Concerts
Wigmore Hall Recital 24 April 1934
Wigmore Hall Recital 4 December 1935
Accomplished performer
Guirne Creith was an accomplished pianist and string player.
Her piano recitals at the Wigmore Hall were critically acclaimed by the press and in a BBC broadcast of her violin sonata, she took the piano part while Albert Sammons played the violin.
As a string player during the 1920s, she frequently played under the baton of Sir Henry Wood.
The only known extant recording of Guirne Creith as a pianist is of her playing Bach/Busoni Chaconne in D minor. Remarkable playing but sadly the recording itself is of poor quality.
Radio Times, 13 Feb 1931
"Recent Press Opinions"
A press Release from her agent Wilfred van Wyck
The accomplished artistry of her piano playing in Rachmaninov's Concerto No. 2, was unforgettable.
The feature of the evening was provided by Miss Guirne Creith whose accomplished interpretation of the Rachmaninov Concerto No. 2 in C minor was probably the best performance the young English pianist has yet given. - Evening News.
Miss Creith overcame her difficulties triumphantly, and gave both a brilliant and temperamental performance. Miss Creith is young, but last night stamped her as a really good pianist. - Star.
Miss Guirne Creith gave a brilliant rendering of this most attractive work. It was not only brilliant but a well-thought-out reading, and is a long way the best thing she has ever done. - News Chronicle.
A sincere musician who seeks to give each work its full measure of meaning. She impressed the audience with her pianistic attainments - Daily Mail, Paris.
Miss Guirne Creith's playing demonstrates the taste and understanding of the interpreter. - Figaro, Paris.
Miss Guirne Creith, a talented pianist, played with perfect taste and feeling. - Le Journal, Paris.
from THE FOLKESTONE EXPRESS, October 7th 1933
WEEKEND OF BRILLIANT MUSIC
A weekend of brilliant music was recorded at the Leas Cliff Hall, where Folkestone’s fourth annual music festival secured an outstanding success. This big event . . . . is undoubtedly one of the finest of its kind in this part of the country.
The festival this year was devoted very largely to the introduction of new and modern works. It could almost be regarded as a festival of “first performances”, and this gave an added interest to the event. The names of young composers figured in the programme, and the contrast from the usual list of works at such performances found obvious favour with some of the audiences.
The first performance of a tone poem “Rapunzel” (Guirne Creith) . . . . was the work of a young woman who gained considerable distinction while at the Royal Academy of Music. Composed by Miss Creith in her twenty-first year, it was entered in a competition adjudicated by the famous Hungarian composer and pianist Dohnanyi, on the occasion of his visit to the Academy five years ago, and it then won the principal prize. The work however has not been performed until this festival. It is an imaginative piece, illustrating in a rather vivacious manner the well-known Grimms’ fairy tale. The music fell upon appreciative ears, and Miss Creith was warmly applauded when she came on the platform at the conclusion of the item.
(Other works introduced at the Festival included the performance of "The Rio Grande" for solo piano, mixed chorus and orchestra composed and conducted by Constant Lambert - ed.)