CHURCH MUSIC
Sir,-As a regular listener to the session "In Quires and Places Where They Sing," I would like to express my appreciation of the broadcast by 2YA from
Wesley Church, Wellington. My only regret was that it was not possible for listeners to hear a complete rendition of Martin Shaw’s Easter work, "The Redeemer," instead of only one part. However, the purpose of my letter is to commend the NBS for giving a local church choir an opportunity to appear in this session. While I have always enjoyed the-recorded session, chiefly by choirs of the Old Country, I have always held the opinion that local church choirs should have the opportunity of singing in this session, and in the atmosphere of their own church. Of course they would have to satisfy the NBS as to their qualifications and standard for broadcasting, but after listening to the recent session from Wesley Church I am satisfied that many New Zealand church choirs, given the necessary encouragement by the NBS, could attain the required standard. I feel that church music should be given every encouragement, and by this I mean church choirs, which serve their church year in and year out, broadcasting in the atmosphere of the church itself with organ accompaniment, and not bodies of singers drawn together for the purpose of performing sacred works from the studio. Who better can interpret sacred music than church
choirs?
CHURCH MUSIC LOVER
(Auckland). |
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 14, Issue 358, 3 May 1946, Page 33
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240CHURCH MUSIC New Zealand Listener, Volume 14, Issue 358, 3 May 1946, Page 33
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