The Lighter Classics
HAVE learned by bitter experience not to expect a programme to maintain a high standard indefinitely. Station 4YA’s afternoon classical hour is an exception to this pessimistic rule, as for many years now it has resisted the seductions of the "light classical" or "popular classics," Concert Hour from 4YC, I had begun to hope, was another such excep-tion-until June 6, when we were given first a variety of light items performed by Mantovani and his Orchestra, followed by Miliza Korjus singing ‘"Funiculi, Funicula," Webster Booth singing the Flower Song from Carmen, and a sweet performance of Tchaikovski’s Andante Cantabile. Hasty consultation of The Listener, station and time, proved that this sorry mixture was indeed Concert Hour. It is to be hoped that this was a temporary aberration on the part of 4YC, and not a considered new development. 5
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 29, Issue 727, 19 June 1953, Page 10
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142The Lighter Classics New Zealand Listener, Volume 29, Issue 727, 19 June 1953, Page 10
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