Schubert Programmes
JHILE one may hear Schubert's "Unfinished" Symphony in Dunedin as often as one wishes-or even oftener than that-and the Fifth and the Ninth occasionally, his other symphonies are comparatively rare. Since the first three are not available on standard discs, their absence from our programmes is not surprising, but what of the Fourth and the Sixth? Other inexplicable gaps appear in this composer’s work. Why do we so Tarely hear his song-cycles, The Miller’s Daughter and The Winter Journey, in their entirety? We could, with pleasure, hear the Schnabels playing the pianoforte music for four hands-Leben-sturme, Andantino Varie and the Military Marches-music which the station presumably possesses, since it has at very long intervals been heard in the past. A few such ventures off the beaten (continued on next page)
(continued from previous page) track would provide interesting programmes and at the same time enlarge our knowledge of the composer’s work.
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 28, Issue 720, 1 May 1953, Page 8
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153Schubert Programmes New Zealand Listener, Volume 28, Issue 720, 1 May 1953, Page 8
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