Brahms Alone
HE Dunedin Choral Society, under their, conductor Chas. Collins, took a bold step in the right direction when they chose to present an entire evening of Brahms. Audiences admittedly would not be so large for this concert as for those with so-called "popular appeal," since Brahms demands almost as much concentration from audience as from performefs; but those who were willing to make an active effort towards listening. and appreciating two great works of art would find themselves amply repaid with the presentation of "Song of Destiny" and the German Requiem, the solemn magnificence of the latter work being particularly effective, The Choral Society has been altered in membership to provide improved balance and quality, and the change for the better is noticeable, although over the radio the main criticism would bethe impossibility of hearing any save the occasional word, and the confused effect in the more contrapuntal passages. In broadcasts, of local choirs, these seem faults difficult to avoid, which is strange considering that the same faults do not apply to the best overseas recordings; is it the broadecastine technicians who are to ‘sees 4
or the singers, or both?
D.
S.
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 21, Issue 526, 22 July 1949, Page 11
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195Brahms Alone New Zealand Listener, Volume 21, Issue 526, 22 July 1949, Page 11
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