ORCHESTRAL BROADCASTS
Sir,-On Saturday evening, August 8, many Auckland listeners were the victims of what seemed to me a very happy accident-which I hope will occur again. The Saturday orchestral concert had been put forward to Friday to allow the Town Hall to be used for another purpose, but. the Broadcasting Service adhered to the programme originally advertised for Saturday by recording Friday’s performance and broadcasting it on the following evening. This meant that having attended the concert (as regular subscribers, may I add), we had the. added pleasure of hearing at least half of it for a. second time. In this particular case, with Hephzibah Menuhin giving such a vital performance of the Brahms Concerto, it was an experience both rich and rare. I should like to ask the Broadcasting Service whether it would consider recording all performances of the National Orchestra and giving them as delayed broadcasts, For those of /us who take our music seriously, and for those who
are regular subscribers, this is a most valuable experience, especially in the case of first performances of modern works. For example, I was not convinced personally by the Shostakovich Symphony, but I would welcome the opportunity of changing my mind if I could hear it again the following night. This is a plea, I repeat, for people who are genuinely interested in the National Orchestra and its achievements, and who show their interest in a practical way by attending concerts, May I also point out that my suggestion in no way prejudices the listener who stays at home. He will get his performance in any case.. In fact he might even be tempted into the experiment of attending a concert’ and hearing it again on the following evening. ‘
A. C.
KEYS
(Auckland).
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 29, Issue 736, 21 August 1953, Page 5
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294ORCHESTRAL BROADCASTS New Zealand Listener, Volume 29, Issue 736, 21 August 1953, Page 5
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