John Farnsworth Hall
John Farnsworth Hall (8 December 1899 – 16 June 1987[1]) was an Australian conductor and violinist.
He was a member of the Farmers Trio, a pioneering radio chamber trio, in 1923. The other members were Horace Keats, piano, and John Boatwright, cello.[2]
In 1946, he conducted the first performance by the Sydney Symphony Orchestra of Mozart's Flute Concerto No. 2 in D (an arrangement of his Oboe Concerto in C, K. 314), with Neville Amadio as soloist.[3]
He was appointed the first resident conductor of the Queensland Symphony Orchestra (QSO) in 1947.[4][5] During his time there, he introduced the symphonies of Ralph Vaughan Williams to Queensland concert-goers.[6] He made a classic recording of Alfred Hill's piece for narrator and orchestra, Green Water, with the QSO and the speaker Peter Munro in 1954.[7]
Later he was conductor in residence of the West Australian Symphony Orchestra.[8][9][10][11]
References
- ↑ http://m.canberratimes.com.au/zoom/John_Farnsworth_Hall
- ↑ Horace Keats: Early Broadcasting Days Archived November 22, 2008 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ Sydney Symphony: Viennese Classics
- ↑ "History of ABC Orchestras and Bands" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-06-17.
- ↑ Our Queensland
- ↑ "''Courier-Mail'', 28 September 1954, Dr Robert Dalley-Scarlett, ''John Farnsworth Hall … An Appreciation''". Trove.nla.gov.au. 1954-09-28. Retrieved 2012-06-17.
- ↑ Saturdays & Sundays 6:00am - 9:00am with Colin Fox (2012-06-10). "ABC Classic FM Music Listing, 7 April 2012". Abc.net.au. Retrieved 2012-06-17.
- ↑ Albany Hall Town Theatre Archived August 5, 2009 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ "Picture Australia". Nla.gov.au. Retrieved 2012-06-17.
- ↑ Pope, Brian. "ADB: Lorna Crawford McKean". Adbonline.anu.edu.au. Retrieved 2012-06-17.
- ↑ "Arts and Humanities Research Council, Concert Programmes". Concertprogrammes.org.uk. Retrieved 2012-06-17.
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