Dr. Bainton
H AVING been regular members of Dr. Bainton’s flock since he began his twice-weekly broadcasts from 2YA, we feel, now that they have reached their logical conclusion, rather like sheep without a shepherd, and next Tuesday and Sunday will probably see us looking up hungrily, and being fed on other fare. Though Dr. Bainton’s recitals were probably equally enjoyed by cognoscenti and uninformed, it was probably to people like us, with enthusiasm but insufficient knowledge, that they were most valuable. The recitals were a happy blend of bush and wine, and Dr, Bainton’s bush was almost as happily phrased and as cunningly presented as the wine it advertised. This was especially noticeable in the talks on modern composers, when Dr. Bainton invoked the aid of many a _ well-known Victorian (from Dickens’ Fat Boy to Gladstone) to prove his thesis that the new is usually distrusted and the old eulogised, until in turn the,new becomes the acceptable old. Moreover it was a welcome change to have flesh-and-blood illustrations instead of the usual recordings, so that if Dr. Bainton thought it necessary he could step out of the groove to explain to his audience exactly what was being illustrated,
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 15, Issue 369, 19 July 1946, Page 15
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199Dr. Bainton New Zealand Listener, Volume 15, Issue 369, 19 July 1946, Page 15
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