Jervis et al. in Trinity College Dublin - 12 November, 1950
from Letters of the Evans-Pughe family:
TO: The Rev. J and Mrs. Evans-Pughe, Tovil Vicarage, Maidstone, Kent
FROM: John Evans-Pughe, 16, Trinity College Dublin, Eire
DATE: Sunday 12 November 1950
…Jervis has an excellent radio-gram, and he claims to like listening to me practising the violin (it must have been the novelty of the noise), but I have plenty of time to practise while he is out…there is the possibility of my storing someone’ [sic] quite good piano in my rooms and having the use of it…. At present I’m listening to a recording of Haydn’s … more >>
John Evans-Pughe, Letters of the Evans-Pughe family. In Private papers of the Evans-Pughe family. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1442318814086 accessed: 25 April, 2024 (Contributed by Christine Evans-Pughe)
Listeners
Listening to
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Cello Concerto
written by Antonín Dvorák |
performed by Pablo Casals |
Symphony No. 94
written by Joseph Haydn |
Experience Information
| Date/Time | 12 November, 1950 |
| Medium | broadcast, playback |
| Listening Environment | in the company of others, in private, indoors |
Notes
John Evans-Pughe (1925 to 1996) was a chorister (with his younger brother Tom) at the choir of the College of St Nicholas, Chislehurst, under Sir Sydney Nicholson and later a music scholar at Kings School Canterbury, Kent. The St Nicholas choir was recorded for many BBC broadcasts and for Columbia Records. A Columbia recording in 1939 featuring John Evans-Pughe and Michael Lumb as treble soloists singing O Lovely Peace (Handel) and Brother James’ Air (arr. Jacob) was a best seller. John did National Service in Egypt and Greece, and then studied science at Trinity College, Dublin. He went on to became an electronics engineer for Marconi Space and Defence Systems, continuing with music in his spare time.