Word: concertos
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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What is the most popular classical music? Eight years ago Manhattan's radio station WQXR (which plays no jazz) polled its listeners, found Beethoven's Fifth Symphony and Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto No. 1 the favorites. Listeners now think less of Tchaikovsky's dog-eared concerto, but Beethoven is more popular than ever...
...middle of the Handel Concerto Grosso in B-Flat, which opened the concert by the Chamber Orchestra last night, the gentleman sitting behind me remarked in a loud whisper, "You really can't beat the Classics for beauty!" I cannot help agreeing with him, particularly when the works of Handel, Bach, and Mozart are performed as competently as they were then...
...Fiftieth Anniversary Concert Sunday evening in Sanders Theater, the Chamber Orchestra will continue the policy of presenting lesser known older works, when it performs the Bach Triple Concerto in A-Minor for flute, violin, and piano, and Mozart's Divertimento in D. There is no record of performance for either of these compositions. Also sched- uled on the program are the Handel Oboe Concerto in B Flat and the first performance of Van Slyck's Sonatine for Clarinet and Strings. The orchestra will be under the direction of Van Slyck and the soloists include: Uni Springing, violin; flutist, Lois Schaefer...
...York Philharmonic (Sun. 3 p.m., CBS). Tchaikovsky's Fourth Symphony, Stravinsky's Concerto for Strings, selections from Wagner's Tristan and Isolde; Leopold Stokowski conducting...
Delius: Society Set (Betty Beecham, piano, the Luton Choir, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Thomas Beecham conducting; Victor, 12 sides). Delius, like Sibelius, is more highly thought of in England than in the U.S. In this English recording, his foremost champion has put together the C Minor Piano Concerto, the Marche Caprice and the soaring Song of the High Hills. Performance: excellent...