King Charles' Head
A CERTAIN citizen of Auckland on a business trip in the South Island put through a long-distance call to ask how things were at home. "Listen for a moment," said his wife, "and you will hear that, 1YA is playing Tchaikovski’s Serenade in C Major." "Nothing." he
said, "could more completely reassure me that everything in Auckland is absolutely normal." There is something about this work that seems to entitle it to a place in any kind of session whatsoever. If a little lunch music is wanted, a little dinner music, something to fill in the time between 9.0 and 10.0 in the morning, packing for a light orchestral session or a plain orchestral session, or a major work to be featured in the afternoon Classical Hour, there is Tchaikovski in C Major. (The only rivals for’ the utility prize in Auckland programmes are the selections from Borodin’s "Prince Igor".) You have to hand it to composers who can write music like this. I am reminded of that great tribute paid to "Robinson Crusoe" by the steward in "The Moonstone": "When my spirits are bad-‘Robinson Crusoe.’ When I want advice-‘Robihson Crusoe.’ In past times when my wife plagued me; in present times when I have had a drop too much ~-Robinson Crusoe.’ I have worn out six stout ‘Robinson Crusoes’/with hard work in my service." ‘
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 13, Issue 318, 27 July 1945, Page 9
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228King Charles' Head New Zealand Listener, Volume 13, Issue 318, 27 July 1945, Page 9
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