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...success Berlioz wanted most came almost too late. As an operatic composer he won the respect of his contemporaries -Wagner, that "gay fat man" Rossini, Meyerbeer, Auber-but not the plaudits of the public. His Benvenuto Cellini flopped after four performances; the "concert opera" Damnation of Faust fell with a thud. When he was 59 and Beatrice and Benedict and The Trojans at Carthage had achieved a success, a friend remarked that people were finally coming to his operas. Replied the ailing Berlioz: "Yes, but I am going." Six years later, Berlioz was gone. At the end came an incident...
BEETHOVEN : TRIPLE CONCERTO IN C MAJOR FOR VIOLIN, CELLO, PIANO & ORCHESTRA (Vienna Philharmonic, Felix Weingartner conducting, with Richard Odnoposoff, Stefan Auber and Angelica Morales; Columbia: 9 sides). Second-rate Beethoven, with only fair-to-middling performance from the soloists. But the recording of this rarely performed piece will interest Beethoven enthusiasts...
Friday Evening, June 5 "Entrance of the Boyarda"Halvorsen *Overture to "Fra Diavolo" Auber *Scherzo, "A Midsummer Night's Dream" Mendelssphn *"By the Beautiful Blue Danube," Waltzes Strauss -- *"The Animals' Carnival," Grand Zoological Fantasia Saint-Saens Introduction and Royal March of the Lion, Cocks and Hens, Horses of Tartary (Fleet Animals), Tortoises. The Elephant, Kangaroos, Personages with long ears, The Cuckoo in the depth of the forest, Planists, The Swan (Solo xioloncello, J. Langendoen), Finale. Planes: Jesus Maria Sauroma Leo Litwin Prize Song from "Die Meisteringer von Nurnberg Wagner *"Pathetic" Symphony, No. 6 Tchaikovaky Third movement--Alegro molto vivace -- *Selection...
...Auber Chateau d'Azur...
...following program will be given at the Pops tonight. Overture to "Masaniello" Auber Suite from "Carmen" Bizet Aragonaise Intermezzo The Dragons of Alcala Prelude to Act I Abdon W. Laus, Conductor Wedding March from "Le Coq d'Or" Rimsky-Korsakov Prelude to "Khovantchina" Moussorgsky Scherzo and March from "The Love for Three Oranges" Prokofieff "La Giara," Eallet Suite Casella Tenor Solo: Rulon Y. Robison "Suite Primeval" Skilton "Molly on the Shore" Grainger "Stars and Stripes Forever" Sousa