MIXING THEM
Sir-It is my practice when I receive my copy of The Listener on Wednesdays to look through the programmes, and to mark all the items which specially interest me so that I can make a note to listen to them. One night last week, I tuned in to 2YA and heard the last few pages of the Greig Concerto. I thought I must have missed it in looking over the programme, so I looked again to make sure. I found that the Concerto was forming part of the session "The Masters in Lighter Mood." Just why this composition should be regarded as the outcome of a frivolous mood is beside the point; my \complaint is that! no mention was made that this great work was to be broadcast. Yet we are informed in
advance of each song to be sung by every singer, and they are endless. No one can say that we are not given "fair warning" in this respect, but surely it is inconceivable that items such as "I Can Dream, Can’t I?", "The Wind is an Old Woman," and "Stay in Your Own Back Yard," should be regarded ‘as more deserving of mention than works of great musical importance. I am sure that those who are able to listen to the "Classical Hour" must resent this inconsistency as much as I do, and I can assure you that we would all be grateful if the lovers of music could be given the same " space" as the lovers of songs and singers. I quite realise that The Listener does not control in any way the material that is broadcast, but I should ‘like to voice my protest against the manner in which the items are mixed up, supposedly to give us variety. Has it never occurred to those arranging the programmes that those who like orchestras may not like singers? Let the singers have their chance, and the records of the world’s famous vocal artists by all means have their airing, but they should not be sneaked into programmes distinctly labelled "Orchestral Masterpieces."
KYRSTY
PAGE
(Karori).
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 5, Issue 120, 10 October 1941, Page 4
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350MIXING THEM New Zealand Listener, Volume 5, Issue 120, 10 October 1941, Page 4
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