Word: barbirollis
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Eugene List (Sun. 3 p. m. CBS) plays Franck's Symphonic Variations for Piano and Orchestra, Anis Fuleihan's Piano Concerto No. 2 with the New York Philhar-monic-Symphony, John Barbirolli conducting. Also Bach's Suite in D Major, No. 3, Schubert's Unfinished Symphony, Wagner's prelude to Die Meistersinger...
...tuning, its doorman and its conductor, Londoners both, celebrated a common birthday. Augustus ("Gus") Wade, a short, military Britisher with grey handle bar mustaches, who for 45 years has been as much a part of Carnegie Hall as the plaster lyre that adorns its ceiling, was 83. John Barbirolli was 39. Together the birthday boys bent over a large white cake, huffed & puffed at their joint quota of 122 candles...
...Freischütz Overture, Jean Sibelius' The Swan of Tuonela, The Return of Lemmin-käinen, Igor Fedorovitch Stravinsky's suite from The Fire Bird, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Adagio and Fugue for Strings, Ludwig van Beethoven's Fifth Symphony, John Barbirolli conducting...
DEBUSSY: IBERIA (New York Philharmonic-Symphony, John Barbirolli conducting; Victor: 5 sides). Debussy's subtle, impressionistic portrait of Spain gets its best all-round recording to date...
SCHUMANN : CONCERTO IN D MINOR FOR VIOLIN AND ORCHESTRA (New York Philharmonic-Symphony, John Barbirolli conducting, with Yehudi Menuhin; Victor: 7 sides). The famed "lost" Schumann concerto confirms impressions of its U. S. premiere (TIME, Dec. 5). Its awkwardness causes even able Violinist Menuhin to wrestle...