Word: toscaninis
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Arturo Toscanini is still bothered by the knee he injured in a fall 16 months ago. In a recent NBC Symphony concert, he favored the knee by conducting chiefly with his right hand, holding on to the podium railing with his left. Last week, on his doctor's advice, Conductor Toscanini, 83, let it be known that somebody else will conduct his last two NBC concerts, and that he himself is going to take a rest. But he is not retiring...
...final concert of the season, members of the small, invited Carnegie Hall audience wanted to break this year's Toscanini-broadcast rule against applause. Toscanini anticipated the thought, saw to it that the audience was given a special warning to stick to the rule. After the hour-long program of Debussy, Respighi and Elgar, he walked in silence, head bowed as usual, to his dressing room...
...Symphony (Sat. 6:30 p.m., NBC). Conductor: Arturo Toscanini...
Gifts are coming Casa Verdi's way. Arturo Toscanini, 83, who knew Verdi and worships him, has been helping to pay some of the bills. Last week he sent another check, for $8,000. And that was just the beginning. Disabled with an ailing knee since last fall, Toscanini had recovered enough last week to get down to serious rehearsal, with soloists, chorus and the NBC Symphony, for his first conducting in six months: an anniversary performance of the Requiem. Carnegie Hall (at a top of $25 a seat) was already almost sold out. That would...
...Symphony (Sat. 6 p.m., NBC). Toscanini directs Verdi's Requiem...