The Spanish Symphony
ALO’S Symphonie Espagnole was the highlight of the Grand Orchestral Concert relayed by 1YA on November 3 from the Auckland Town Hall. The orchestra was formed from the NBS String Orchestra and the 1YA and 1ZB Studio orchestras, with Vincent Aspey as soloist. For a programme which was frankly "popular" in its make-up, the Lalo was a good choice, beimg easy to enjoy at a first hearing, and yet having a lasting freshness for those who know it well. Mr. Aspey’s playing was graceful and easy, the accompaniment sympathetic and careful, the impression left was one of restraint and good taste, but I wonder whether that is the way Lalo should be. I think I like to hear a violinist go a little mad and wallow in this work. Instead of diving into its colourful depths, the soloist seemed to float on the surface of his Lalo like a Lilo on a summer sea. But for a man whose daily work accustoms him to the sternest of all musical discipline-that of the string quartet-and who is trained to lead an orchestra in accommodating itself to the whims of a great variety of concerto players, it cannot be an easy matter to step forward as a soloist in front of this same orchestra and suddenly run amok,
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 13, Issue 334, 16 November 1945, Page 8
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219The Spanish Symphony New Zealand Listener, Volume 13, Issue 334, 16 November 1945, Page 8
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