Festival at Christchurch
HE non-competitive music, festival has long been a feature of English and,.even more, of Welsh musical life. The festival brings together people who, ordinarily, might be so busy with their own musical doings that they would never know how the other half sings or plays, and a surge of enthusiasm results. The radio cannot broadcast the personality of working together but, even at second hand, there is a reflected excitement which can be shared widely to. stimulate those in far parts. Among the enjoyable music from this week’s Christchurch Festival was some notable singing by the Christchurch Harmonic Society under Victor,C. Petérs. Very often New Zealand choirs, especially in broadcasts, lack that coherence of tone which makes a choir something more than a group of singers, The Harmonic Society’s singing was remarkable for its organ-like tone and the beauty of its soft notes. Balance was also good, giving the broadcast a life-like effect. More of this sort of singing-all the music right through the Festival was, by the way, ‘first-rate-and we shall soon have a New Zealand choral tradition.
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 13, Issue 329, 12 October 1945, Page 8
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182Festival at Christchurch New Zealand Listener, Volume 13, Issue 329, 12 October 1945, Page 8
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