MORE OF MAURICE CLARE, PLEASE!
The Editor, The Listener. Sir,-Now that we know how excellent the Centennial Symphony Orchestra is, and what it can accomplish, one would like to see its strongest member, Maurice Clare, used to greater advantage. Even from the cheap seats one could see and sometimes hear how he outshone the others (though this is no criticism of the other players),
So I feel that before it is too late and the orchestra is dispersed, I should make my suggestion-that one of the popular violin concertos should be prepared, with Maurice. Clare as the soloist, for broadcast. We learned of his powers as a soloist months ago, when he gave memorable ptrformances of, among other woiks, the Bach unaccompanied Chaconne and the Franck Sonata. Could we not have perhaps the Beethoven, Mendelssohn, Brahms, or Tchaikovski violin concerto, or even concertos by Bach and Mozart? Perhaps the NBS would even be so enterprising as to send for the score of William Walton’s new violin concerto, recently performed for the first time by Heifetz in Cleveland. This would be a more worth while enterprise than presenting an established work. Although Mr. Clare’s work on the NBS string orchestra has won the admiration of hundreds, it seems a pity to lose his other special talents. Perhaps it is already planned to prepare such a concerto as I have suggested. I hope so. Yours etc.,
A.
A.
Christchurch, May 31, 1940.
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 2, Issue 52, 21 June 1940, Page 12
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240MORE OF MAURICE CLARE, PLEASE! New Zealand Listener, Volume 2, Issue 52, 21 June 1940, Page 12
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