Bewitchcraft
ISTENING to the Lili Kraus public concert broadcast from 2YA one was moved to reflect that music on the air has to suffer more indignities than any other form of broadcast entertainment. Commentaries on football, racing or wrestling by other than the chosen sports announcers, for instance, would be a heresy shaking the Service to its very foundations. Yet for even the most important concert no especial arrangements ever seem necessary. The announcer for the 2YA concert did his best. He did it as a good announcer should, clearly and unobtrusively, but the music obviously moved him to no anticipatory excitement; and there was much he left unsaid. This, however, is not the point I want to make. The most extraordinary thing was the way in which, as the evening progressed, he
became more and more possessed by the fervour of the music. As he shared the audience’s enthusiasm, the detached reserve of the observer slipped from him like a cloak. His feelings-and incidentally those of the audience — expressed more than words could tell. .
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 15, Issue 372, 9 August 1946, Page 14
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