ORATION OR ORATORIO?
Sir,-I wish to protest at the manners of somebody in 1YA who interrupted Handel’s Israel in Egypt at its most interesting portion. In the middle of the double bass chorus, "The Lord is a Man of War," the announcer broke in to inform listeners that we were about to listen to a political speech by the New Zealand High Commissioner to Australia. Could anything be more ridiculous than to be suddenly switched from music at its best to an oration from anyone, political or otherwise? I cannot imagine that anyone would be disappointed by the curtailment of a speaker in order that listeners could hear the finish of such a noble concep-
tion as Israel in Egypt.
A.
BLACK
MAN
JP (Te Kuiti).
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 11, Issue 286, 15 December 1944, Page 7
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126ORATION OR ORATORIO? New Zealand Listener, Volume 11, Issue 286, 15 December 1944, Page 7
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