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European orchestras usually refuse to have children soloists but Yehudi has been invited to play with the orchestras in all the great capitals. In Berlin when he was 12 he played in one evening the concertos of Bach, Beethoven, Brahms. In the Beethoven he played the Kreisler cadenza which he had learned from a phonograph record. (Most violinists play the Joachim cadenza. Beethoven's own, unworthy of him, was never published.) When he had finished the crowd stood cheering for 20 minutes. After the performance Albert Einstein rushed up to him with tears in his eyes. At the great...
...which are almost never realized.- But Yehudi was born with great imagination and great concentration, far more important than any amount of boosting. By the time he was seven all San Francisco was talking about him. At ten, a chunky, blond child in velvet knee pants, he played the Beethoven Concerto with the New York Symphony. He amazed everyone who heard him with the purity of his style and the moving way in which his innocence suited the music of Beethoven. From that moment he was taken seriously. In the audience was Banker Henry Goldman who, enraptured, bought...
Ludwig van Beethoven...
...program, which is under the direction of Dr. A. T. Davison '06, includes a varied group of vocal selections starting with the "Hallelujah Chorus," by Beethoven. This will be followed by Palestrina's "Adoramus To", and "Fire, Fire, My Heart", by Christopher Morley. Miss Vreeland, who is touring the country in performances with various city orchestras, will then give a selection of vocal numbers. After these the University singers will render three English folksongs, "Gentle Johnny," "The Foggy Dew", and "Spanish Ladies", "Der Gang Gang zum Liebschen", by Brahms, and Choruses from Gilbert and Sullivan's "Mikado". Following another group...
...usual the University singers will be conducted by Dr. A. T. Davison '06, director of the Glee Club. The program will include "Halleluiah Chorus," by Beethoven; "Adoramus Te," by Palestrina; three English folk songs, "Gently, Johnny," "The Foggy Dew," and "Spanish Ladies"; Der Gang zum Liebchen," by Brahms; choruses from "The Mikado," by Sullivan; and choruses from "Requiem," by Faure. Miss Vreeland will sing two groups of solos...