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...native to Finland as its fjords and forests, its long dark winters and its northern lights is Composer Jean Julius Christian Sibelius. But not until last winter in Helsingfors did this aging national hero hear his music played exactly as he conceived it. Conductor of that extraordinary concert was a young U.S. citizen named Werner Janssen. Because the great Sibelius pronounced him great, Conductor Janssen got his chance last fortnight to lead the New York Philharmonic-Symphony (TIME...
...which wanted to begin the season with music it knew well and loved. The Philharmonic engaged Klemperer to be "spokesman for the internationally modern composer." And true to his calling he played Schönberg's gilded transcription of Bach's E Flat Prelude and Fugue and Sibelius' stark Second Symphony...
...Europe Werner Janssen had chances. He has conducted in Rome, Turin, Milan, Berlin, Budapest. Herbert F. Peyser, meticulous foreign critic for the New York Times, went to Finland last winter when Janssen conducted an all-Sibelius program in the composer's presence. Critic Peyser wrote the report that won Janssen his Philharmonic engagement. Said he: "Sibelius turned to me visibly shaken and stammered, 'For the first time I am hearing my work exactly as I conceived...
March, "Greetings to Bangor"R. B. Hall *Overture to "Oberon" Weber *Valse Triste Sibelius *"Peer Gynt" Suite Grieg *Second Hungarian Rhapsody Liszt *Fourth Symphony: Scherzo--pizzicato ostinato Tchaikovsky *Bolero Ravel *"Of Thee I Sing," Selection Gershwin *"Espana," Waltz Waldteufel *Maine "Stein Song" Fenstadt Selections checked (*) are available on records at Briggs & Briggs Music Store, Harvard Square...
...Pomp and Circumstance Elgar *"The Bartered Bride," Overture Smetana "Whispering Flowers" Blon *"Aida," Fantasia Verdi *"Finlandia," Symphonic Poem Sibelius *Prelude to "The Deluge" Saint-Saens Violin Solo: J. Theodorowicz *"The Cid," Suite Massenet *Victor Herbert Favorites Arranged by Sanford *"Roses from the South," Waltz Strauss *Bacchanale, "Samson and Delilah" Saint-Saens...