THE MUSIC
OF AUSTRALIA
PER tH, N ovember 9.
“If Australia formed for ane 150th Anniversary celJbrajt-Jons aVi orchestra of the best players in the Commonwealth and then tc-urcd the world, it would astonish the musical public.”
Expressing this view in an interview Dr Malcolm Sargent, the noted English -. musical conductor now returning to England, added that the standard, of the musical material in Australia had surprised him. “1 was astonished in Melbourne and Sydney at the quality of the playing,” ,ie said.
The choirs, too, had been very good and the performances of Verdi’s “Requiem” and Elgar’s “Dream of Gerontius” lie would almost remember as outstanding emotional experiences. He had found that the children of Australia adored music.
“1 shall go away feeling that- on this side of the Equator is> music one never guessed at. As soon as possible I shall return-” Dr Sargent expressed the hope that action would be taken to establish permanent orchestras in the Commonwealth.
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Hokitika Guardian, 11 November 1936, Page 7
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