MUSIC IN THE AFTERNOON
HE classical hour is well placed, at least for housewives: it comes at an hour when the more sordid domestic claims are satisfied and it is possible to feel temporarily neat and peaceful. This was just the mood for hearing selections from Scandinavian composers, played on a recent Tuesday afternoon from 2YA. The hour began with a Little Overture for Strings, by the Danish composer Rusoger, an intricate and pleasant pattern of sounds, using recurring themes of considerable grace and sweetness. Also Rusager’s was the Concertino for Trumpet and Strings, a merry thing beginning with echo effects and using for its climax the subtle dominance of trumpet over strings. The composer Neilsen introduced a melancholy note in Clarinet Concerto, felt, too, in his Carnival in Paris, despite its superficial gaiety. But the Romance for Violin and Orchestra, by Svendsen, another Dane, was the most satisfying of all this tempting array of good things. Its underlying rhythm formed a well-knit texture against which the solo (by Carlo Anderson) rose and fell in poignant beauty. This programme was good for the soul; caused all its sweetest juices to flow; and made one reflect just what pleasant people the Scandinavians must be.
L.
E.
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 28, Issue 718, 17 April 1953, Page 10
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242MUSIC IN THE AFTERNOON New Zealand Listener, Volume 28, Issue 718, 17 April 1953, Page 10
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