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HE other night 1YX played the recording of Myra Hess in the Schumann Piano Concerto--to me an utterly satisfying performance. It is just on a century since Clara Schumann gave the first public performance of this concerto, and with a work like this, whose composition was linked so definitely with a particular ‘player, one has a_ strong curiosity about the interpretation given it by its first performer. This must be a
matter of speculation, or vague tradition, but in another 100 years people will be hearing recordings of works that are being written now and played by the composer himself, or under his direction. Will this lead to stereotyped interpretation, or will musicians break out into eccentricities and extravagances in their efforts to free themselves from a burdensome recorded tradition? Will the warmth and imagination of a performance such as Myra Hess has given us be more difficult to achieve when interpretation mo longer needs a_ pioneering effort? I hope that musicians are watching themselves and each other for the effects of the dissemination of recorded music, and that they will report to us from time to time on this matter.
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 12, Issue 295, 16 February 1945, Page 9
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194Off the Record New Zealand Listener, Volume 12, Issue 295, 16 February 1945, Page 9
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