CONCERT PROGRAMMES
Sir,-In order to enable listeners who, like myself, do not know a great deal about music, to appreciate the concerts given by our National Symphony Orchestra to a greater extent, would it not be possible to make the programmes available in advance? Perhaps, as in the case of the Wellington Chamber Music Society, they could be issued with ‘the tickets. This. would allow intending patrons to study the programme notes much more thoroughly and intelligently than ig possible in a crowded hall immediately before the concert. I should also like to suggest that, if this could be done, the programme notes themselves might be made a little fuller and more descriptive of the music itself rather than the circumstances under which it was composed. Perhaps, in the case of symphonic works, it might. even be possible to include one or two of the ‘main themes. I feel sure that a great many listeners would appreciate such an opportunity of making some prior acquaintance with the music to be heard, and thus greatly increasine their eniovment of the con-
cert itself,
STUDENT
(Eastbourne).
(Concert programmes, at the moment, cannot be published in advance, but next season * it is hoped that this will be possible in some cases.-Ed.)
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 17, Issue 421, 18 July 1947, Page 5
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208CONCERT PROGRAMMES New Zealand Listener, Volume 17, Issue 421, 18 July 1947, Page 5
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