National Orchestra's First Public Appearances
WELLINGTON, Last Night. The Minister in Charge of Broadcasting, the Hon. F. Jones, stated that, following some months of intensive rehearsal under Mr. Anderson Tyrer, the National Orchestra -of the N.B.S. will make its first public appearance in the Wellington Town Hall on March 6. The orchestra has been busy preparing a repertO'ire covering the needs of a full concert season. The sections will shortly re-combine in Wellington for further preparation for the season's concerts. Mr. Jones added that after the inaugural concert on March 6 a second orchestral ccncert eonducted by Mr. Tyrer will be given in the Wellington Town Hall on March 12, On March 29 the orchestra will again play in the Town Hall under the baton of Dr. Edgar Bainton as guest conductor. ijt, The programme will include piano concertos with Lili Kraus as soloist. Mr. Jones said he felt sure that musically minded people throughout the Dominion would recognise the inaugural concerts of the National Orchestra as an event of donside'rable imp-irtance in our country's musical history.
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Rotorua Morning Post, Issue 5319, 4 February 1947, Page 5
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177National Orchestra's First Public Appearances Rotorua Morning Post, Issue 5319, 4 February 1947, Page 5
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