Erin Pizzey’s fresh look at New Zealand

Press, 24 June 1981, Page 18

Erin Pizzey’s fresh look at New Zealand

In 1978, the Women's Re : fuge movement pioneer, Erin Pizzey, visited New Zealand. Like many before her, she was amazed at the deep divisions between the sexes in this country. She found that many, men had macho attitudes and withdrew from emotional matters and the family, or were pushed out by financial pressures. On the other side, many women infantised men, regarded them as ineal tickets and concentrated on relationships with other women. A Radio New Zealand interview with Erin Pizzey about-violence in relationships, entitled “Meal Tickets and Dolly Birds,” can be heard on Concert radio tonight at 9.00. . Brahms The Brahms symphonies are being played in a series of four programmes from recently released recordings made by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. This week Georg Solti conducts the Brahms Symphony No. 2-in D on Concert, 9.15 tonight.

Berlin songs The atmosphere of Berlin

in the 1930 s and 1940 s is recreated in “Songs for Lotte,” Concert, 8 p.m. The programme gives an insight into the world of Lotte Lenya, the wife of Kurt Weill, and takes the listener through the years of the Bertolt Brecht, Weill, Lenya collaboration. This is achieved with the brilliance and excitement of the songs from “The Threepenny Opera” and “Mahagonny” and the later American collaborations. Devised and performed by Darien Tackle, “Songs for Lotte” was originally a successful Darien Tackle stage production seen by New Zealand audiences last year. Radio,.play “Whitewash,” by Max Radcliffe. has the Special Liaison squad detailed to carry out the job that policemen hate most — an internal enquiry. The “accidental” deaths of two suspects while being held in police custody at the same police station on the same night, has caused the authorities some concern and Inspector Taffryn’s team is summoned to clear the air. This play, on National at 8

p.m., was produced in Auckland by Dai Evans.

German novels ? Two contemporary German novels are examined by ■ Dr M. S. Jones, lecturer in i. German at the University of y Waikato, on Concert at 8.19 p.m. The books are Christina Wolfs “Divided Heaven” and “Speculations About Jacob,” by Uwe Johnson. ■

Beethoven The English ’ composer, Robert Simpson,-' in , -this ; " 8.8. C. programme oir Con- ; cert at 9.15, talks about the,'j performance of Beethoven's symphonies. He makes paN ?. ticular reference to the sizfej-’ of the orchestra used and£ sets out some of Beethoven’s | original intentions. This is ? followed by a performance'? of the Beethoven Choral;'Symphony, the Symphony No;-* 9 in- D minor, by the Chorus, Symphony Orchestral and soloists. The conductor is« James Loughran.

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