Was a violinist in the Boyd Neel Orchestra, Wellington
Fairfax, Bryan, active 1940s
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The Boyd Neel Orchestra at the Wellington Town Hall
Date: 1947
From: New Zealand Free Lance : Photographic prints and negatives
Reference: 1/2-100173-G
Description: The Boyd Neel orchestra in the Wellington Town Hall standing to receive the audience's ovation after the premiere of Douglas Lilburn's composition "diversions". Douglas Lilburn is standing in the foreground. Photograph taken 9 July 1947 by an unknown photographer for the New Zealand Free Lance. 1st violins: Frederick Grinke (leader), Breta Graham, Matty Bosch, Violet Palmer, Vivien Dixon, Alfred de Reyghere. 2nd violins: Kathleen Sturdy, Joyce Juler, Sylvia Cleaver, Bryan Fairfax Violas: Max Gilbert, Samuel Rosenheim, Molly Panter Double Bases: Charles Gray, Julian Hemingway Management: Doinall Dhu O'Connor Source of descriptive information - Philip Norman, Douglas Lilburn: his life and music (Christchurch: Canterbury University Press, 2006) Relationship complexity - A print from this negative is at PAColl-0675-31 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate negative