CONCERTS
Tun Intime Trio, consisting of Miss Suzanne de Livet-Bon- valot, Mr. Cecil Bonvalot and Mr. Cedric Sharpe, gave a concert at the Wigmore Hall on May 20th. I know not /whether the " intimacy " is presupposed to exist between the players, or between the players and their chosen music. It was not to be found in either case on this occasion. Mozart's Trio (op. 15, No. 3) was rehearsed rather than performed, and ithe rehearsal was not too good. For once the ripe experience of two sound musicians (Bonvalot and Sharpe) failed to be 'productive. Miss de Livet-Bonvalot sang two groups of songs to her own pianoforte accompaniment. She was ill- advised to do so. On former occasions I have been charmed by the grace and sweetness of her voice ; she was accompanied by Mr. Anthony Bernard then. With so slight a physique she cannot conveniently bear the added responsibility of pianoforte technique. During the Mozart Ariette, " A gain= ens," the tone was impaired by lack of breath control, a direct result of the extra physical effort.
Mr. Spencer Dyke and Mr. Harold Craxton gave a sonata recital in the same hall. Their readings were concurrent, fastidious and intelligent, and if we missed the note of authority that was due to no lack of musicianship, but rather to tempera- mental qualities. Opus 90 by Beethoven was played with
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