Word: beecham
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. But the festivities really got under way when a violent little man with a spiky beard raised his baton over the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and brought it down on the first beat of Sibelius' Symphony No. 7 in C Major. Sir Thomas Beecham, Bart, was on the podium, where he belonged...
...Beecham's Pills are just the thing...
Berlioz: Harold in Italy (William Primrose, viola; the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Sir Thomas Beecham; Columbia). The passionately romantic symphony with its viola solo representing Childe Harold; Beecham and Primrose give it its best performance on records...
Christmas Hymn. The white paper reminded Baxter of a rather old story-an offer once made by Beecham's liver pills to provide a church with hymn books in return for a bit of concealed advertising. One Christmas, said Baxter, the congregation found itself singing...
...Beecham's pills are just the thing...