Word: violiniste
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...York Philharmonic (Sun. 2:30 p.m., CBS). Conductor: Dimitri Mitro- poulos, with Violinist Nathan Milstein...
...world, there was only one Maestro-Arturo Toscanini. At La Scala, long Toscanini's artistic home, scene of some of his greatest triumphs, a rehearsal for a new opera (by French Composer Francis Poulenc) was hastily called off.. As the musicians went home quietly, one violinist said: "He has gone on golden wings." In Milan's Casa di Riposo, which was founded by Verdi and to which Toscanini contributed, aged singers and musicians started a fast. And at Toscanini's Milan home, a veteran servant placed the traditional "book of condolences" in the entrance; for days...
...York Philharmonic (Sun. 2:30 p.m., CBS). Conductor: Leonard Bernstein. Soloist: Violinist Isaac Stern playing Prokofiev's Second Concerto...
...first violinist did not always play second fiddle to the conductor. In the small 18th century ensembles, the other musicians often took their lead from the first violin, but growing orchestras, complex scores and the public's demand for a good show have made the conductor virtually irreplaceable. Still, the concertmaster has far more to do with running the orchestra than meets...
...Named, as are many quartets, after the first violinist. The members: Jacques Parrenin, Marcel Charpentier, Serge Collot, Pierre Penassou...