THE ADVERTISER, NOVEMBER 10, 1989
Handley
returns
GUILDFORD’S
former
director of music, Vernon
Handley, has stepped into
the breach for this weekend’s
concert by the philharmonic
orchestra, following the sud-
den illness
of principal conductor, Sir Charles Groves.
The Civic Concert sponsored by BOC takes the
theme
of Remembrance for
| iis programme
Elgar
and
of music by
Finzi.
The
last-
minute substitution of Ver-
non Handley to conduct the
- orchestra is an inspired act,
as he
is an acknowledged expert on Elgar, with many recording to his credit.
The concert is on Saturday
at .7.30 p.m. at the Civic
Hall.
Orchestra manager Mrs.
Kathy Atkins said Sir Charles
had been told to rest for a
few weeks.