RECORDER PLAYING
Sir,-I should have been disappointed if a cast at recorders had not drawn a few nibbles; but my bite has little to do with my Bach. Recorder players are the most enthusiastic of music-lovers, and none love their instruments more than they do. But I notice they still trot out cheapness and easiness as two of the more important things in their favour. Music being what it is, the true devotee will hardly choose the easy path. But then the recorder is really a difficult instrument to play well, even if it is one of the simplest to play indifferently. Nor, excellent as it is, can its repertoire be compared with the strings or the orchestral wind.: Moreover, it has been shown that, weight for weight, progress on these more useful instruments is, after the first lap, just as steady as it may be on what someone has called the amorous flute. The recorder is indeed among the most sociable of instruments and, if I may join with C. T. Williams and "Wind Player" as its advocate, I would suggest that the best possible reason for playing it is simply because you like to. If some of us prefer a more full-blooded music, it isn’t quite without some envy of the cheerful serenity of the recorder play-
ers’ whiffling.
O.
J.
(Wellington).
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 31, Issue 803, 10 December 1954, Page 5
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224RECORDER PLAYING New Zealand Listener, Volume 31, Issue 803, 10 December 1954, Page 5
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