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...Molten incandescence," "submerged iridescence," "celestial," "arcadian," "skyrocketing" were some of the words that critics were using to describe, of all things, the symphony orchestra which for a decade had been the Sick Man of Chicago. Special object of the critics' delight: Fritz Reiner, 65, who became the orchestra's sixth permanent conductor last fall* and this week reaches the half way point in his first season...
...afternoon last week. Chicagoans heard a typical program. Conductor Reiner strode across the stage as the lights dimmed, shook hands with the concertmaster, and mounted the podium. With a concise snap of his baton, he launched the orchestra into a sweet, crisp performance of an 18th century Concerto Grosso by Corelli, a rollicking version of Beethoven's Eighth Symphony and, after the intermission, a whirling reading of the Dances of Galanta by Hungarian Composer Zoltan Kodaly. As the finale swooped to its finish, the crowd gave a startled "Oh!" and burst into heavy applause...
Conductor Fritz Reiner, arriving in Manhattan on his way to take over the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, complained that he had found no peace in Italy. Automobiles and motorcycles roaring about with open exhausts, he said, have made Italy "the noisiest country in the world-much worse than New York or Chicago...
...member Chicago Symphony came next, for its first visit in 13 years. Its conductor, Rafael Kubelik, was in an awkward spot, since the Chicago is not renewing his contract (the Metropolitan Opera's Fritz Reiner will succeed him). But he picked an ambitious program, including Beethoven's Eroica and Modernist Bohuslav Martinu's Double Concerto for Two String Orchestras, Piano and Kettledrums, and led his musicians in some expansive, grand-manner interpretations...
Beethoven: "Emperor" Concerto (Vladimir Horowitz; RCA Victor Symphony conducted by Fritz Reiner; Victor). The glossy techniques of pianist and conductor make this an almost flawless performance, but the craggy spirit of the music is somehow missing...