Word: concerte
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Angeles, W6XAO was the first West Coast station to telecast a symphony directly from a concert hall. From a balcony and a box, the cameras made sweeping goo-goo eyes at Yehudi Menuhin, the Los Angeles Symphony, and the audience. But the result was dull and fuzzy...
When Edvard Grieg first heard Amsterdam's Concertgebouw (Concert Hall) Orchestra 50 years ago, he exclaimed: "Never have I listened to a better performance." When Richard Strauss first conducted the orchestra, he was so impressed that he dedicated Ein Heldenleben...
...Concertgebouw gets ready to celebrate its 60th birthday, there is only one orchestra in Europe that can approach it in perfection and polish-Vienna's 100-year-old Philharmonic (TIME, March 29). Europe had heard and judged: in the last year, the sprightly Concertgebouw has played 17 concerts in foreign countries. After its London concert, the Daily Mail reflected sadly: "This famous orchestra plays with a keenness and vitality that we are not used to in London." The Manchester Guardian admitted: "We could match its players, but not the quality of execution that could come only of long application...
...their first concert, the founding fathers rounded up 120 players and 500 singers to give Beethoven's Ninth Symphony. At first the Amsterdam audience was difficult. They came to concerts, but at any hour they pleased, and bringing refreshments. Conductor Willem Kes taught them manners by marching from the podium in mid-concert with the entire orchestra at his heels...
...Beinum, a man who likes his Bartók as well as his Bach, doesn't let the famous orchestra show its years in its programming. The Concertgebouw gives contemporary Dutch and U.S. composers frequent hearings; last month, it brought out the first recording of a concert suite from Benjamin Britten's Peter Grimes (TIME, April...