Early French
CHARMING recital of music by early French composers was given by Bessie Pollard from the studio of 4YA. The composers included Lully, Rameau, and Couperin, the eight selected works were played with clarity and a nice sense of nuance, and I hope this will not be the last recital of music by these and other early masters of the keyboard. Couperin, whose works abound in literary imagery anticipating the later piano pieces of Schumann, is a composer who loses much of his subtle distinction when heard in a concert-hall, His talent is perfect for the drawing room, the music studio, the select gathering of music lovers, For the presentation of intimate music of this sort, the radio is exactly right, allowing the music’s fragile beauty to be heard in quiet, untrammelled by distraction.
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 15, Issue 389, 6 December 1946, Page 15
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135Early French New Zealand Listener, Volume 15, Issue 389, 6 December 1946, Page 15
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