Sir,-The National Orchestra has reached a new high standard of playing under Mr, Robertson, but I thought they came an awful cropper with their "Toy" burlesque, We know that it was written as something of a joke, but there are many other "musical jokes," Dukas’s "Sorcerer’s Apprentice," and Prokofieff’s Classical Symphony, for instance, and no overseas orchestra of any standing would get away with a slovenly performance of them. Long live the National Orchestra! But, please, na more "Toogood Symphonies" or "Tin Pan Alley."
H. F.
PAYNE
(Auckland).
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 34, Issue 870, 6 April 1956, Page 5
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