CHOIR THAT DOES NOT SING
Unusual Broadcast from 1YA
1YA on Saturday of this week. The Deepdene Speech Choir will be on the air at 8 p.m. on May 18. . N unusual item will be broadcast by The art of choral verse-speaking, which is well established in Great Britain, and is a feature of many festivals there, is so far something of an unknown quautity in this Dominion. We have, it is true, heard choric passages as an adjunct to drama. They were used effectively, for instance, in Mr. Coppard’s "The Oak and the Axe." Choral speaking, too, is being used increasingly as a means of expression in New Zealand schools. But permanent groups of adult voices, whose purpose is the concerted rendering of beautiful verse for its own sake, are still rare. In the same way as choral singing has its own peculiar charm, so choral speech, with its possibilities of grouped, antiphonal and harmonised work, can give a very refreshing interpretation of that lyric verse in which English literature is so rich. Listeners will be given the opportunity of hearing a choral rendering of English
poetry on this Saturday, when the Deepdene Speech Choir, conducted by Dennis Johns, will present a-short recital from 1YA. This group of enthusiasts in versespeaking has been together for some years. The conductor is well known as a lecturer in the educational sessions from Auckland.
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 2, Issue 47, 17 May 1940, Page 41
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232CHOIR THAT DOES NOT SING New Zealand Listener, Volume 2, Issue 47, 17 May 1940, Page 41
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