Word: concertgebouw
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Philadelphia Orchestra had a new guest conductor last week. His name: Eduard van Beinum, principal leader for the past eight years of Amsterdam's famed Concertgebouw Orchestra. The concert was Van Beinum's first in the U.S. (it was his first visit to the country as well), and the 53-year-old Dutchman got bravos and raves from critics, audience and the musicians themselves. Beamed one orchestra member: "The boys are daffy about...
...Beinum, who went to the Concertgebouw under famed Willem Mengelberg in 1931, took over the orchestra after the difficult war years and reconstructed it. For several years he also commuted to London's Philharmonic as a principal conductor, but gave that assignment up when the strain of his double-conducting load became too great. The Concertgebouw's regular season is taxing enough: more than 100 programs in eight months. What really bothers Van Beinum, however, is playing festival concerts. "I don't like it," he says. "I play all year. Why have a special festival to play...
...which is importing finished recordings, Epic imports master tapes, manufactures its records in the U.S. Epic's first releases concentrate on such symphonic war horses as Beethoven's Fifth, Schubert's Unfinished and Tchaikovsky's Pathetique, in performances by such orchestras as Amsterdam's Concertgebouw, The Hague and Berlin Philharmonics...
Bach's St. Matthew Passion, in a vintage 1939 recording by Willem Mengelberg and the Amsterdam Concertgebouw Orchestra (Columbia); Respighi's Pines and Fountains of Rome, played by Toscanini and the NBC Symphony and wrapped in one of the fanciest album packages to date (13 pages of photographs of Rome, with text by Vincent Sheean) at no extra cost (Victor...
Your Invitation to Music (Sun. 2:30 p.m., CBS). Fifteen choruses from Bach's B Minor Mass by the Amsterdam Concertgebouw Orchestra...