Word: francescatti
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Edinburgh (Aug. 21-Sept. 10) will have as bulky a line-up as ever with the BBC Symphony, the Berlin, New York and London Royal Philharmonic orchestras, the Glyndebourne opera, an all-.star trio (Pianist Solomon, Violinist Zino Francescatti, Cellist Pierre Founder), plus a score of others...
...Georg Sold; Capitol, 2 LPs); Giuseppe Torelli's Twelve Concert!, Op. 8 (Stuttgart Pro Musica String Orchestra conducted by Rolf Reinhardt; Vox, 3 LPs). Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto, in fine performances by Jascha Heifetz and London's Philharmonia Orchestra under Walter Susskind (Victor), and Zino Francescatti and the New York PhilhaononicSymphony under Dimitri Mitropoulos (Columbia); Prokofiev's Violin Concerto No. I (Nathan Milstein and the St. Louis Symphony conducted by Vladimir Golschmann; Capitol); Mendelssohn's Elijah (soloists, choirs and the London Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Josef Krips; London...
...Telephone Hour (Mon. 9 p.m., NBC). Guest: Violinist Zino Francescatti...
...Washington, the good-music radio station WGMS announced it had the worldwide distribution rights to the recordings of all Library of Congress concerts, including performances by such notables as the Budapest String Quartet, Casadesus, Serkin, Francescatti...
...notary public gather around the glass case, solemnly break the seal and lift the violin out for an annual tuning and workout. In latter years, a distinguished violinist has been invited to do the job. This year Genoa took out some extra Paganini memorabilia, asked French Violinist Zino Francescatti to give the Guarneri its annual tuning. Perhaps because Francescatti is Paganini's lineal musical descendant (his father studied with Paganini's only real pupil), Genoese decided to give him a still greater honor: a half-hour concert in the city hall, to be played on the legendary Guarneri...