Home, Ngā Taonga
Home, Ngā Taonga
Tāku rārangi – My list

Appointment with John Gordon. 1980-12-31.

Rights Information
Year
1980
Reference
206892
Media type
Audio
Item unavailable online
Ask about this item

Ask to use material, get more information or tell us about an item

Rights Information
Year
1980
Reference
206892
Media type
Audio
Item unavailable online
Categories
Radio programs
Sound recordings
Duration
00:56:32
Broadcast Date
31 Dec 1980
Credits
RNZ Collection
Gordon, John, 1898-1985? (b.1898, d.1985?), Presenter
Ehrmann, Max, 1872-1945, Author
Radio New Zealand. National Programme (estab. 1964, closed 1986), Broadcaster

The final broadcast of Appointment with John Gordon on December 31, 1980. He reads Desiderata by Max Ehrmann at the start. Includes music throughout the programme:
Peter Dawson - When the sergeant-major's on parade
Hans Busch Trio - Wings of song (Mendelssohn), Serenade (Heykens) Plaisir d'amour (Martini)
Aksel Schiotz - Il mio tesore intanto - Don Giovanni (Mozart)
Alfred Cortot, Jacques Thibaud, Pablo Casals - Archduke Trio, 3rd movement (Beethoven)
Kathleen Ferrier - I know where I'm going (Britten)
Erich Kunz and the chorus and orchestra of the Vienna State Opera - Student songs
Rosa Ponselle - No place like home (1925 recording)

John Gordon ends by reading a quote from Minnie Louise Haskins and thanking listeners for the many letters he has received on this, his final programme after 16 years.