NEW CONDUCTOR FOR NATIONAL ORCHESTRA
* AS the Broadcasting Service is about to call for applications for the post of conductor of the National Orchestra," said the Minister in Charge of Broadcasting (Hon. R. M. Algie) last week-end, "I feel that | should give the public some notice of what is to be done. With his very kind consent, Mr. James Robertson's appointment has been extended from its normal expiry date next August until a date nearer the end of the year, enabling him to complete the 1957 concert season and hand over at a convenient time to his successor. "We shall follow a procedure much the same as served very well three years ago. The position will be widely advertised immediately in New Zealand and overseas and the closing date will allow full opportunity to musicians within and beyond the Commonweath to apply. The appointment will be for two years." Arrangements, Mr. Algie went on, would be made for the interview of applicants in London, in Australia and if necessary in other centres and for the setting up of a committee of advice here to make a final recommendation. "This is not the occasion," said Mr. Algie, "to pay Mr. Robertson the tribute which he has earned, but | may just add that his work for the National Orchestra in particular and generally for music in New Zealand has set us a difficult problem. We are setting out to find someone who will do as well or better, and we shall be fortunate if we succeed." wre _ al
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 35, Issue 899, 26 October 1956, Page 5
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256NEW CONDUCTOR FOR NATIONAL ORCHESTRA New Zealand Listener, Volume 35, Issue 899, 26 October 1956, Page 5
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