Bravo!
HE appearance in Dunedin of the National Orchestra under the baton of the Dunedin-born conductor, Warwick Braithwaite, was a glorious occasion for audiences at the concerts, who greeted players and conductor with vociferous enthusiasm. The usual reserve which characterises the Dunedinite had entirely vanished, and no one who attended the concerts could help but thrill to the keen and tense expectancy of the occasion. Not only the conductor and
the orchestra, but the audiences also, were on top of their form, and the result was memorable music-making. That the ice-bound breast of the Dunedin music-lover can melt in an ecstasy of appreciation has been proved on but few occasions, I am afraid; the visit of the Boyd Neel Orchestra was one such occasion, the visit of Warwick Braithwaite another. Before Dunedin audiences retreat into the crab-like shell of warty indifference, let them take stock of the situation, and realise that what is chiefly needed to transform a good performance into a grand one is the warmhearted attitude of the listeners. The best musicians are waiting to bring good music to us; let us extend to future visitors, when they deserve it, the magnificent welcome accorded to the two orchestras we have just heard.
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 17, Issue 425, 15 August 1947, Page 11
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204Bravo! New Zealand Listener, Volume 17, Issue 425, 15 August 1947, Page 11
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