Word: beethovens
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Crowds overflowed the opera house for all three of "Papa" Monteux's final concerts. His swan song was the same great work with which he has closed his 16 previous seasons: Beethoven's choral symphony (No. 9). At the end, the audience gave the four soloists a polite round. When the old (77) conductor started to trudge offstage, he was recalled for ten minutes of shrieking and hysterical cheers. Papa Monteux finally waved them into quiet, then found that all he could say was: "Thank you ... I will not say goodbye, but au revoir...
...Symphony (where he preceded Koussevitzky) to take over a depression-racked orchestra that had given only four concerts the year before. He built its season into 22 weeks, and the orchestra itself into one of the half-dozen finest in the land. He gave San Franciscans clear and powerful Beethoven, Brahms and Wagner, surpassing performances of Franck and Berlioz, engaging ones of the music of his friends Debussy, Ravel and Stravinsky. He wanted to quit San Francisco "while I can still conduct...
Also on the program was Beethoven's justifiably neglected Trio in E flat. I found nothing at all distinctive in the work, and the rather routine performance it received did not help matters any. Still, it came at the beginning of the program, and there were enough good things later on to make...
Barbara Sorenson Radcliffe violinist, will appear in Paine Hall this evening for her senior recital. Accompanied by Norma Bertoiami Sapp. Miss Sorenson will play works by Hindsmith, Bach, and Beethoven...
...Symphony (Sat. 6:15 p.m., NBC). Beethoven's Ninth, with Nan Merriman, Jan Peerce. Conductor: Toscanini...