Word: whats
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Despite its eminence, one complaint might be made against the Vienna Philharmonic: it plays too little modern music, rarely even gets around to the works of such eminent Viennese as Arnold Schoenberg and Anton Webern. But the men of the Vienna Philharmonic know what they like. Says Concertmaster Willy Boskovsky...
The instrumentalists making their way to the stage of St. Louis' Kiel Auditorium ranged in age from 13 to 60. Some of them were housewives, others were students, disk jockeys, dentists, engineers. But when Guest Conductor Edouard van Remoortel rapped them to silence and led them into Beethoven'...
Whole families often play with the Philharmonic. S. Carl Robinson, vice president of the St. Louis transit system, plays the second flute while his wife is a timpanist and his 23-year-old son a French horn player. The rehearsal schedule is heavy: six 2½-hour rehearsals for each...
Admittedly crusaders for what the profession calls "left ventriculography," Drs. Dotter and Gensini believe that the technique is safe enough to be used in a physician's office. Some cardiologists believe it still advisable to have the patient in a hospital. But they agree that if experience proves the...
Griffith provides some skillful comic relief as a sheik who is crazy over horses. But what matters most and comes off best in the picture is the great scenes of spectacle, particularly the chariot race, a superbly handled crescendo of violence that ranks as one of the finest action sequences...