bright and Fair” and “How Beautiful are the Feet.” New Zealand Singer Killed The news that Hinemoa Rosieur, formerly of Auckland, had been killed during the bombing of London by the Germans, was received with great regret in Hamilton, where Miss Rosieur had sung on several occasions. Before winning the Melba Scholarship and going to Australia for further study Miss Rosieur was very popular on the Auckland concert platform. Her voice was particularly well suited for operatic work, and she will be well remembered for her operatic duets with Robert Simmers. Credit to Hamilton Teacher Jessie Shaw, who won the contralto championship at Sydney Eisteddfod last year, and Keith Priscott, who annexed the baritone championship and the Melba Memorial Trophy at the Eisteddford this year, were both pupils of the Myra Booth School of Music in Hamilton before they went to Australia. Such outstanding success of her pupils must be very gratifying to Mrs Booth. Roland Foster’s Predicament Roland Foster, the well-known teacher of singing at Sydney Conservatorium, made a tardy entrance as a host at the party given by himself his wife for Alice Prowse, says a writer in a Sydney paper. When he arrived home a few of the guests were already there, so he went into the kitchen to prepare some drinks before going in to greet them. The kitchen door stuck fast behind him and he was a prisoner until Mrs Foster discovered what had happened. She and her sister spent the next quarter of an hour trying their strength on the door and when that failed they had to borrow a ladder to get him out through the window. N.Z. Boy Fianist in Australia Richard Farrell, the Wellington boy pianist, made a decided success when he appeared at the Tivoli Theatre, Melbourne, at the beginning of the month. Critics said his playing was outstanding. He also conducted the orchestra for a clever group of child performers called the “Stars of 1950.”