Bach and Friend
T was of interest to hear two trio sonatas by Bach and his contemporary Telemann recently. In spite of the announcer’s somewhat patronising reference to Telemann as a composer who, while he thought himself in the forefront of modernity, yet missed the bus of posterity, so triumphantly caught by the die-hard Bach, the two trios by no means bore out the comparison. Indeed, I liked the Telemann better than the Bach. They were played by Francis Rosner (violin), James Hopkinson (flute) and Wainwright Morgan (piano). The playing of all three has given me much pleasure in the past; on this occasion, bowever, I found it insensitive to the point of woodenness, The feeling for the sequences in the Telemann was lost completely, and the Bach was broadcast with a monotonous uniformity of tone (continued on next page)
(continued from previous page) and little phrasing. This musie should be played as though one loved it, or not at all.
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 20, Issue 505, 25 February 1949, Page 8
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161Bach and Friend New Zealand Listener, Volume 20, Issue 505, 25 February 1949, Page 8
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