Church Music
HAVE been listening recently to the Sunday afternoon broadcasts from 2YA on the development of Church music in England, presented by a small choir under the direction of Clement Howe. This is a most interesting session for those many people involved in Church music, and for one listener at least is bringing order out of chaos. The last broadcast I heard dealt with the period of depression in English native music after 1750, but even so the examples chosen for performance were fine pieces of choral work in which Mr, Howe was helped by excellent soloists. The commentary, which had rather got out of hand the previous Sunday, was also kept more within bounds, It is a pity, in view of the work which must have; gone into the making of these broadcasts, that any illusion that we are listening to a Church choir is completely ruined by the use of the piano instead of the organ. The dead resonance of the studio, too, does not help matters, These broadcasts should have been made under Church conditions, where the full flavour of the music could have been felt in its true setting.
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 21, Issue 524, 8 July 1949, Page 11
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194Church Music New Zealand Listener, Volume 21, Issue 524, 8 July 1949, Page 11
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