Directed by JOHN MAcARTHUR
(From Glasgow)
This Quintet first broadcast in 1929 and has appeared at the microphone very frequently since then. John MacArthur , the leader, took up music at an early age. At the age of eight he was billed as the ' boy prodigy '- with good reason, for he was capable of giving not only vocal solos, but also creditable performances on the cornet, violin, and piano. A year later he concentrated on the study of the violin, and this is now the instrument on which he excels.
For a time MacArthur was deputy leader of the Scottish Orchestra. In addition, he has led the Spa Orchestra at Scarborough, conducted operatic societies, played with the Fellowes Quartet, been in charge of a military band, and performed on many concert platforms as a soloist.