Onward!
WAS disappointed with the last broadcast by the Dunedin R.S.A. Choir. I-don’t mean the standard of per‘formance, since this has always been as high as is possible, considering that membership has, in the unique circumstances of the choir’s formation, been restricted to veterans of 1914-18. Now that the stalwart original voices may be expected ‘to be reinforced by younger and fresher ‘choir members returning from the pre- | sent war, the standard will naturally im‘prove and the choir progress from strength to strength. But how welcome would be an improvement in the standard of the music sung. The recent broadcast, for example, included such hackneyed ‘offerings as ‘On the Road to Mandalay," "Excelsior" and "Smilin’ Through." Beethoven’s ‘Hallelujah Power and Glory" was indeed the only item of any musical worth, and the inclusion of it proved that the choir is wasting its time on the sort of stuff that made up the rest of the programme. False modesty is not necessary here; there is no need to select banal items for fear that anything more worth while will present too tough g problem.
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 13, Issue 321, 17 August 1945, Page 8
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183Onward! New Zealand Listener, Volume 13, Issue 321, 17 August 1945, Page 8
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