MUSICAL OPINIONS
(To the Editor.)
" Sir,—ln his first letter, Mr. L. D. Austin said the Town Hal] acoustics made the organist's playing "absolutely1 ineffectual." The Town Hall acoustics are bad, but neither the hall nor anything else can ever make a great artist's playing ineffective; therefore, it cannot make Mr. Bernard Page's playing ineffectual, and it does not. Mr. Austin says Mr. Bernard Page's programmes appear to be limited to a repertoire of fifty, if:that, compositions. Mr. E'age has played ninety-seven works not on last year's programme. Last year lie played sixty-seven works not yet. heard this year. He has a repertoire for the fifteen years of over three hundred and seventyseven works, many of them the greatest works ever .written. There is no other way o£ hearing the works played in New _ Zealand, apart from his wonderful artistic interpretation, of them. In reference to the band music; 'I' said in my letter, "To use an extreme .instance," instancing dance music. I repeat, people will go to a band concert who would not and could not eit through any other programme of music, —I am, etc., .
"SUNDAY NIGHT MUSICIAN." . [This correspondence is now closed.— Ed.] "
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Evening Post, Volume CIX, Issue 122, 26 May 1930, Page 8
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195MUSICAL OPINIONS Evening Post, Volume CIX, Issue 122, 26 May 1930, Page 8
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