Noted Englishman Conducts Own Work From 2YA

Radio Record, Volume XII, Issue 27, 16 December 1938, Page 3

Noted Englishman Conducts Own Work From 2YA

THEW Zealand is to hear next week the first complete performance of "Dr. Faustus,"’ dramatic symphonic poem written for orchestra, choir and narrator, by the eminent English musician Andersen Tyrer. 2YA will broadcast this work on Thursday, December 22, at 9.5 p.m, "Dr. Faustus" part of which was written in New Zealand during the composer’s visit early this year, is an outstanding composition, and the choral effects with full orchestra, against the orator’s voice make the work ideal for broadcasting. It is intensely dramatic and most of the effects possible in the field of modern composition have been used to their fullest without creating a feeling of super-impres-sionism. An augmented orchestra has been engaged for the broadcasting of this work. The composer himself will conduct it. Andersen Tyrer, apart from his ability as a composer and conductor, is a brilliant pianist. Ernest Newman, outstanding © musical critic in England and on the Continent, recently claimed Mr. Tyrer as the finest piano-concerto player in England.