Without Batons and Bows
IT is pretty clear that in Mr. James Robertson we have gained not only a very fine conductor, who has already made his personality sound through the
playing of the National Orchestra, but also a first-class radio speaker. Some of our speakers on music are lively and stimulating-Owen Jensen is a conspicuous example; others are pedantic and dull, and sound as if they would be much happier communicating with a baton or a. bow. In his introductory talk to the Verdi: operas to be broadcast from the YC’s, Mr. Robertson showed that he belongs to the former category. Thoroughly well informed, with just the right amount of detail, salted with vivacious asides, and a touch of wit, and excellently delivered, this introduction was, as such introductions should be, but seldom are, not only a firm basis for the series, but a complete and worthy programme in its own right. I hope that we will hear a good deal more of Mr. Robertson. He is clearly not one of those musicians (I have met some!) who deny the value of the written and the spoken word as an aid to the enjoyment of
music.
J.C.
R.
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 32, Issue 815, 11 March 1955, Page 10
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199Without Batons and Bows New Zealand Listener, Volume 32, Issue 815, 11 March 1955, Page 10
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