Film of the Orchestra
HE National Film Unit, devoting the whole of one issue to the subject, has done a very good job of filming the National Symphony Orchestra at one of its afternoon concerts for schoolchildren. Merely putting music on the screen in this way is no small technical feat-some of the problems involved were reported in a recent issue of The Listener-but the producer has been equally successful in capturing the spirit of the audience on this occasion, Anyone who wants to know what the face of young New Zealand looks like will find it here. While the orchestra under Andersen Tyrer plays the "Fingal’s Cave" Overture and "Handel in the Strand," the camera explores the players and the audience, recording expressions, It is, of course, the sort of thing that has been done fairly frequently in short subjects from overseas, but I’m pretty sure it has not been done better. t
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 16, Issue 410, 2 May 1947, Page 25
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154Film of the Orchestra New Zealand Listener, Volume 16, Issue 410, 2 May 1947, Page 25
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