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People who go to hear Sir Thomas Beecham's brilliant conducting expect to experience some antic interruptions by the maestro, or at least to be distracted a little by the hoarse shouts he directs at his orchestra. Since 68-year-old Sir Thomas' second marriage, in 1945, they can also expect to find his wife, a pianist, as featured soloist...
...Wealthy (Beecham's Pills) Sir Thomas has had his way about his favorite soloist, for London's new Royal Philharmonic was his own. (He had organized it because, he explained, "There is no existing British orchestra of a high enough standard to maintain my reputation...
Last week Lady Beecham was scheduled to play a Mozart concerto with the Royal Philharmonic-but there was a hasty change of plans. She was ill. Impresario Harold Fielding, the Sol Hurok of England, urged Sir Thomas to get a substitute. Sir Thomas tartly refused...
Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 5 (Reformation) (London Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Thomas Beecham conducting; Victor, 7 sides). One of Mendelssohn's least attractive symphonies, in which the brassy ponderousness of the two outer movements smothers the charm and simplicity of the woodwinds in the two inner movements, done as attractively as possible by Sir Thomas. Performance: good...
...Handel-Beecham: The Great Elopement (London Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Thomas Beecham conducting; Victor, 6 sides). The latest of five suites culled by Sir Thomas from little-known music of Handel makes a charming period piece for ballet and listeners alike...