Word: toscaninis
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...Symphony (Sun. 5 p.m., NBC). Symphonic Piece from Franck's Redemption; Debussy's La Mer; excerpts from Dukas' opera Ariane et Barbe-Bleue. Conductor: Arturo Toscanini...
...Symphony (Sun. 5 p.m., NBC). Schubert's Symphony No. 7 in C Major; Rossini's overture to Il Signor Bruschino. Conductor: Arturo Toscanini...
...Symphony (Sun. 5 p.m., NBC). Berlioz' Romeo and Juliet (second half), with Basso Nicola Moscona. Conductor: Arturo Toscanini...
...stubborn handful of U.S. conductors (some exceptions: Toscanini, Koussevitsky, and for the past year Rodzinski) are under contract to Judson. Conductors are glad to pay his stiff commissions (up to 20%) simply as unemployment insurance; if they need a new job they will need his help. There are only 24 major symphonies in the U.S., and Judson alone has some 50 conductors on his rolls...
After four years in Los Angeles, Rodzinski quarreled with the manager and headed for Cleveland. Toscanini heard one of his Cleveland broadcasts, and recommended him for the 1937 Salzburg Festival. And when Toscanini agreed to head the projected NBC Symphony, he insisted that Rodzinski should recruit the players...