Word: concert
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Leonard Bernstein will be master of ceremonies besides taking part in the concert himself...
...reporter has yet succeeded in fully describing a Toscanini concert. The players suddenly become amazingly alert. The Maestro flicks his baton, establishes the pace. His left hand may rest easily on his hip at first. Soon it pleads for eloquence, stands out like a policeman's warning when he wants a pianissimo, quivers over his heart when he begs for special feeling. Front row subscribers in last week's audience occasionally heard a husky croaking sound. Toscanini was singing as he always sings when his orchestra plays to please...
...surprising was the Saint-Saens Danse Macabre which sounded extraordinarily vital, not a measure of it hackneyed or cheaply melodramatic. After the Rhine Journey from Wagner's Götterdammerung, the audience would have stayed long to cheer. But Toscanini was through. He bowed briefly, tugged at the concert master's sleeve, his own private sign that he wants the players to leave the stage...
Married. Maria Iturbi, 18, daughter of Jose Iturbi, Spanish pianist and conductor; and Stephen Hero, 20, concert violinist, Iturbi's protege; in Bedford Hills...
...successful, broader fields are open to the members of the Board. Play, concert, and movie reviews are done primarily by Editorial men; they assist in preparing the Confidential Guide for Freshmen; those with special inclinations find expression in writing the Vagabond and the Crime Column while all are asked to review books in their special fields...