Schubert Centenary

Radio Record, Volume II, Issue 20, 30 November 1928, Page 6

Schubert Centenary

1YA Artists in Recital ‘THE debt that the cause of good musie owes to broadcasting was further evidenced in the crowded audience that attended the Auckland Gramophone Society’s Schubert Centenary Recital in the Lewis Eady Hall on the famous musical anniversary, Monday, November 19. The salient feaures of the master melodist’s career were sketched by the President, Mr. Karl Atkinson, at the outset, and informative notes were given by him on all the items of the programme, The outstanding event of the evening was a memorable performance of Schubert’s Trio in B Fiat, Op. 99, by the Auckland Trio from Station 1YA (Miss Ina Bosworth violin, Miss Molly Wright, ’cello, and Mr. Cyril Towsey, piano). The ovation at the conclusion of the work, which was played in its entirety, was a well deserved tribute to the trio’s painstaking preparation and its musi cianly grasp of every subtlety and beauty of Schubert’s stream of melodies. The zest of the players was infectious and carried the audience along from start to. finishh Madame Mary Towsey sang with superb effect and dramatic intensity the famous narrative ballad "The Erl King," and Mr. John Bree’s rendering of the equally popular song, "The Wanderer," evoked much appreciative applause. Needless to add, both accompaniments were adequate, and especially in "The Hrl King," which was taken at a brisk pace, did Mr. Cyril Towsey give his hearers a dazzling reproduction of an accompaniment that ig at once the

dread and despair of the average pianist. Since all six participants in the recital are continually associated with 1YA, the evening was a feather in the station’s cap. A very fine programme of gramophone records was played, and no one present could doubt the many-sided genius of the composer, whose centenary is receiving so much attention just now, and whose wider fame in the Dominion owes much to broadcasting. é