"The May Queen"

Radio Record, Volume III, Issue 5, 16 August 1929, Page 7

"The May Queen"

{ An Appreciated Programme F all the thousands of péople who listened’ in to the very successful presentation of Sir William Sterndale Bennett’s "The May Queen" by 1YA Choir, under Mr. Len Barnes, pro.bably the most interested and most ap- | spreciative was Mrs. Macandrew, of Titirangi, near Auckland. ‘Mrs. Macander is a descendant of the great composer, and in a note of appreciation for the broadcast performance she says :- . . "Just to say how we have enjoyed , "The May Queen.’ The performance was certainly a success and reception excellent. We congratulate. you and your choir on their initial effort, and hope for a further pleastire later on. Personally, I- am always interested in Sterndale Bennett’s works, old as they are, being a descendant of his, on my father’s side. In my eatly youth, we had a manuseript eopy of ‘The May Queen,’ and the first performance. of it in New Zealand was conducted by my father in Dunedin, Mr. Edward Towsey (Mr. Cyril Towsey’s uncle) singing the tenor soli."