Word: concertizing
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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There aren't any more Banjo and Mandolin Clubs, but there haven't been any complaints yet for the Harvard Band now ranks among the nation's finest, either on the gridiron or on the concert stage...
Almost put out of business, by the failure of the Virginia concert trip in 1947, the band came back in time to make every game away during the 1948 season. On their way back from Virginia the musicians had played on the capital steps in Washington, almost missing their train home...
Despite smiles at the concert hall, François-Poncet became so enraged in Berlin that McCloy left, flew back to Paris to see François-Poncet's boss, Premier Henri Queuille. Late getting back to Germany, McCloy landed at Wiesbaden, 45 minutes closer to the Petersberg than Frankfurt's Rhein-Main airfield, and raced to a new High Commission meeting. It lasted 19 hours, from 11 one morning until 6 the next...
...opening concert was almost more a tribute to the Orchestra than it was to Munch. It proved beyond question that the Boston Symphony Orchestra lies gleaming in its case like a fine musical instrument, ready to sing in the hands of any great virtuoso. It passes from Koussevitzky to Munch, each with a technique of his own; yet the latent quality of the instrument remains unchanged...
...considerable liberties with his classical music. Long dramatic pauses, and abrupt changes in tempo sound a mite strange. In the third movement of the Beethoven, there were moments of uncertainty in the Orchestra, signs of the difficult change of interpretation. But it is nothing serious, and Munch's first concert indicates that Symphony Hall is going to be rocked back on its heels in the weeks to come...