Programme Notes
A RECENT 2YC session broadcast the Handel Concerto Grosso, Op. 6, No. 9, and the Mozart Quintet in G Minor, one of the most felicitous works ever conceived by the mind of man. Introducing each of these were programme notes of contrasting type. Those of the Handel gave only the themes of each movement, played on the piano, with ludicrous effect in the case of slow string tunes. Surely this type of programme > note is the apotheosis of the useless. The themes themselves will soon be heard with the magic of string tone; of what value can it possibly be to have a few bars of each played over first on the piano, adding absolutely nothing to one’s understanding of the work. On the
other hand, the Mozart was introduced with a few words preparing the listener for the mood of the movements of the quintet, with excellent effect. Let us | have more of the latter, and less of the former. |
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 19, Issue 489, 5 November 1948, Page 12
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163Programme Notes New Zealand Listener, Volume 19, Issue 489, 5 November 1948, Page 12
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