Elizabeth Evans-Pughe et al. in Radlett - late January, 1963
from Letters of the Evans-Pughe family:
TO: The Rev. J and Mrs. Evans-Pughe, Coedlys, Llanfairpwll., Anglesey, N.Wales
FROM: Elizabeth, St. Nicholas, 97 Windmill Lane, Bushey Heath
POSTMARK: 31 Jan 1963
Saw (?) last concert held by the Radlett Music Club – John Williams, the guitarist was the main performer. He is a pupil of Segovia and very young. He played works by Bach, Scarlatti and Villa-Lobos & other Spanish composers. You may have heard him on the wireless – he is the best classical guitarist in this country & we were very impressed with the ease … more >>
Elizabeth Evans-Pughe, Letters of the Evans-Pughe family. In Private papers of the Evans-Pughe family. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1442319764726 accessed: 24 November, 2024 (Contributed by Christine Evans-Pughe)
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Experience Information
| Date/Time | late January, 1963 |
| Medium | live |
| Listening Environment | in the company of others, indoors, in public |
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. Elizabeth is his wife.