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...year ago Wilhelm Furtwangler,* famed German conductor, came tor the U. S. to serve a four weeks' guest conductorship with the New York Philharmonic. He did his work well, he was a success, a sensational success, some said. On the basis of his success he was engaged for this season as a regular conductor for a ten-week term. Last week he arrived, began rehearsals with an orchestra still quivering with the thrill of Toscanini's administration, gave his first concert in Carnegie Hall...
...merely in- crease their elation. Beneath this surface of madness, as the critic of The New York Times pointed out last Sunday, there must be certain subtleties of method. Mr. Stransky as conductor seems to give the clue. This musician recently re-signed or was "forced" out of the conductorship of the Philharmonic -both explanations were given. The new movement seems at bottom a process of providing him with an orchestra. Mr. Stransky is a persuasive personality and has a devoted following among the highly placed. There may be angels in this new heaven. And it may be that...
...Jonson's "Volpone" beginning on March third. The Conventional little bird has informed us that it is likely to be an unusually good performance. Most popular of all, however, will be the Cambridge Amateur Operatic Company's "Mikado" which starts on Monday the twenty-sixth under the conductorship of Mr. Boris Ord, who is a musician of no mean repute not only in Cambridge...
Another innovation which the Sodality has introduced is the appointment of Modest Eugene Alloo, of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, as conductor. Under Mr. Alloo's conductorship the Sodality hopes to give a concert which will be on a level with those given by Mr. Whiting...
During the sixteen years of its existence the Boston Symphony Orchestra has acquired an enviable reputation as the highest exponent of orchestral work in this country, and the Cambridge concerts are always on equally as high a standard as the Boston performances. Under the conductorship of Mr. Emil Paur, the following works will be given this winter...