NEXT WEEK’S RADIO

Press, Volume LXXXIV, Issue 25609, 25 September 1948, Page 3

NEXT WEEK’S RADIO

MORE MUSIC FROM AUSTRALIA Thanks to the Wellington Chamber Music Society’s inspiration, radio listeners in country districts as well as those in the YA areas are to have the pleasure of hearing five musicians from Australia in chamber music recitals during October. The Sydney Musica Viva Society’s string quartet with piano will play for the chamber music societies here just as the Queensland State string quartet did earlier this year. The N.Z.B.S. has taken a good opportunity to arrange for some concerts to be broadcast in whole or in part, and for "the ensemble to give at least one studio performance. This quintet, or string quartet with piano, was founded by its own viola player, Richard Goldner, a musician from Vienna with a story more romantic than Boyd Neel’s. In 1945 Goldner had enough Australian pounds for his needs, and was able to give up “earning a living” to devote himself to music. He founded the Sydney Musica Viva Society, and by 1947 had his permanent string quartet—with Robert Pikler (who played here last year) as leader, Edward Cockman as second violinist, and Theo Salzman* as ’cellist. With the idea of widening the scope of the repertoire and also of reaching a greater public, the string quartet became 'a quintet, with Maureen Jones as nianist. This young Australian has been playing concertos with the Sydnev Symphony Orchestra under Eugene Goossens. The first broadcast to be heard will be from IYA on Saturday. October 2, in a relay from the Auckland Concert Chamber. The programme announced includes a Brahms string quartet and ’cello sonata. The quintet is scheduled to be heard from 3YA on October 20 arid 27. NATIONAL ORCHESTRA

It may be that southern listeners will wish to follow the National Orchestra about to 2YA’s relay of the con- ' cert in the Wellington Town Hall on October 2. for instance. This concert will be conducted by the visiting music examiner, Dr. Edgar Bainton. My temporary hope was that the man who would surely be listening to the AllNew Zealand Qqiz on Saturday evening would by chance find themselves listening to a concert at the end of the quiz; but I very soon I'emembered that the many would be listening to the ZB broadcast of this big brains contest, and I now doubt if even one unintentional listener to chamber or concert music will be netted. Ah, well, another happy chance gone. TETE-A-TETE ' The beginning of last Sunday’s “Mind Your I’s and Q’s” encouraged a laugh-rumbling hope. Mr Fairburn was. I thought, quite charming on the subject of tne cows’ conversation he claimed to have heard; charming; and, if extempore, brilliant. But the rumble of the laughter faded quietly, and hope died; the rest of the session seemed dull and not particularly deserving' of air space. And yet the headphonemanship of Bryan O’Brien was so masterly and so clear, I find I still have hope that this session may come fully alive. GIMME A DEKKO! In London the “Daily Express” has been running a competition in the hope of finding a new name for television—some “catchy, friendly word which can be called over the garden fence without sounding silly.” The leader last week was the Cockney expression “dekko,” meaning look. But at that stage the future name of what ihe Americans call T.V. was not

settled. And in the United States the T.V. jokes have gone past the stage of laments about blue cheeks and purple lips (of impromptu subjects without benefit of -make-un man) to the following. Housewife at T.V. set greets homecoming husband with accusation of unnecessary attention towards smart blonde at the baseball game. Yes. that roving eve: something to envy, especially on sight of programme. including ballet (with Alicia Markova and Anton Dolin). symphony orchestras, opera. THE AUTHORS The broadcast of the weefc, for me and the rest of the writing public, should be 2YA’s Monday evening discussion between a large lion and a small one: Dan Davin and Frank Sargeson. The chairman will be Oliver Duff, and the subject will be “The New Zealand Writer and his Craft.” It is said th&t this recording is going the rounds of the stations; but better hear it on Monday evening. There may be a long wait from station to station. Earlier the same evening, from the same station, a lecturer in philosophy iat Victoria University College, H. Hudson, will continue a series of talks on the surprising subject of words and their wild misuse. The two broadcasts of the Seven Towns Choral Festival (Thursday, 3YA. and Saturday. 3YC) should command a big audience of city and country listeners. On Tuesday evening from 2YC (scheduled 2YA) the Castles will give another recital of early music on early instruments. Two assistants will be Shirlev Marment (English flute) and Roy Hill (tenor). Works performed will be by Henry Purcell and his not -so * well known younger brother, Daniel.