RADIO PROGRAMMES

Evening Post, Volume CXXIII, Issue 132, 5 June 1937, Page 8

RADIO PROGRAMMES

(To the Editor.)

"Sir,—lt is some weeks now since I wrote to your paper concerning the paucity of good recorded orchestral music which is broadcast in the evenings from the four Wellington stations. Since then there have been one Liszt programme and one Mozart programme, both consisting mainly of what is sometimes termed "light classical" music. The "Jupiter" symphony was a noble exception. For this small crumb of manna (if "crumb" is the right word) I should, I suppose, be thankful. But, surely, with four stations we may hope for better than this! . Recently, happy anticipations of an immortal symphony from 3YA Christchurch were disappointed when an unscheduled wrestling match was substituted for it. Presumably the symphony was relegated to the local station! This leads to some interesting trains of thought. Probably the saltiest one is—what would the composer have thought of it? I thank the two other writers who supported my statements, and trust that we may not remain voices in the wilderness, or rather that the wilderness may blossom forth.—l am, etc.,

MUSIC LOVER.