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...Great Dream. At 17, "Koussy" left his home town of Vyshny-Volochek to study the bass fiddle in Moscow. Soon he was playing with the Imperial Opera orchestra, toured on the side for ten years as a soloist. Not content with his specialized fame as the world's greatest virtuoso performer on the double bass, he began conducting in Germany, England and France. In 1909, already rich* and respected, he went back to Russia to head the Imperial Music Society's concerts in St. Petersburg. His reputation as a conductor spread throughout Russia, but in 1920 he fled...
...Schein works are particularly startling, and they put the audience in a receptive mood for what was to follow. A good part of the credit must go to soprano Faith Barnett, whose crystal-clear voice, especially in the higher registers, and sensitive phrasing made her the outstanding soloist of the evening...
Violinist Diana Halprin last week got a break a lot of musicians wait a lifetime for -and it came at age six. She was engaged to play as soloist with the Philadelphia Orchestra. Picked from a field of 17 aspiring moppets, aged six to twelve, Diana will perform at a concert for children next season-the youngest violinist ever to play with the orchestra...
...musicians, all members of the B.S.O., played well on the whole, with the exception of their rather lackadaisical reading of Komzak's "Girls of Baden" Waltz. The highlight of the program was Milhand's clever little Fantasy for piano and orchestra, with the young and brilliant Eugene List as soloist...
Telephone Hour (Mon. 9 p.m., NBC). Soloist: Ezio Pinza...