EMINENT CONDUCTOR.

Wairarapa Age, 16 December 1932, Page 6

EMINENT CONDUCTOR.

DR. SARGENT TO VISIT AUSTRALIA. BUILDING UP A NATIONAL ORCHESTRA. LONDON, December 14. Professor R. 8. Wallace, of Sydney University, has arranged with Dr. Malcolm Sargent, one of the most eminent British conductors, to visit Australia in July and August to conduct the Aus-, tralian Broadcasting Commission’s National Orchestra, and carry out other studio work, and also to visit all the States with the object of building up an Australian National Orchestra. Professor Wallace, on behalf of the Broadcasting Commission, has appointed the former Sydney City Organist, Mr. Arthur Mason, as the Commission’s London representative. The aim of his trip is to unify the existing orchestras into an organisation of about a hundred players capable to the best work. “I want to build the Australian National Orchestra into something that will really mat-

ter. ’ ’ Dr. Sargent is addressing a long questionnaire to the broadcasting authorities in Australia on which to base his general plans, which will not be settled before March. Dr. Sargent, in an* interview, said he had never been to Australia, and was looking forward with intense interest to his visit, though the trip was somewhat rushed, as ho must be back in London early in October to carry out his existing engagements. Ho will spend eight full weeks in Australia, and hopes to give two concerts a week and possibly more. Concerts- will certainly be given in Sydney and Melboure.