Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - August 06, 1949, Winnipeg, Manitoba Off music Beechan opens concert series playing Mozart local music lovers who for one reason or another Are still uni i formed of the event May care to learn that British concert Hall is again on the air this season. The opening programme was to be tuesday night from 7.30 to s.30, and the remaining nine will be broadcast weekly one pre Sumes by the same station at the hour until the series has been completed. From a preliminary announce ment it seems reasonable to As sume that there will be sortie Dif Ference procedure in the Forth coming concerts from that of last year insofar As one remembers it. One notes for instance that each concert is being Given by a Dif Ferent British orchestra and As a perhaps natural corollary to this one May hot be wrong in anticipating that each programme will have a different conductor. Should such prove to be the Case it will surely he the add ing of fresh interest to the series with one obvious illustration of this lying in the 1 fact that when it is the turn of the Halle orchestra there should an Opportunity of 1 appraising the Progress made the recently knighted John Barbirolli since his departure i from the new York philharmonic. A Leith 10 orchestras providing the series it was of course quite fit Tate to Point on the occasion of the recent celebrations of his 70th birthday. His exact connection with the present stature of the renowned elude the memory but the Gist of them was either that it was now the Best orchestra in the world or that there was no better or Chestra. His other statement from the making of which he doubtless Der ived the most Devilish of Delight because it was partly related to an attack upon him by a some what indifferent arose out of his comments on the Brit so government s subsidizing of music and the consequent Low stari 3ard of performance from what Ernest Newman has described As the too great dependence on a feckless use of the sir Thomas important one because of its implications in the controversy of government versus private and Public support for that the r o y a 1 philharmonic orchestra was almost alone in being free of the taint of sponging on the a particularly attractive feature Winnipeg free press saturday. August 6 1949 a debate on the order of Merit of contemporary violin artists is a harmless conversation piece for All instinct for the dogmatic off by the weather Jascha Heifetz must still be assigned the title of greatest both in interpretation and tech Nique. Ria Victor s 45 rpm re lease -1s-0301 with or. Heifetz playing Debussy s la plus que Lente Valse and Schubert s ave Maria reinforces-1 he opinion the greater Range and Fidelity of the 45 s extend the realism of this artist s performance and transmit faithful Fly the finish and control implicit in l i s playing he Rich warm tone with which he in n o Cula t is big works is presenting these Small pieces. For style and subtlety the Debussy is a shade1 More effective Dut those qualities Are perhaps in Herent in the composition itself. A companion Issue 49-0316 Borbridge George Kent Ting that last tuesday s opening concert should be Given by the oldest British band still proudly flourishing and that it should be conducted by the Man so closely associated with it since he be artistic director in 1916 the writer is referring it is perhaps almost needless to say to the Royal philharmonic orchestra and sir Thomas Beecham. At the time of sir Thomas Tak ing Over his duties in the Middle of the 1914-18 War the famous orchestra was not in the Best of artistic health but the rejuvenation it underwent from his typical dynamic ministrations during Only two seasons is now a matter of history. The undersigned Inci dentally can still vividly remember his wonderful performances of those nights especially of Mozart Franck and constituted the soundest of reasons Why backs rom the front line trenches absence without leave was Worth indulging in _ very frequently. Subsidized music has Low Standard since those Days the Royal philharmonic like All other orchestras in the world has had its with sir Thomas Ever ready to step into any breach. Today that inimitable being seems snore satisfied than Ever with his favorite pet As he did not Hesi Albert Simoens bandmaster trumpet Winnipeg symphony 15 now accepting pupils on brass instruments. Sprinkle Protection could have prevented of tuesday s concert was that it offered the rare Opportunity of listening to sir Thomas conduct an All Mozart Moz Art has for Long been his greatest love is common knowledge. Sel Dom however is it possible to hear sir Thomas in Only the music of his god and particularly so in a programme designed specifically for radio. One thing that struck the writer after the first few minutes of performance was that sir Thomas had probably not Over estimated the Royal philharmonic As regards its Standard. It is Many years in fact since one has been so enchanted by Mozart As one was tuesday. The tone of the orchestra in its continuously achieved mellowness of Beauty seemed a blending of that of the Vienna philharmonic and that of the Chicago symphony u under Frederick Stock. Beecham influence holds Complete Sway As to interpretation it was Al ways of an incredible loveliness. Every instrumentalist was undoubtedly under the influence of sir Thomas at his most potent and miraculous. One has heard Many better pianists than Humby Beecham but in what is perhaps the happiest of nearly All the concertos she too was perfectly at tuned to the spirit of Mozart so exquisitely re created by sir Thomas. Next tuesday s conductor of the British concert Hall Seiries will be Basil Cameron with the London philharmonic or Cestoni. To quote Percy Grainger when he was last in is solid All the Way thorough and a much finer Man than Many people with Mischa Elman playing Mas senet s meditation from thais and Dvorak s humoresque gives scope for the remark that or. Heir Coz is a greater artist than or Elman there s no room to quibble Over or. Elman s technical virtuosity but in his interpretations Ion takes precedence Over spirit. Both of the issues stir up the 45 rpm collecting itch. This rash subsides and almost Dies after auditing Victor s 49 cb28 with the first piano quartet presenting Liszt s hungarian rhapsody no. 2 in c minor. Through re cording which restricts the tonal Gamut it is apparent that this is or u6 balanced interpretation with the lower Register wrapped in a dense Cloud the false impression grows that All members of the quartet Are sitting on the loud pedal. In Chopin s polonaise in a Fijal opus 53, Ria Victor 49 the 45 rpm recording is Kinder but still not too help fill to the first piano quartet. The cloudiness lifts quite often to reveal performance which is highly satisfactory in terms of clarity co ordination i vitality. L when Jan Peerre deserts the exercises in vocal emotion which Pepper his director. Organist appointed by Knox United Ceorge e. Kent 677 Fisher Street has been appointed choir director and Tenor soloist of k song recital by Louise Roy to open crusade miss Prano Louise Roy dramatic so sing a. Selection of will sacred songs at a service aug. 21 at 9 . In the Grotto of the Bel Gian Church in St. Boniface. Special service this special service is the open ing event of the Rosary crusade for peace sponsored by the St. Boniface Council of the knights of Columbus. A special guard of Honor of fourth degree knights of col Umbus vill attend. Miss Roy will be accompanied on the Organ by Mau Rice. Prudhomme. Miss Roy daughter of judge l. P. Roy and mrs. Roy 445 St. Jean Baptiste Street is expected to re turn to her Home in St. Boniface next week for a Holiday before Dot traction wat invited to this Plant because continuing her studies at the senior t of saws conservatory Grinnell automatic fire sprinkler of Toronto. System is the proved Way of checking fire from july 27-to 31, miss Roy quickly and effectively when it starts took a principal role in the Salute to Canada pageant at the martyrs n on Ai hebrew airs he recognizes i own level As a Good artist in in Indrei and a plea to god Ria Victor 49-013s 45 cannot resist indulgence in superfluous dramatics. When he demonstrates interpretative inhibition and discrimination As he does most of the time in these two selections the re sult is delightful the Quality of the 45 rpm record ing is entirely of the credit Side in United Church and Allen Bor Bridge 822 Riverwood Avenue organist effective sept. 1. For two seasons 1946 and 1947 or. Kent was Tenor soloist a kno x Church. Recently he has appeared in recitals and special pro grammes Over the Canadian Broad easting corporation and in concerts and oratorio presentations in Winnipeg Regina Saskatoon and Ken Ora. During the a of season he appeared As guest artist with the Retina symphony and also a an oratorio Singer in that City. As in a. Presenta Tion of the Messiah in Kenora and is recitalist in concerts sponsored by the cosmopolitan club in Salt Aton. Before 193s, when he moved to Vancouver or. Kent was boy Soprano then Tenor soloist at St. Luke s anglican Church in Van Couver he studied under David Ross William ditch ont and the australian Lyric baritone Clement q. Williams. For the past three years when on business trips t new York he has had instruction from George Ferguson of that cite during the War he served wit the Royal Canadian air Force a navigation instructor and spen More than two years in England a navigator instructor and Liaison officer. Overseas he also organize and directed choral groups. The is Well know in Winnipeg s music circles. Or Kent s father Thomas Edward a. A leading Tenor soloist and Boll his uncles Linton and Albert Anvi done Tenor Solo work in churches and on the concert stage. Allen Borbridge Allen Borbridge is at present organist and j choirmaster at St Luke s Church. In addition he has appeared Over the Csc network in a series of Organ recitals. Before the War he was organist and choirmaster at both Crescent Rouge and Greenwood United churches. Following four years overseas service with . Of which three years were spent in India he became organist and choirmaster Jat King memorial United Church. A. K. Geek Edward gee perform Jan Peerce these ances. Inot rewarded for anywhere near the original Cost or Init red value. Write or Call us. Ltd shrine in Midland ont. Reports of the pageant Praise the Range and of her voice and her Clever acting. Thousands attended the pageant with present at the final staging Midnight last sunday. Thew song one Day before Salute opened Lithe Young Singer did an emergency overnight study on a new song added show to give the bal let group a five minute intermission Between dances. Tops in Quality yet Sells for less Reliance Blue Black Ink is a High Quality smooth running permanent Ink yet Sells for less. Full 2 ounces Only Loc Reliance Ink co., Ltd. Winnipeg founded 1820 Day and boarding school for boys offering Complete courses from preparatory grades to Honor Grade Xiii Large gymnasium indoor rink Cadet corps physical training and organized games instruction in manual Trainina opening classes sept. 14 in boarders sept. Ugh for Calendar and information apply to the head is. John s colle3e school. Winnipeg. The chore of shifting from 45 rpm playing equipment to Standard 78 rpm fixtures is not rewarded in Columbia s disc cs100. Violinist Michael Colman who records lord Mcdonald s reel Nizio the Royal Blackbird must be anti social otherwise he could hardly have Given a performance guaranteed to induce so much misery. Or. Coleman does Little to further the cause of old time music and the recording does Little to enhance or. Coleman s reputation. Victor s recording orc count Basie in bran new and Check to Check 203449 is not calculated to Contri Bute much to the performer s cause either. Intermittent Hiss ing and fogging do nothing for interpretations which Are neat hut quite routine. In bran new Dolly the piano sequence is pleasantly handled. Judy Garland has not been in Good voice on screen or record in recent limes but Mem album 50025. Restores some of her reputation As a popular vocalist. Play that Barber shop chord a to comes off very nicely and far ahead of i Don t care which is too feverish in tone and timing. For the nostalgically inclined who Don t concentrate Loo hard put your arms around me Honey gee Brothers taking Over joint control of concerts celebrity concerts will now be administered by a learn of gee Brothers with Edward gee As vice president and managing director of celebrity concert series Manito and a. K. Gee As managing director of celebrity concerts Canada limited. Prior to his return to Winnipeg to take Over direction of the Mani Toba celebrity and variety series Edward gee was attached 10 the Royal Canadian school of military engineering at Chilliwack . A. K. succeeded his Tather in 3947 As president of the a Manitoba series will devote his full time to the Canada series. He will present and Book celebrities n Ontario Saskatchewan and Al Berta cities and towns. While Edward gee will Spon Sor the presentation of Briffa Doon in Winnipeg sept. 12 to -17. And the London music Hall varieties starring Cor Fri Formby oct. 18 1o 20, a. K. Gee will be in charge of the local promotion programme of these attractions. Born in Winnipeg arid educated at Laura Secord Gordon Bell and Kelvin schools Edward gee is the eldest of six sons of the late Fred m. Gee and mrs. Gee 97 Ash Street. Edward gee was associated with his father for six years from 3931 to 1937. And accompanied his father to new York on annual Tours to select the leading celebrity attractions for the coming season. And meet me tonight in with the War. Or one in tand make pleasant listed in the Royal Winnipeg rifles and after nine months service with thin unit transferred to the Canadian Provost corps. Proceeding overseas in september. J941, he served with the third Canadian army division. Two years later he was Tran feared to Canadian army Hea quarters at Leatherhead Englan in the office of the Deputy direct of medical services. Landing Normandy with army Headquarters he served through France be Gium and Holland. In recognition of his Servic he was awarded the British Empire medal. After his return to Canada in october 1945, or. Gee joined the Canadian engineers at Prairie command. He. Received his appointment to the Chilliwack school in septem ber 194x. Head office of the two associate companies. Celebrity concert serie Manitoba limited and celebrity concerts Canada limited will b located at the gee record shop 270 Edmonton Street. Hello tuneful new York Brigadoon Here next month Brigadoon hailed As one of Broadway s most successful an tuneful musicals takes Over in Winnipeg s playhouse theatre Dur ing the week of sept. 12, under the auspices of celebrity concer series limited. The new York company of Brigadoon will appear in Winnipeg with a cast of new York player including Gordon Hays As Tomm Allbright Virginia Oswald a Fiona Maclaren and Susan John son As the s Mger who lends Bounce and gusto to such boisterous song. As my Mother s wedding Day ant the love of my life. Brigadoon won. N citation from the new York drama critics As the Host musical of the year and was chosen by the Lole Burns Mantle for inclusion in his in null volume of ten Best plays. Book and lyrics Are by Alan Tay Library records latest additions to the record shelves of the Winnipeg Library Are overture and Allegro from fran Cois Couperin s la sultain suite played by the St. Louis symphony conducted by Vladimir Golsch Marin. Music from the film Duel in the Sun played by the Boston pops orchestra. Wagner s Tannhauser overture and Venus erg music prelude to act three with Leopold Stokowski and the Philadelphia orchestra. Folk songs featuring russian Alexander Kipnis Bass and the Balalaika orchestra. Lerner music by Frederick Loewe dances and musical numbers try Agnes de Mille arid production by Robert Lewis. Brigadoon is the Story of two americans Tommy Allbright and Jeff Douglass who lose their Way in the scottish Highlands and stumble upon an unmapped Village called Brigadoon. This Village according to legend wakes from sleep for Only one Day each Cen Tury. During the one Day of life no villager is allowed to leave or the spell will be broken and the town disappear forever. A stranger can stay if he Falls in love. Tommy fulfils the qualifications by falling in love with Fiona but is persuaded by Jeff to return to new York. Haunted by Fiona s charms. Tommy returns to Scotland to find her and Brigadoon. Legion band to play at Kildonan Park outdoor music with a martial beat will be presented by the Canadian legion band at Kildonan Park Between 3 . And 5 . Sunday. The programme will in clude King s the Goldman band Steck s von Suppe s Doet and peasant overture David s Vitoon love Adams Bells of St. Mary a selections from Victor her Bert Fillmore s the Crosley Luigi in s Egyptienne Jolson s anniversary song a selection of Southern Mel Odies by Hayes Offenbach s bar Carolle from tales of. Hoffman. Alford s voice of the guns. New roof quiets Albert Hall Echo London s biggest concert Hal the Albert Hall in Kensington a had its acoustics adjusted Accord ing to a recent bbl London let Ter it hns a new roof inside the Echo in Albert Hall has of Many years been the subject o acute controversy among musicians who maintain it affects the Quality of the music played. Every Effort has been and is being made to eliminate the Echo since Alber Hall with the destruction of Queen s Hall in 3941 became the Home of All London s important concerts. The last anti Echo device was a great disk of Canvas called a Slung Lonc the Flass dome to serve As a sound ing Board. Now after a year s work. An aluminium inner dome has been installed beneath hid roof. With this in place the. made a series of. Recordings of instrumental and vocal music and speech both with and without the Velar cum. The verdict of a selected audience was that the be barium had had its Day. Csc to broadcast Peter Grimes opera Benjamin Britten s opera Peter Grimes is scheduled for full scale presentation Over the Canadian broadcasting corporation in octo ber. The. Opera to be produced on Csc s wednesday night pro gramme will run. An estimated two and one half hours. Geoffrey Waddington Csc musical advisor will conduct and Frances James sop Rano and William Morton Tenor will take the principal roles. New York now has its lemonade opera company which holds Forth in Village. Performances in the basement of a presbyterian Church Are on a miniature stage. Two pianos take the place of an orchestra. Costumes and scenery Are Home made. The Canadian artist graduated years of plenty because As he would in any he must continue to look to the concert Hall for his real livelihood. In defining the artist s economic relation to radio Geoffrey a d Din ton of Ai visor to the Canadian broadcast no company dispels any illusion hat radio can. Provide the coun by s artists with All sustaining manna. Even with the maximum of radio engagements the artist must look elsewhere for his Security. Or. Wadding Ron who casts the decisive vote on a country wide scale on Csc s matters musical is visiting Winnipeg on the first stage of 3, West torn tour of Csc stations. Both As an administrator Anil a conductor he is aware of and concerned about the prob lems of Canadian musicians. The Canadian Public bears thirst responsibility in the our gement and support of Cana Ian musicians and music h Points out. Before that sense o Esposi Allily becomes operative someone or some agencies must d Good Selling Csc has moved into the position f entrepreneur by. Featuring Canadian music and musicians an e suggests that service clubs an Community organizations take the ext step and sponsor these artists n recitals and concerts. . Musicians every year american artists a earing in. Canada Drain off i on of dollars which Coul maintain Canadian artists he pm Hia sizes. If Only one Canadia Ere to appear in every american eries booked across Canada j Ould have a. Sparkling ton professional performance at every appearance Csc s attention is not re served musician it Aiso focuses on Young Canadian composers who Are creating serious works he pointed out. Effect on Canada s National Musi Al Community. But canadians seeking engage ends through the Large american looking agencies Are lost from the ecord somewhere Between Astin and actual booking. To those who would discredit the artistic calibre of Canadian musicians or. Waddington re plies that Csc cannot find the time to feature More than half the first class artists Avail Able. From response to Csc pro or. Waddington is con Dent that the Canadian Public cents and even becomes enthuse tic about its own artists. Ontario lers another proof. In the All acadian artist series sponsored the Ontario department of Edu lion almost the total population to the Community Hall to ten to Good music. Csc efforts through regional and network recitals Csc is introducing Young instrumentalists and vocalists to the Public or. Waddington explained. In. The artist win distinct Talent starts on the after noon recital programmes graduates to the sunday morning spots and finally climbs to an appear Ance on Csc s wednesday night programme. In the last the Cana Dian is placed alongside the world s great artists and expected to main Tain the same High Standard. The Csc opera has become one of the most dynamic factors in Canadian musical life in or. Waddington s opinion. During the next season the radio company will present Peter Grimes which or. Waddington will conduct Madame Butterfly Carmen Don Giovanni and Beethoven s fidelio. The seasonal screening of new Canadian voices for the opera company is now almost Complete he said. In Montreal 65 voices were auditioned and even More in Toronto. Winnipeg s Mary Morri son he remarked had become one of the company s most seasoned singing veterans who could be re red upon to turn in an excellent Geoffrey Waddington every month. Csc devotes musical air space to native composers and in h i s estimate everything performed will not something Good will emerge from the period of development. Audience reaction to Canadian music is not uniformly negative or positive but it is conceded that most of the compositions compare favourably with those heard from abroad. Canadian. Idiom or. Waddington feels the Cana Dian idiom in music has not yet arrived because our serious you Rig composers still Lack maturity in their musical Conception and expression. However foreign guest conductors and audiences abroad claim to recognize a distinctly Canadian idiom. During the coming. Season Lis Eners at Home and abroad will Jet a More generous serving of Canadian music. While in Toronto sir Adrian Boult conductor in Hief of the bbl symphony a that each month. Canadian works of proven Merit would be forwarded to the bbl. Of accepted hese will be presented Over the bbl by English symphony orchestras. Because of the concentration of Good artists in Ontario and Quebec the East is Canada s musical stronghold or. Din ton said. With the Stock pile of Talent available the Csc s Eastern programmes Are j Page 11 naturally More ambitious in scope arid of higher Quality than those of regions. But the East wants and expects Many More programmes from the West which will meet the wednesday night Standard Western musical groups often attempt works beyond their immediate capacity in his opinion. In Stead of presenting difficult pro grammes which fail to meet the Best musical standards these groups should concentrate on the abundance of music they can successfully present and gradually build up a sound repertoire. Or. Waddington As a conductor had no scientific formula for Tae Ideal radio musical programme. But he issued one Tablet of Stone in a mood of enthusiastic experimentation popular tunes should not be mixed indiscriminately with the classics. As the horrible example he referred to a programme of this week in which pop tunes consorted with compositions by Mozart and Delius. Sunday at 9.30 . Or. Waddington will conduct the summer symphony from Winnipeg s Csc station cow. Tiff you May obtain to or the Money you need at household finance on your own signature. No endorsers or other bankable Security needed. Pfc will Advance Money for overdue Bills seasonal expenses doctor or dentist Bills repairs on House or car or for any Good purpose. You May repay in convenient monthly instalments arranged to fit your income. Pfc s service is prompt and Friendly. 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