Women's Voices
WAS sorry, as an admirer of choral music, when Bertha Rawlinson’s choir went off the air from 4YA, Another choral group, however, has recently
given a fine series of recitals from this station, recitals of rather a _ different type. To begin with, the choir is a group of women’s voices, well-blended and. balanced, and the songs chosen range from early English to modern, including settings of some very fine verse. The accent has been, indeed, on verse equally with music, which explains the title of the programme Harmonious Sisters. Too often, in both solo and choral performances, music predominates to the complete exclusion of poetry; either songs are chosen where the words are paltry compared with the setting, or else in a fine setting of fine words no mention is made of the author’s name or the words are inaudible because of poor performance. None of these faults was present in this series of programmes. In each recital, music with a certain atmosphere or theme was accompanied by the preliminary reading of poetry with similar theme, and the juxtaposition was arranged with care and artistry, resulting in a_ series of programmes which I felt came to an end all too soon.
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 19, Issue 468, 11 June 1948, Page 9
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203Women's Voices New Zealand Listener, Volume 19, Issue 468, 11 June 1948, Page 9
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