EARLY SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
Sir,-Allow me to state that New Zealand had a first-class symphony orchestra over 40 years ago. At the: \time of the International Exhibition held in Christchurch in 1906-07, Alfred Hill, the eminent New Zealand musician, composer, and viola player, was given the commission to organise, manage and conduct a symphony orchestra in the specially built hall at the Exhibition. The first few concerts were very poorly attended, but Mr. Hill was not dismayed and though somewhat disappointed, he continued. Within a week the hall was too small to hold the large and enthusiastic audiences, so the management decided to give two performances daily, the most popular of the request items being Liszt's Rhapsody No. 2, Mendelssohn’s Concerto in E Minor, "Midsummer Night’s Dream" Overture, Wagner's Tannhauser, Lohengrin and Flying Dutchman Overtures, to mention only a few. This experience suggests that if the selection of performers in the National Symphony Orchestra has been strict and the conductor wellchosen, then the future of the Orchestra is assured.
E. D.
BERNSTEIN
(New Brighton).
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 16, Issue 404, 21 March 1947, Page 17
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173EARLY SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA New Zealand Listener, Volume 16, Issue 404, 21 March 1947, Page 17
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