Third Programme
HE "Europeanism of outlook" which Elizabeth Bowen in a recent article on the BBC’s Third Programme (then in the sixth month of its existence), notes as "an exciting new trend" is not, one would imagine, for us. I was reminded of this the other day when 3YA gave us on a different level a programme of "Four New English Releases." ‘These consisted of two items by Andre Kostelanetz and his Orchestra (one by a Russian, the other by an American composer), and two French songs by the tenor Jean Cavall, This is of course a mere hotch-potch of nationalities. Elizabeth Bowen h&s in mind something rather more extreme, more specialised. She suggests, for interest, "one act of Barrault’s (Paris) Hamlet, in Barrault’s French, followed by the same act as played here by, say, Gielgud." And this, she claims, would be interesting even if you did not understand French, But one point of Third Programyne policy which might well be imitated here is that of "repeats." Any important item goes back on the air any number of times; if you miss it one evening you can hear it the next, and in any case become thoroughly familiar with it. New major works of interest are rare enough for this to be done without undue monotony. . é Hy JS
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 17, Issue 427, 29 August 1947, Page 8
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219Third Programme New Zealand Listener, Volume 17, Issue 427, 29 August 1947, Page 8
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