BEFORE OR AFTER?
Sir,-The announcement of the Italian titles of the movements of orchestral and chamber works reaches the height of absurdity when it comes at the end of the performance. This is quite common at the local stations, it being apparently left to the whim of the announcer whether he will give these details before the work is played, or after, or both, or not at all. For example, when Ravel’s Mother Goose Suite was broadcast recently, the names of the movements were not announced, though to do this would have greatly helped listeners to appreciate the work. And when the NBS String Quartet played Smetana’s E Minor Quartet, the announcer did not say even how many movements it contained, nor did he give the name, "Out of My Life," under which it was published, let alone mention the events in the composer’s life on which he avowedly based the. work. Without this information, the last movement must be a puzzle to the hearer. Incidentally, the NBS quartet will be heard with more pleasure by some people when it falls into line with the great chamber music combinations of the past and present, by ceasing to have a "principal."
DAVID
FERGUSON
(Wadestown).
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 9, Issue 234, 17 December 1943, Page 5
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203BEFORE OR AFTER? New Zealand Listener, Volume 9, Issue 234, 17 December 1943, Page 5
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