Word: pianist
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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After last week's Carnegie Hall concert (also on the program: Pianist Gina Bachauer), weary Conductor Barbirolli faced the audience. Said he: "My dear friends, you can imagine that it is not without great emotion that I return . . . You have made me a very happy man. God bless you." Whereupon Sir John stepped down and threw his arms around the concertmaster...
Once chosen by a jury including Pianist Artur Rubinstein to play on a radio teenage talent program (Prokofiev. Debussy), Brooklyn-born Neil Sedaka explains his turn from serious music in a flack-flavored burst of prose: "The kids who used to throw rocks at me now roll with me." Sedaka's lyrics, like those of his contemporaries, have the air of frenzied discontent that hooks the teen trade. "Today," says one record executive, "you gotta have Weltschmerz with the beat...
Normally, recipients are required to be present at the award banquet, but the Jaycees have waived this rule for Kissinger, who is currently working on a government mission. Another nominee, pianist Van Cliburn, was not so fortunate. Since he is unable to attend, his award will go to singer Pat Boone...
...young man of 21, Red China's Fu Tsun was a good enough pianist to win third prize in Warsaw's 1955 International Chopin Piano Competition. Belgium's Queen Mother Elisabeth invited him to play in her country. Recognizing a valuable cultural export, Red China granted Fu Tsun permission to study in Poland and to give 200 concerts in the satellite countries of Eastern Europe...
Voice of Firestone (ABC, 9-9:30 p.m.). A sentimental musical journey through Manhattan night life, aided by Pianist Erroll Garner, Singers Eartha Kitt, Hildegarde, Bill Tabbert, and Opera Soprano Lisa Delia Casa...