Miniatures
WO programmes on the same Sunday afternoon from 4YA_ had © similar titles; the first a studio recital by the pianist Gil Dech, "Miniatures of the Masters," the second a BBC production featuring a group of performers (including Reginald Kell, clarinet), "Music in Miniature." Of the two, I enjoyed Gil Dech’s recital best. It consisted of a group of true miniatures (taking that word to represent a tiny but perfect work of art in any medium), and all the items were taken from the same early period of musical history. There were some delicately constructed yet charmingly effective pieces here. (John Blow, Couperin, Rameau, etc.) and the pianist did not at any time let us forget that the true medium. of presentation for such works is the harpsichord. The second programme was equally. interesting but represented no: special type of music or period (Haydn being in the same programme, for instance, as the "Keel Row"); and since none of the works presented was in any exact sense miniature in style, length, or conception, I could see no reason for the title of the pro-. gramme. This "Music in Miniature," however, has a sub-title, "Light Classics," and proves excellently that good music can be "light" without lowering itself as far as standards of performance and musical value are concerned.
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 17, Issue 426, 22 August 1947, Page 9
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218Miniatures New Zealand Listener, Volume 17, Issue 426, 22 August 1947, Page 9
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