Word: rachmaninoff
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...thing, the new $500,000 stage was not finished. Guest Conductor Fritz Reiner had had to rehearse while workmen hammered unsympathetically, and his program of Wagner, Beethoven and Rachmaninoff had its rough spots. The new amplification system had eliminated the echoes that concertgoers had loved to grumble about in the past-but it had replaced them with some equally awesome squeaks and yowls. When the program ended, the crowd gave the musicians (mostly New York Philharmonic-Symphony men) a big hand, listened politely and impatiently while Concert Co-Chairmen Mayor William O'Dwyer and Sam Lewisohn said...
Some works he had restudied. Others, like Schubert's Ave Maria, which he played in at least 296 of 300 concerts for U.S. troops during the war, he put away again for a rest. And he had pulled out some new ones, like the Debussy, Rachmaninoff and Medtner works that had Manhattan concertgoers holding their breath last week. He had also found plenty of time to play chamber music with his good friend and neighbor, Artur Rubinstein, and with Vladimir Horowitz when he dropped in-not to mention an occasional jam session, with Heifetz rolling out such items...
...York Philharmonic (Sun. 3 p.m., CBS). Seymour Lipkin playing Rachmaninoff's Rhapsody on a Theme by Paganini...
...critics may grumble about Eileen's dressy monkeyshines-but they also think that her playing is in Myra Hess's league. U.S. audiences have not yet seen Eileen's act, but millions of moviegoers have heard her (the excellent sound tracks of Rachmaninoff's Concerto No. 2 helped make The Seventh Veil and Brief Encounter two of the best British movies seen...
...favorite concertos: Beethoven Piano No. 5, Beethoven Violin, Rachmaninoff Piano No. 2, Mendelssohn Violin, Grieg Piano, Tchaikovsky Piano No. 1, Beethoven Piano No. 4, Brahms Violin, Brahms Piano No. 2, Paganini Violin...