Word: schubert
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...stage of Paris' Palais de Chaillot, dressed in a Little Lord Fauntleroyish black velvet jacket, white lace collar, and short pants. The podium had been built up so nine-year-old Pierino could see all of the 70 musicians of the Association des Concerts Lamoureux. He conducted Schubert's Unfinished without a score, and handled it decisively. He was less certain in Beethoven's Fifth-the brasses got away from him in the finale. But he did well enough to touch off 20 minutes of cheers. Pierino took seven neat brisk bows. Then he forgot his dignity...
...Schubert: Quartet in E Flat Major (Guilet String Quartet; Concert Hall Society, 6 sides). The freshness and tunefulness of Schubert at 20, without the skill and maturity of Schubert at 30. Performance: excellent...
...only from a musical point of view, was the conducting of 9-year-old Pierrino Gamba, still clad in short pants. After a tour of his native Italy, he made brief appearances in Lagano and Zurich before going to France. He concentrates on a young man's program (Schubert 8th, Beethoven 1st) and although I had no chance to see or hear him, I was very reliably informed that he conducted it very well...
Andor Foldes, New York pianist, will present a concert of modern music at the Paine Music Building at 8:30 tonight in the first of two Department-sponsored programs this week. Sunday evening the California String Quartet will perform selections from Schubert, Barati, and Beethoven. Both concerts are open to the public and are free...
Arturo Toscanini, who had made it plain that he wanted no demonstrations, passed his 80th birthday quietly at home as he wished; but the NBC Symphony sneaked in a demonstration anyway. Delivered to his home, and played at dinner: a special recording (the Minuet from Schubert's A Minor Quartet), preceded and followed by recorded congratulations...