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Australian
Music
Audiences
"I'lie .Age" Correspondent in
London.
One Englishman who re
turned from a tour of Austra
lia last year is an enthusiastic
advocate for the country. -
, A /young tenor got into con
versation . with- him at ills club
and heard hint at once begin
to praise Australian musical
audiences,' even to the detri
ment ol British concertgoers,
who were dubbed ''apathetic;",
; The: traveller, said: it was- the
most astonishing . and most
-wondenul experience of v his
musical: career to' rind' such
sensitiveness, enthusiasm - and
willingness ' to adventure in
musicul fields among audiences
"down under." ' :
He expressed himself -even
more strongly when he 'dis
covered -.thai Ills listener-.'- was
the Australian, ..William' Her-
oert, and :Mr; : Herbert's: grati
fication grew - even larger' as
ne suddenly realised that the
stranger ;-.was -none other- than
the. conductor Boyd Ncel.
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