From the Studio
HAVE often wondered why it is that performances in the studio are more exciting to listen to than broadcast records. Is it that the factor of uncertainty operates; that the sound we are listening to is actually being created while we listen? Or is it that it is possible to broadcast a higher range of frequencies than can be recorded, and thus make the sound of the stringed instruments more vital? Whatever may be the cause, I have found the series of broadcasts given by the Musica Viva Chamber Players of Sydney a very great delight. Their art has matured, I think, since their visit to New Zealand last year. Outstanding in my memory was the playing of the A Major ‘cello sonata of Beethoven by Theo Salzman and Maureen Jones, one of the most beautiful performances of ensemble music by a stringed instrument and piano I remem-
ber.
D.
M.
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 21, Issue 526, 22 July 1949, Page 10
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154From the Studio New Zealand Listener, Volume 21, Issue 526, 22 July 1949, Page 10
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