Sir-I agree with "Miserere." Thé chimes and the Silent Prayer are good in their place, but I do not think it necessary to interrupt such a programme as an opera. The ordinary people of today, I think, do not know enough of the classics-classical music and drama, particularly; it would do them more good to read, and to listen to such things than the sensational serials which occupy so much of our evening programmes. Nevertheless, I do not think that the prayer should be totally disregarded; we should think of what our soldiers are sacrificing-they are sacrificing their lives so that we can hear such operas, among other things; and those of us who want to pray, and there are, no doubt, a great number, can do this in their own time. If it needs to be broadcast, I think the most appropriate time would be after the newsreel.
CLASSIC
Palmerston North.
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 11, Issue 272, 8 September 1944, Page 23
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