SIR HUGH ROBERTON
Sir,-At the beginning of August, 1YA broadcast two delightful recitals of songs by Sir Hugh Roberton, sung from the studio by Edith Black. |The twelve songs were presented so artistically and in so authentic a manner that I was not surprised to learn later that Miss Black had sung with the Glasgow Orpheus Choir. and so had presumably received her ideas on interpretation from the composer himself,
Hearing this recital of Sir Hugh Rob. erton’s works (all new to me) made me hope that we might soon hear from the BBC an assessment of the life and work of this remarkable man. However, this has now been admirably done from Auckland (1YC, August 31) by Mr John Longmire. Mr. Longmire "is not particularly happy at the microphone in the matter of projecting his personality to his listeners. but in this instance his materia} could not have been bettered. He gave us an excellent idea of the greet personal charm which could weld a mass of voices into a single unit; the quick perception of a fault of intonation in any individual member of a choir; and we even had a hint of what I had always suspected: the ruthless weedine eyut without which the wonderful. achievement of the Glasgow Orpheus Choir would not have been rossible.
DONALD
RAE
(Auckland).
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 29, Issue 740, 18 September 1953, Page 5
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