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...Philharmonic-Symphony have included an Englishman, a Russian, a Rumanian and a Mexican (TIME. Nov. 16). Last week.a Pole, Artur Rodzinski, stepped up to finish out the last eight weeks of a season which Philharmonic devotees consider has almost compensated by its variety for the absence of Maestro Arturo Toscanini. Next season, with John Barbirolli on the podium throughout, promises to be sound and satisfying but not eventful...
...schedule and made his Wagnerian performances famous. People came from 40 cities to hear his Parsifal last April. Last summer he became the first permanent conductor of a U. S. orchestra to lead at the Salzburg festival. There he was received warmly, delighted even fastidious old Arturo Toscanini...
...Though Toscanini conducted the Philharmonic for eleven seasons, he never signed a permanent contract. Last permanent full-time conductor was Josef Stransky...
Save for the fact that Toscanini does not want any concert to last more than an hour, arrangements so far were undetailed. It was not announced how much Toscanini would be paid, how many concerts he would conduct, or even where he would conduct them. Musical wiseacres were convinced, however, that the Toscanini-NBC broadcasts would be given on a tour which will encourage sales of his records made by RCA Victor, NBC's corporate cousin, which arranged a similar tour for Leopold Stokowski last spring (TIME, April 27), will send Eugene Ormandy and the Philadelphia Orchestra on another...
...group which could not view the return of Toscanini with unmixed emotions was the orchestra he made great. Without him, the Philharmonic-Symphony has managed to maintain its U. S. supremacy under the vigorous baton of young John Barbirolli and assorted guest conductors like Georges Enesco and Igor Stravinsky. With Toscanini back, in command of the first-desk orchestral talent which rich NBC already has and can add to, there will be in the land another competitor for symphonic supremacy, with the continent instead of Carnegie Hall for its auditorium...