CONDUCTOR FROM BRITAIN
Mr John Hopkins Arrives In N.Z.
(N.Z. Press Association Copyright) WELLINGTON, November 3. Shy, quietly-spoken Mr John Hopkins, arrived in the Rangitane from Southampton yesterday, to take up the post of conductor of the National Orchestra. Before he left England, he said, he was told what to expect of New Zealand concert audiences. “I hear they are very interested, and that there is quite a demand for concerts.” Lately his work had involved many first performances, especially for the 8.8.C.’s Third Programme, and he has one or two in mind for New Zealand, although, he said, he would be conducting the whole repertoire of classical compositions. In England, there was a great demand for light works, such as Gilbert and Sullivan, to be played by orchestras of up to 50 pieces. Promenade concerts had grown in popularity in Britain until they were very like normal symphony concerts, he said.
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Press, Volume XCVI, Issue 28425, 4 November 1957, Page 15
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