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Rabaud La Procession Nocturne" Beethoven Symphony No. 7 in A major Piston Second Suite for Orchestra Ravel "Daphnis et Chico," Suite...
...unfortunate that Walter Piston's Second Suite did not go over better than it did. It is a difficult piece both to play and understand. The orchestra certainly did its part in the performance, but the audience sat on its hands until the composer went up to the podium to congratulate Mr. Munch...
Tonight the orchestra will be hard in two French compositions, one German, and one American. The program includes Rahaud's La Procession Nocturne, a Symphonic Poem after Lenau: Beethoven's Fifth Symphony; Piston's Second Suite for Orchestra; and Ravel's Daphnis et Chloe, Ballet Suite Number...
...Burns less fuel than a piston engine...
Vickers does not hope to deliver Viscount 7005 before 1952, but there seems to be no great need for hurry. U.S. manufacturers have given comparatively little attention to the turboprop. Their attitude has been that commercial airliners will jump directly from piston engines to turbojets, but not soon. The problems of the 600 m.p.h. jet airliner are far more difficult than those of the intermediate airplane driven by turboprops...