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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...
...Symphony (Sat. 6:30 p.m., NBC). Conductor: Arturo Toscanini...
...huge, brooding statue of Verdi, the three-story, red brick Casa now accommodates 50 men and 35 women in elegant austerity. There are still a few who remember the old maestro. Said Soprano Giannina Russ, 77, once a star at La Scala: "He was always critical. Just like Toscanini, he was never satisfied...
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...