Word: munching
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Harvard will have its first chance to see Charles Munch, new conductor of the Boston Symphony, when the orchestra opens its six-concert Sanders Theater series at 8:30 tonight...
...Charle Munch took over as conductor of the Orchestra this fall. His first concert took plact in Symphony Hall on October 7. Before coming to Boston to relieve Serge Koussevitzky as conductor, he led the Orchestra Nationale de France...
Boston Symphony Orchestra Dress Rehearsal (Mon. 1 p.m., NBC). Charles Munch directing; Olin Downes, commentator...
...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...
...Munch seems to take 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...