Two WORLD FIGURES

Radio Record, Volume X, Issue 7, 28 August 1936, Page 6

Two WORLD FIGURES

Appear Together In Wellington Concert

Eileen Jovee To Play Her Favourite Concerto.

_Y ELLINGTON’S safest wager this week is that Miss Eileen Joyce and Dr. Maicolin Sargent (conducting the Wellington Symphony Orchestra) will perform before a capacity house in the Town Hall next Sunday: night, August 30. Broadcasting has made. their.combined appearance possible, as the concért: has. been arranged solely by the National Broadeasting. Seryice, and only by the broadcast relay ‘of the orchestral and piano’

iteatiy will tens of thousands outside iof, Wellington beable to hear muUsit'x Kas its is: early played in this coutitrys. " ‘py it be ‘Miss’ Joyce's. first perfoynignep in: New. Zealand either in publicior. sttidio.«: The: known brilliance of sey: Plawatorte playing assures for het: #xéception ‘nd. less" tumultuous than these" ‘afforded. by Wellington, audiences to ‘Dri? Maleolm ‘Sargent’s two previous public. performances. To have , two such musical geniuses presented on the one programme in New Zealand would have been but a wild dream ten years ago, but here is a dream come true. It is by now almost superfluous to commend to. listeners and intending — patrons the masterly conductorship of Dr. Sargent, and details of his musical achievements were presented in last

week’s "Radio Record." Next Sunday he will for the second time conduct a concerto in which Bileen Joyce will be the pianist. "In conversation with the "Radio Record" . Miss Joyce revealed that their previous appear~ _ ance together was with the Leeds Philharmonic Orchestra "in England, when the concerto was Deohnanyi’s "Variations on a Nursery Tune" ‘for Piano and Orchestra. One-of Miss Joyce’s likings appears to be first performancés, especially where.concertos are concerned. *You'd "hardly believe it," she said, "but I played in Fngland_ a Moyart first performance. The manuscript ,was discovered by Alfred. Hinstein, the German critic. It’s "aHed Rendo in A,.for Piano and Orchestra. I also made ilié’ tirst recording Of the piece. This and a first recording of, Durina’s ‘Rhapsody Sinfonica’ were the record of the month in two Successive months, That distinction made me awfully" thrille? .

"When Pizzetti made his first visit to England to conduct his own concerto "Songs of the High Season,’ I played the first performance. Then a Schostokowitsch Concerto for Piano, Trumpet and Strings. I played this at a promenade concert with Sir Henry Wood conducting. A first broadcast was also part of my work in England, Harry Farjeon’s Phantasy Concerto-quite modern, of course," On Sunday night Miss Joyce will play Greig’s Concerto in A Minor, one of her.

real favourites, for this work reminds her of one of the proudest moments of her life. It was in Leipzig, when Miss Joyce, then but a young girl, was studying under Max Pauer, director of the Conservatorium. When Pauer first heard the child playing he turned to his other students and exclaimed, © *‘Now, there’s somebody the Greig Concerto was composed for." "Those words will remain with me forever," said Hileen Joyce with sincerity. "Teichmuller was most kind when I left Leipzig for London. He gave me a letter to Albert Coates, for whom I played Prokofiev’s No. 8 Conh certo, and seeing that Albert Coates has a-liking for the Russian composers

(he spent his early years in Russia) I was well received." The orchestral items as published last week in the news pages and in the programmes of the current issue contain several. numbers which have already been performed by either the 2YA Orchestra or the Wellington Sympliony Qrchestra under Dr, Sargent’s direction, and as these tivo musical combinations have many leading players in common it is certain that their performance of those items in particular on Sunday night will find an-exceptional response from both players and audience, When the programmes were compiled by the broadcasting: service Miss Joyce's solo numbers had not been definitely closer, but the "Radio Record" is able to supply the titles as follow: "Barcarole" (Chopin); ."Widmung" (Schumann, .arr. Liszt); and "Gnomenreigen" (Liszt). . Ley ° After you’ve heard Wileen Joyce's first performance next Sunday either in the Town Hall or over the air, you'll want to hear lots more, So here are the dates to keep open for "listening parties" throughout (Continued on page 8)

Eileen Joyce’s Itinerary (Continued from page 6.)

New Zealand during her ‘tour: From 2YA: Sunday, August 30; Tuesday, September 1; Thursday, September 3; Sunday, September 6. From 3YA: Wednesday, September 9; Friday, September 11; Sunday, September 138; Tuesday, September 15 (Charity Concert). From 4YA: Thursday, September 17; Friday, September 18; Monday, September 21 (Charity Concert); TuesGay, September 22. From JYA: Sunday, September 27; Monday, September 28; Wednesday, September 80 (Charity Concert); Friday, October 2. . Final Performance, 2YA, Thursday, October 8.