"BELSHAZZAR'S FEAST"
Sir-I wish to protest strongly against the long-awaited presentation of Walton’s oratorio "Belshazzar’s Feast" being transferred at the last moment from 2YA to the (in Auckland) almostinaudible 2YC. The announcement that this splendid modern work was at last to be heard in New Zealand aroused the interest of music-lovers everywhere, and here in Auckland a number of us stayed home specially to hear the presentation which was to have taken place over 2YA. To our disgust we found that its place on the programme was taken by the Parliamentary broadcast, and we were forced to listen to the oratorio from 2YC through a bedlam of static. and interference. I have been told that a daytime performance of "Belshazzar’s Feast" was given over 1YA the same afternoon, but this is useless to the great majority of listeners who are working at that time. Might I therefore suggest that the oratorio be sepeated over an Auckland station in the
evening?-
H. R.
L. BLANKS
(Auck-
land).
[We are informed~ that ‘"Belshazzar’s Feast" will be heard in due course from all the main stations.-Ed.].
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 11, Issue 279, 27 October 1944, Page 7
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183"BELSHAZZAR'S FEAST" New Zealand Listener, Volume 11, Issue 279, 27 October 1944, Page 7
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