Word: concertized
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Arthur Rodzinski, brush-haired, Dalmatian-born conductor of the New York Philharmonic-Symphony, played conventional Bach and Beethoven for the opening concert of the orchestra's 103rd season in Carnegie Hall, then gave convention the boot by playing an encore-George Gershwin's jazzy / Got Rhythm. Although the first Philharmonic encore in many years brought down the house, it struck the New York Times's staid music critic, Olin Downes, as "an unwise impulse...
Roger Sherman, Wedgewood's dapperest widower, came in, stroking his Vandyke beard. He pressed Emily's hand warmly. "I have tickets for the concert," he said. "They are playing Brahms. ... If one of you dear ladies. . . ." "How nice!" cried Emily. "Brahms," said Margaret, "is rather tiresome...
Dominating figure on the stage is Paul Robeson, taking the lead part of Othello. The rolling bass of Robeson's voice, become famous by his years as a concert singer, draws the attention of the theatre like a magnet whenever the Moor speaks forth in his deep and melancholy tones. The giant Negro acts the part of the brave but not too intelligent warrior with exceptional understanding, giving it a depth which several of the lesser but more sparkling parts lack...
Born on Manhattan's Third Avenue 40 years ago, Bendix was the son of a singer, had one uncle who was a concert violinist, another who was a conductor at the Metropolitan. Spurning the family profession, he started life as a bat-boy for the New York Giants, later did some amateur acting at the Henry Street Settlement. He became a grocery clerk while still in his teens, eventually wound up as manager of a store in Orange...
...last performance before a nationwide tour, the famous Albeneri Trio will play tonight at 8:30 o'clock in Sanders Theatre. Sponsored by the Harvard University Department of Music, the free concert will include trios by Piston, Ravel, and Schubert...