Word: symphonicment
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Brahms's monumental symphonic output, played with Old World warmth and New World vigor.
The New York Philharmonic-Symphony, conducted by Dimitri Mitropoulos, played the first performance of Roy Harris' Symphonic Epigram. Composer Harris wrote his six minutes of music to commemorate the orchestra's 25th season of CBS broadcasts, used the letters CBS as his motive (he jimmied the letter S...
The Chicago Symphony, under Fritz Reiner, gave the U.S. première of Rolf Liebermann's Concerto for Jazz Band and Symphony Orchestra. The Sauter-Finegan Band-sporting bright red jackets amid the longhairs' white ties and tails-played tricky syncopations and harsh tones that showed Swiss Composer...
New York Philharmonic (Sun. 2:30 p.m., CBS). Premiere of Roy Harris' Symphonic Epigram.
The effect of this spirit became most apparent in a reading of Bruckner's Symphony No. 4. Murmurings of renewed interest in this contemporary of Brahms have come from several quarters in the past year; whether this will develop into a full-scale revival remains to be seen. Evaluations of...