Piano and 'Cello

Radio Record, Volume II, Issue 49, 21 June 1929, Page 5

Piano and 'Cello

Two Gifted Students E\VaRY available seat in the Concert Chamber was occupied when an excellent programme was given by Miss

Thelma Willoughby, piano pupil of Mr. Gordon Short, and winner of the 1928 L.A.B. scholarship, and Miss Grete Jespersen (’cello pupil of Mr. George Bllwood). Despite their tender years, they succeeded in holding the rapt attention of their large audience in works which technically and musically would well have taxed older performers. The programme was refreshingly unhackneyed. Miss Willoughby possesses an unusually comprehensive technique and command of tone in one so young. Miss Grete Jespersen, though bat twelve years of age, possesses a command of bow and fingering which would be the envy of many older ’cellists. She has a fine purity of in-

tonation and an instinctive sense of phrasing, whist her tone is dignified, with a note of sweet sadness in it. The Mayor (Mr. G. A. Troup) congratulated Miss Willoughby and wished her every success at the Royal Academy of Music. Sections of the recital were broadcast, much to the pleasure of listeners. eee amaeeetneee

Technically the broadcast was excellent so that those who were interested and not able to attend lost little as regards the items put on the air, Certainly the good wishes of all listeners go with Miss Willoughby when she goes abroad to arth her studies in music. —