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...California this summer. The London quartet's last two violinists, tall John Pennington and deadpan Thomas W. Petre have been playing in cinema studio orchestras. Only dapper William Primrose had far to travel for the reunion-from Manhattan, where he is the NBC Symphony's crack viola player...
...earn less than they did before the war; principals average $28 a week, "rank" players $16. But the men say their spines feel better. The Philharmonic now has a democratic constitution, is run by a committee composed of the Sub-Leader, First French Horn, Third Horn, Principal Trombone, Rank Viola. The Rank Viola-Thomas Russell -is secretary, too busy today to play in the orchestra. He used to carry the Philharmonic cash in a little black bag, now has a bank account. Since the barnstorming began, the orchestra has played music like Beethoven's Fifth Symphony (most popular...
...version of the Seven Words was given its U.S. debut, by the Primrose Quartet. On sale last week was the first recording of it (Victor: 17 sides; $9), a fine one by the same outfit, whose boss is crisp, Scottish-born, cricket-playing William Primrose, world's best viola player...
...radio last Sunday, a U. S. composer poked mild fun at a friend. The fun was some low viola chitchat in a string orchestra: a musical impression of the almost inaudible wit of Musicritic Robert A. Simon of The New Yorker. It was performed by special dispensation, the work of the first ASCAP man to return to the networks with his own tunes. The composer and conductor was lanky, ruddy, silvery-haired Robert Russell Bennett, back on the air in a WOR-Mutual program called Russell Bennett's Notebook (7 p.m. E. S. T.). The program has been allowed...
...M720) while erring on the side of over-brilliance, is a thoroughly satisfactory job. Eugene Ormandy has an obvious love for the work, which on the whole triumphs over the occasional patchiness of his performance. Feurmann's cello playing is, as always, superlative, and blends admirably with the smooth viola-solo of Samuel Lifschey. The cello solo is one reason why Don Quixote appeals to me more than Ein Heldenleben, in which work the lengthy passages of ultra-sweet, upper-register fiddling get on my nerves so much as to lessen my enjoyment of the work...