Surge and Thunder
HE. readings from 4YC of extracts from Homer’s Odyssey are the first of a new series which promises to be excellent. The passages are chosen and annotated by Eric Hill. Homer is one poet whom we can’t all read in the
original, and as I remarked before about readings in fofeign languages, there are few apart from listeners to ‘the BBC’s Third Programme who would appreciate anything but a_ translation. You don’t neces-
Satliy nave to be a Greek scholar or a poetry-addict, however, to appreciate the 4YC readings; all that is required is a love of listening to a tale of
s high adventure told in ringing words and phrases. If, in such a programme, the excerpts are well chosen, if there is just the right amount of annotation (the right Amount being, in my opinion, the absolute minimum necessary for coherence and atmosphere), then given the right voices for the reading of it such a programme becomes one of the radio highlights. Eric Hill’s programme from Homer fulfilled the above requirements, and I am anticipating more exciting half-hours of listening.
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 19, Issue 489, 5 November 1948, Page 12
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185Surge and Thunder New Zealand Listener, Volume 19, Issue 489, 5 November 1948, Page 12
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