Word: philharmonia
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...glittering instruments. Harpist Alice Chalifoux gave away most of her reserve supply of harp strings; other Clevelanders contributed fiddle strings, mouthpieces and clarinet reeds to the Polish musicians. Cleveland's First Trumpeter Louis Davidson gave one of his $300 trumpets to Trumpeter Francisek Stockfiscz of the Katowice Philharmonia (the Cleveland Orchestra management promised to buy Davidson another). "Thank you," said Stockfiscz at a formal banquet. "You have changed my life...
Poulenc: Concerto for Organ, Strings and Timpani (Richard Ellsasser; Hamburg Philharmonia conducted by Arthur Winograd; M-G-M). A highly colored work that finds Composer Poulenc at his most charming. It is tuneful, with moments of surrealist shiftiness, brooding melancholy, sheer pyrotechnics. The disk has excessive surface noise...
...Karajan assumed all the old man's prestige and more. Today, Austrian-born Herbert von Karajan is lord of a unique musical empire: he controls the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, the Salzburg Festival and the Vienna State Opera, directs the major recordings of London's Philharmonia Orchestra, performs major assignments at Milan's La Scala Opera. At 48 he is the most powerful musician in Europe, perhaps in the world...
...Leningrad last week-the first Western symphony to appear in the Soviet Union. Every Leningrader with enough influence to get his hands on a ticket (12-40 rubles - $3-$10) or enough money to pay scalpers' prices (hundreds of rubles) was inside the gold, ivory and plush Philharmonia Hall. Thousands of others heard the music over the radio...
Strauss: Ariadne auf Naxos (Irmgard Seefried, Rita Streich, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf; Philharmonia Orchestra, conducted by Herbert von Karajan; Angel, 3 LPs). One of Strauss's important operas, handicapped by a confused libretto, but abetted by some soaringly lyrical music. Even when the score is less than inspired, the cast's three unbeatable leading sopranos melt the listener...