ORCHESTRA PROGRAMMES
Sir,-A. C. Mudford, of Kaitawa, certainly has the right stick, but has it. by the wrong end. Variety of music is not achieved by making one orchestra play everything, but by having several orchestras each playing their own brand. There are two types of musician. The one simply works for money; and will play all requests, often badly. The other is a "real" musician who plays because he would rather do that than anything else in the world,
and will always play well the music he likes. However he will not play anything that he doesn’t like and will leave his orchestra rather than do so. I have never met any "in-between" type. Let us, then, take it for granted that most of the players in the National Orchestra are of this second type, and are the "dinkum oil." In this case, if we wish to retain their services we must not ask them to play music other than of their own choosing. At the same time, I quite agree that aid should also be extended to exponents of other than the heavy classical. Why this class of music alone should be given a special orchestra and paid for with our money, although not sanctioned by our votes, is beyond me. I*hope that Mr. Mudford is no longer sore at our orchestra, but rather at the narrowness which says "this, and this only: vou can like it or lump it!"
ANDREW D. V.
CHRISTIE
(Wanganui).
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 17, Issue 435, 24 October 1947, Page 5
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247ORCHESTRA PROGRAMMES New Zealand Listener, Volume 17, Issue 435, 24 October 1947, Page 5
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