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RaJJ CM and YJortna ^dordPresented in fttanoiQecitalBy MRS- T. N. WESTTwo senior piano pupils, Miss Rachel Cobb, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Cobb, and Miss Nonna Furu. daughter o£ Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Ford, were presented in a delightful program Monday evening ai the home of their teacher, Mrs. L_ L. Maser. The guest soloist was Miss Claire VanRaves-teyn. soprano, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Adrian VanRavesteyo.Lovely arrangements of early summer flow ers were placed about the large room forming an attractive setting, which was centered by the handsome baby grand piano upon which the young artists performed.The opening number, a duet. Nevia’s “Mazurka. delighted the large, appreciative audience.Miss Cobb's offerings were J. S. Bach’s “Bourree ’in G and “In-Y MORNINGIALif ColonyE*1ST COLORS. LIGHT ERNS TO SELECT1 mention No. 8.’*1 Miss Ford delighted the group ‘with Chopin's Waltz in C Minor, i “Prelude Opus 2S No. 3. and s ‘'Military Polonaise ” i Both girls responded gracious-ily. to the hearty applause, with ; beautiful encores. Miss Ford's {was Gregh’s “Gay Butterflies, a | difficult number, emphasising : trills in the right band. Miss j Cobb's selection was Chopin's '“Waltz in G Flat”—truly a lovely 'rendition of this difficult classic.Miss VanRavesteyn, soprano, {held her audience in rapt atten* t tion by her splendid interpreta-; tion of Tschaikowsky's “One Who iHas Yearned Alone and Strauss’ • “Look Me Over Once. Her en-; core, Sieczynski's Vienna. My I City of Dreams (sung in part in i German) was rendered in a truly I professional manner. This young jlady possesses a voice of rare quality and great strength, as *A'ell ;as a gift of clear enunciation.; Miss Ford's rendition of Cbamin-iade’s The Flatterer” and Rach-i mamnoffs “Polichinelle” carried jlhe appreciative audience into the : realm of fairyland.! Her skill in playing the quick , staccato passages, blending the I smoothly flowing cadences, and!!1i|her clever handling of the repe-jtition of the theme, marked thelast composition as truly a highlight of the program Wh*n Miss Cobb played Debussy’s “The Maid with the Flaxen Hair. the audience sat in rapt [appreciation that so young a pian-list could so accurately catch and} portray to all. tho meaning con-jtained in this lovely tone portrait Both girls were splendid in their stirring, final number, a duet arrangement of Liszt’s Second i Hungarian Rhapsody.At the conclusion of this program Mrs. Maser, Mrs. Cobb and Mrs. Ford served a sweet course, assisted by the Misses June Barry. Mona Mims, Marjorie Coleao, Marty Onley, Dorothy Rabme. Martha Baggett, Helen Richards and Mary Jones.
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Fort Pierce News Tribune
Fort Pierce, Florida, US
Tue, Jun 16, 1953
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