plays
Brahms's piano sonata in F minor,
Op. 5 (in five movements)
Cyril Smith 's first London recital in 1932 established his reputation, and since then he has appeared at most of the important concerts and festivals in this country. He was appointed Professor of Pianoforte at the Royal College of Music at the age of twenty-five.
Cyril Smith 's hobbies are golf, photography, and his garden. It takes many hours' work to be a successful pianist and teacher and the pianos (three of them) in Cyril Smith 's house are overworked from time to time, as his wife, Phyllis Sellick , is also a concert pianist.