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...good-naturedly that music in England is one long, promissory note. But at the season's gala opening in Covent Garden last week, England's No. 1 conductor was in no mood for suave epigrams. The opera was Fidelia, a heavy choice for Londoners less interested in Beethoven than in the King and Queen of Siam who sat in the royal box. The overture started but conversation buzzed on. Suddenly, without turning from the players. Sir Thomas barked: "Stop talking...
...strength of her love for Michael gives her no rest. She settles her little problem by tossing herself into a conveniently located river. The film is raised from the abysmal depths of its story by the delicate interpretation of Miss Bergner, by magnificently transcribed excerpts from Beethoven's violin concerto, and by a considerable amount of unusual and vivid photography...
...high point was the kitchen symphony (Messrs. Metzenger. Veseley, Sayers and Kopp) for which the four strange shoppers-the orchestra's percussion players-dressed up like chefs, stood between a big stove and a crockery-laden table and accurately tapped out note for note the Allegretto from Beethoven's Eighth Symphony. Oldtimers remembered that Theodore Thomas, father of Chicago's music, put on the same act 29 years ago. That the Orchestra will live to give it again was assured by the donations of last week's guests. At the farewell concert three days later...
Following the intermission, we turned with pleasure to Brahms, Beethoven, and Bach. With the Chorus, we trembled before the Fates (Gesang der Parzen--Brahms) and felt the triumph of Revelation (Nun ist das Heil--Bach). We offer it as our opinion that in "Elegischer Gesang" (Beethoven) we heard the best and most delightful singing of the afternoon; here were best displayed those tricks of choral technique for which the choruses most diligently strive; here, too, was the most perfect balance between the chorus and orchestra...
...Beethoven Music to Geethe's "Egmont." Soprano: O. Averino Reader: R. Hale Randall Thompson Symphony No. 2 in E Minor Prokofleff Incantation for Tenor, Chorus, and Orchestra Soloist: C. Stratton Lambert Rio Grande Borodin Polovetzkian Dances from "Prince Igor...