A PERMANENT ORCHESTRA
_. Sir,-In the course of the interview given to a representative of The Listener, Dr, Sargent expressed his opinion that New Zealand should have a first-class permanent orchestra, He also suggested how certain difficulties could be overcome. Let us take up this challenge. Why shouldn’t New Zealand have a permanent symphony orchestra? The establishment of the Centennial Orchestra in 1940 showed what was possible, but unfortunately the war caused disbandment. I think the time has come now to continue where we left off. Perhaps we start with a body of 40 players at first and make use of Dr, Sargent’s suggestion to get wind players from overseas. Of course a really good conductor would be required to weld the different players into one uniform body. The number of your journal in which the interview appeared contained the query of a correspondent about the proportion of New Zealand Rhodes Scholars who have returned to New Zealand within the last 20 years. The same question might be asked with regard to the number of young artists who have left New Zealand for studies overseas.
How many of them have returned? It rests with us to give them opportunities to display their talents, Wouldn’t a sym. phony orchestra be an admirable opportunity? I think we should strive to prepare the ground for our New Zealand artists, that they may have an incitement to return after the completion of their studies abroad. The war has caused a speeding up of the industrial development of New Zealand, but it has retarded the cultural development, We have to make up for it in the years to come. The earlier a start is made, the better it will be.
H.P.
J.
. (Milton),
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 13, Issue 316, 13 July 1945, Page 5
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287A PERMANENT ORCHESTRA New Zealand Listener, Volume 13, Issue 316, 13 July 1945, Page 5
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