SATURDAY PROGRAMMES
Sir-I was cheered to see " Figaro’s" letter in your columns complaining of the low standard of the programmes broadcast on Saturday evenings; yet the complaint would come with even more justice from an Aucklander, for Wellington has at least its 2YC to turn to for music. Perhaps "Figaro" can imagine the despair of those in the Auckland district when they read in The Listener the details of their Saturday night fare. Take this from a recent issue that happens to be before me at the present, whereas from 2YC was announced the Elgar violin concerto and a Sibelius symphony, from 3YL a most sumptuous evening including concertos from Handel, Haydn and Beethoven and a Mozart symphony, and from 4YZ the Elgar piano quintet, Aucklanders had to choose between the uniformly trivial programmes of the YA stations, dance music from 1ZM. and variety from 1YX. In this same issue of The Listener under the heading "Buns and Beethoven," you quoted Mrs. Goddard’s enthusiasm for the work of the BBC at present in making good music available at all times for the mental relaxation of the people. Yet the idea still persists among those who control our Auckland programmes that the whole of Saturday must be given over to sport and frivolity. There are many thousands of us who have no heart for leaving our homes in search of frolic, nor yet for tuning in to inanities. When will the NBS become realistic enough to face the fact that a musical service which was inadequate enough in times of peace is infinitely mee so in our present situation.
ALMAVIVA
(Auckland).
Sir,-Allow me to support the opinions expressed by "Figaro" in a recent issue. Surely it is possible to have some good music on one of the main stations on Saturday evenings. Indeed that should be the case every evening. During the past few weeks there have been very few classical symphonies from. the YA stations. Is it not yet possible to restore the Programme Summarv formerly published?
A. MARSDEN
WOODS
(Whangarei)
To our correspondent’s final question we answer, very sadly, no.-Ed. o
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