Gramophone

Some thirty music-lovers gathered in B.2 last Thursday to hear the first evening recital of the year on the Carnegie Gramophone. The programme, arranged by the gramophone committee and conducted by Dr. John Beaglehole, consisted of Beethoven's "Archduke" Trio and De Falla's "Spanish Gardens" Suite.

"Salient" only heard the first work, but what we heard was magnificent. The Trio is one of Beethoven's later works, and, while not as deep as the late Quartets (the second and last movements are very bright), at times it approaches them in intensity of emotion.

Of the two weekly recitals, that on Monday midday will be short and made up from students' suggestions. The Thursday night recitals, however, will be arranged Into short series, each dealing with some aspect of music—the Russians, the development of the symphony, etc. It is now possible for students to make up programmes for themselves, and have them played any night, provided a member of the gramophone committee can be round to superintend. Remember, anyone can do this: there's not much we haven't got, so go to it and lot's have your suggestions.

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It is, of course, a Job or science, which has caused so much of this chaos, to analyse our own relations, forgetting all about ideals and abstractions, describing and arranging only ascertained facts. It is outside the realm of science to pass moral judgments: the scientist does not condemn the skunk for its smell.—Mass Observation.

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