John Evans-Pughe in Cairo - late December, 1946
from Letters of the Evans-Pughe Family:
TO: The Rev. J and Mrs. Evans-Pughe, Tovil Vicarage, Maidstone, Kent
FROM: John Evans-Pughe, M.E.L.F. Cairo, Egypt
DATE: 31st December 1946
….I can’t remember whether I sent you the other programme of the concert we did at Music for all on a Sunday evening. The last programme of “Ancient Music” that we did last Friday was much too ancient and we had 35 players on the stage and 35 listeners in the audience. But we gave almost the same programme at a Methodist Church on Sunday 29th and it was enjoyed very much. Handel’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/1444819454027 accessed: 15 October, 2024 (Contributed by Christine Evans-Pughe)
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Organ Concerto
written by George Frideric Handel, George Frideric Handel |
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Symphony
written by Antonín Dvorák |
Experience Information
| Date/Time | late December, 1946 |
| 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.