Word: rodzinskis
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...When Rodzinski stopped, flushed and spent, there was half a minute of pregnant, almost audibly gestating silence. When the Philharmonic's board chairman finally spoke, it was as if a thin sheet of ice had been carefully cracked. And what, said he, had Mr. Rodzinski decided? "Give me 24 hours to think it over," said Rodzinski, and left for home...
Last week a pent-up man eased his big frame into a desk chair in a plainly furnished 16th-floor ofnce in Manhattan's Steinway Building. The man was Dr. Artur Rodzinski, conductor of New York's renowned Philharmonic-Symphony. His small eyes, almost concealed behind thick glasses, took in his audience: seven tense members of the Philharmonic's executive committee...
They had offered to renew Rodzinski's contract for three years. There were a few strings attached, of course, but-. Well, what did he say? Grey-maned Artur Rodzinski had a lot to say. Speaking above the muted horns of the 57th Street traffic below, he said it for an hour and 20 minutes. A lot of it was on the state of the orchestra whose greatness he had restored. Improved, rather. But a lot more was about a man named Arthur Judson. His speech rose to a bitter, excited tirade that accused Arthur Judson, the handsome, leonine manager...
There he discussed matters with Halina, his attractive wife-and with his conscience. (Conductor Rodzinski is a Buch-manite, and believes that he gets "guidance" in all his decisions.) Two hours later, he sent a telegram to the board chairman-and tipped off the press too. He had quit...
Copland: A Lincoln Portrait (Boston Symphony Orchestra, Serge Koussevitzky conducting, with Melvyn Douglas narrating; Victor, 3 sides). Koussevitzky speeds up Copland's rhythms and Melvyn Douglas reads his lines like a carnival barker. Not so effective as Conductor Artur Rodzinski's 1946 version with the Philharmonic-Symphony Orchestra of New York, which has Negro Baritone Kenneth Spencer's dignified narration. Performance: fair...