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...Sibelius: Violin Concerto (Camilla Wicks; Radio-Stockholm Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Sixten Ehrling; Capitol). A knowing performance of this old Finnish chestnut by a young American peach. California-born Violinist Wicks, 27, made her first successes touring in Europe, is gradually building an American following. Under her talented fingers, the piece sounds luminous and true, its expression warm but not overheated...
Harlow Curtice-what an astounding selection ! Just offhand, I can name a hundred likelier choices, among them Eisenhower, Khrushchev, Dulles, the Pope, Schweitzer and Sibelius. I regard your choice as a cowardly surrender to your business office, and I will never read your magazine again...
Last week Conductor James Robertson led the Wichita Symphony in its third concert of the season. The program ranged from the almost-modern Sibelius Concerto in D Minor (with 28-year-old Violinist Aaron Rosand) to Rimsky-Korsakov's well-worn Scheherazade-which miffed a few of Wichita's growing number of musical sophisticates, but wowed the big audiences. The performances sounded as rich and bold as a big-city orchestra...
Philadelphia Orchestra (Sat. 9:05 p.m., CBS). Copland and Sibelius...
...York Philharmonic (Sun. 2:30 p.m., CBS). Music of Sibelius and von Weber...