THE CATHEDRAL BROADCAST

Press, Volume LXXII, Issue 21938, 12 November 1936, Page 9

THE CATHEDRAL BROADCAST

TO I’HB BPITOI OF TUB PMSS Sir.—l was very pleased to see that this matter had been taken up by Mr Humphrey N. Garland, with whose remarks I entirely agree. I was following the “Hymn of Praise” with the music before me, and I , too, v as exceedingly disappointed that the final magnificent chorus was blanked out. Either the whole of a short oratorio of this nature should be broadcast, or it should be left alone.

I dt) not consider the station director’s explanation very satisfactory. That officer in charge at the time did what he thought best” merely "hows his lack of tact and want of musical knowledge: otherwise he would have known that there was only one more number taking a few minutes to perform to complete the work, when everyone would have been satisfied. Disasters of this nature, and the invariable practice of cutting out Dr. Bradshaw’s concluding voluntaries, the only portion of the musical service really worth I’stening to, have happened so frequently that it is necessary to stress the point, and to express the hone that such disappointments to listeners of a musical nature will not occur in future.— Yours, etc., LISTENER. November 11, 1956.