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Part of his determination derives from a desire to complete himself as a musician. Although he has made guest appearances with many orchestras, and for eleven years was one of George Szell's associate conductors of the Cleveland Orchestra, the Atlanta job gives Shaw his first chance to test himself solidly with instrumental music. To take it, he had to sacrifice a lucrative schedule of outside engagements. But he has no regrets: "I'm happiest when I'm building what is in a sense my own instrument...
...this is really beside the point - as were the comments of those who deplored the choice of such well-worn works. These performers were not out to compete with George Szell and the Cleveland Orchestra. They were not out to play for the audience, or for the critics, half so much as to play for themselves, to wind up a summer's intensive immersion in three masterpieces by three master composers - in short, to experience greatness tangibly...
BELL TELEPHONE HOUR (NBC, 6:30-7:30 p.m.). "Toscanini: the Maestro Revisited" commemorates the 100th birthday anniversary of Arturo Toscanini with excerpts from symphony telecasts, home movies and comments on his approach to his art by Conductors George Szell, Eugene Ormandy, Erich Leinsdorf and Milton Katims. Harold Schonberg narrates...
BELL TELEPHONE HOUR (NBC, 6:30-7:30 p.m.). "The Cleveland Orchestra-One Man's Triumph" will focus on Conductor George Szell in rehearsal and in concert...
...Cleveland's Rafael Druian, 44, has been the solid cornerstone of Conductor George Szell's ensemble for six years, is the epitome of the unruffable consistency demanded of the concertmaster. Born in Russia, trained in Cuba and the U.S., he was concertmaster of the Minneapolis Symphony for eleven years before going to Cleveland...