Introduced by PERCY SCHOLES and FRANK LAFFITTE (Pianoforte)
THIS is the second event of the New Friends in Music series, the interesting experiment initiated a fortnight ago, when Mr. Scholes and Mrs. Norman O'Neill introduced Debussy to any who did not know him or only knew him imperfectly.
To-night Mr. Scholes and Mr. Laffitte introduce a British composer who is well known by name to all of us, but the worth of whose music, apart from some of his smaller compositions, is far too little recognised by the wider public. In especial is his great Pianoforte Sonata neglected, that Sonata of which Lamond wrote in such enthusiastic terms when he gave it its first public performance in 1920. The Sonata is a most difficult work to play (which may, in part, account for its neglect), but Mr. Laffitte has made a long and close study of it, and a fine performance may be expected. This is believed to be the first occasion upon which the Sonata has been broadcast.