BOSWORTH-HEMUS-TOWSEY TRIO

Radio Record, Volume I, Issue 23, 23 December 1927, Page 2

BOSWORTH-HEMUS--TOWSEY TRIO

Miss Ina Bosworth, one of the Dom: | inion’s most brilliant violinists, | bas } been away from the Dominion for ten and a half years, during which period "she studied with the late John Saunders (leader of London Symphony and Royal Albert Hall orchestras), Editha ~Knocker (contemporary of lLeopold Auer, in Petrograd), and Dr. Van Loen, Leipsig, She has heard, and been associated with, Jeading London and’ Continental artisis, such as. Charl. ton Keith (who plays for Kreisler), O’Connor-Mortris, Max Virani,. Leslie: Heward {of B.N.O.C.), May Mukle, Plunket Greene, Schuster aud Kolberg (of Philbarmonic Orchestra, Copenhagen). She was chosen to do, the Bach Memorial Concert for John Saunders with the Queen’s Hall orchestra members accompanying. Retitals were given at the: Aeolian and Wigmore Halls and the Coliseum. Subsequently Miss Bosworth toured all England, Scotland, aud Ireland. During the war she played for soldiers’ concerts and hospitals in all parts of France. Later she toured in Scandinavia (where she was engaged to play pri- . | as

vately at British legations), and in | Italy, prior te leaving for New Zealand, where she was associated in chamber music with Dr. Van Loen (an. authority on old Italian instruments), aud assisted by playing on saine, i.e., Stradivari, Guarnerins, Amati, ete., for testing torie qualities. Miss Bosworth has not been heard from any New Zealand broadcasting station, but she played solos and trios from 2FC aud 2BI,, Sydney (who offered all their solo work). On her return to New Zealaud coneerts were given in Auckland, WeHington,: Christchurch, Blenheim, Nelson, etc., and assisted at Joseph . Ilislop’s recent concerts. Miss: Lalla Hemus commenced the study of the ’cello at an early date, $he went to Sydney and studied with Bryce Carter for two and a half years. In search of further experience, Miss .Hemus then went for three years to Melbourne to take advantage of the teaching of the virtuoso, Herr Louis Hattenbach. On returning to New Zealand Miss Hemus accepted the position of solo ’cellist at the Crystal Palace, where she stayed fer over two years. On coming to Auckland Miss -Hemnus soom became known as a most successful teacher, as well as soloist. | MR. CYRIL TOWSEY. Mr. Cyril Towsey studied the piano for two years in Germany with Herr Heinrich Lutter. Returning to New Zealand he studied for five years with Mr. Maughan Barnett in Wellington, and always speaks of these as amongst the most valuable lessons he ever received, On the advice of Mr. Andrew Black, whose accompanist he was for the Wellington concerts, Mr. Towsey went to London "to try his luck.’ After further study he joined the office of Schultz-Curtius and Powell, now Tionel Powell and Holt, as accompanist. ITfor the next three and a-half years he was the sole accompanist of such artists as Blanche Marchesi, Alice Verlet, Jolin McCormack, Joska Gzegeti, Franz von Vecsey, etc. He accompanied Melba on her tour of the British Isles, and toured dozens of times with Busoni, Pachmann, Backhaus, Carreno, Iidna ‘fhornton, Mark Ham-_ bourg, and many others. , Since returning to New Zealand Mr. Towsey has settled down as a teacher of the piano. As an accompanist he is in a class by himself, and is in demand at most of the Jocal concerts.

Ie has recently returned from a tour as acconipanist to Madame Frances Alda, the famous Metropolitan Opera prima donna. The uew trio at LYA, which makes} its first appearance before the microphone next week, has chosen some fine} selections from its repertoire ‘The first will be a trio from Beethoven. ‘This composer wrote eight trios for piano, violin, and ‘cello. The Op. 1, No. J, was published in 1795. In the key of I} flat major it consists of four move--ments-allegro, adagio. cantabile, scherzo and trio, and finale. A trio by Anton Dvorak will also be played. Dvorak did not come before the public as a coinposer until he was in jis 32nd year. YVhe trio in B flat, Op. 21, is one of the most beautiful trios for piano, violin, and ’cello, ‘The slow movement. is one of haunting beauty. Strangely enough; in the first movement of this trio are passages very reminiscent of the Iater great work, "The New World Symphony." Niels Gade, another composer on whom the trio will draw, wrote much music of a particularly refined nature. ‘The "Noyelletten’" has a fascinating grace and makes an iustaut appeal,