A BACH CONCERTO
Sir-I wish to record my delighted appreciation of the Bach A Minor Concerto for harpsichord, flute and violin that came over the air from Station 2YC at 9.30 p.m. last Saturday. It was new to me, but what a feast! I cannot help contrasting it with John Irgland’s "Concertino Pasturale" that I listened to last evening (Sunday, 22nd) from Station 2YA, and found odious; a miserable, unhappy, uninspiring, moaning atrocity, formless, shapeless, indefinite and ugly; whereas the Bach Concerto I found exciting, exhilarating, warming, and perfectly performed by great artists. But then.so much modern music, painting, poetry, and sculpture, appeals only to the passions and not to the soul. It has no uplift, but is only just clever!.
H. E.
GUNTER
(Palmerston North).
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 6, Issue 149, 1 May 1942, Page 4
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126A BACH CONCERTO New Zealand Listener, Volume 6, Issue 149, 1 May 1942, Page 4
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