2YA's New Orchestra

Radio Record, Volume I, Issue 41, 27 April 1928, Page 4

2YA's New Orchestra

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OUTLINE OF PROCEDURE As explained in our front page article descriptive of 2YA’s new professional orchestra, it has been arranged that the public shall have the opportunity of expressing its wishes and choosing certain items to be broadcast by the orchestra, The choice is to be a double-barrelled one, and is to apply to each of the four evenings a week that the orchestra will be on the air. Places will be left in the programme each evening for two items to be selccted by the public. One is to be a perfectly free choice from the whole range of music in harmony with the calibre of the programme arranged for that evening, and the other is to be a | request for a "repeat" of the most popular item given by the orchestra or any member thereof-i.c., any instrumental item-on the corresponding evening of the preceding week. This is necessary in order to mainta‘n the character of the evening’s programme. ‘The nature of the. programmes to he broadcast each evening are as follow :- Monday ........... Classical Tuesday .......... Operatic Triday ............ Popular Saturday ........ Vaudeville Nominations for the items to he played are ta be sent in writing to the "Radio Record," P.O, Box 1032, Wellington, cither on the coupon inserted on page 5 in this issue for the ‘convenience of readers, or separately in writing. Telephone messages in respect of this nomination cannot be accepted either by ourselves or by | the Broadcasting Company. We are undertaking responsibility for conducting this regular expression of the taste of the public for two reasons-first, in order not to unduly hamper the work of the station staff; and, secondly, to give an independent selection of the public's desire. Readers of our article on pages 1 and 2 will no‘e that the development of this opportunity for making a choice of items, arose from the claim that the new orchestra was of such calibre as to be able to give a finished interpretation of any orchestral work from symphony to jazz. By thus giving the »ublic the opportunity of nominating works, a practical test of this claim will be made.

It is the special desire of the orchestra to keep in close accord with the wishes of the public in regard to the popularity of the music to be played, and they are looking forward with interest to the outcome of this nominative system that we are inauguraitng. We think the public will appreciate the willingness of the musical director, and the orchestra in falling in with our suggestion, and we personally look for interesting results from the system. An element of expectancy and surprise will thus be introduced into the programmes which will, to a large extent, meet the desire for variety. Nominations may now be forwarded for the request items of the week covering the orchestra's first appearance. Repeat items, of course, cannot he nominated till after that week has commenced. Address nominations-Editor, "Radio. Record," P.O. Box 1032, Wellington.