A BIG ADVANCE.

Radio Record, Volume I, Issue 43, 11 May 1928, Page 4

A BIG ADVANCE.

None who has heard the 2YA Orchestra will deny that in it there fas been created an instrument which will, confer a benefit not ovly upon broadcasting in the Dominion, but upon the general musical standard of the community. The excellence of the combination places it immediately in the front rank as definitely the leading orchestra in the Dominion. ‘The capacity of the artists is such that the whole range of orchestral work lies within their compass. There is no danger that their performances will drift away from the popular taste, for special measures are being taken to sound the public’s wishes in respect of items to be played. The development of this orchestra simultaneously with the inception of musical committees at the different centres to esfablish relations between broadcasting and the organisations specially engaged in fostering musical and dramatic, give ground for hoping that a definite advance will steadily he made in the public appreciation of good music. Splendid work has been done, and is still being done, by all the musical organisations, and with the stimulus which will be given to the love of music by the finished performances of 2YA Orchestra, they should reap a richer reward in enlarged audiences, and greater public response to the fare provided. Visiting artists have often had occasion to complain of the Dominion’s lack of artistic response. That reproach will be removed only by steady educational work, by broadcasting and other means, and the natural expansion of population.