Word: verbrugghen
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...within a few hours the young violinist stepped into his place. Four years ago Arturo Toscanini was unable to keep an engagement in Philadelphia; young Eugene Ormandy had another unexpected chance. He acquitted himself so creditably that he was called to Minneapolis to pinch-hit for ailing Henri Verbrugghen. There he remained...
...Orchestra congregates in the Hub Store fitting-room. Conductor Evans, a Chicago Symphony viola player, is the only paid professional in the lot. The concertmaster is Sidney James, a handsome, white-haired chemical engineer. One of the 'cellists is a brain-specialist- Dr. Adrien Henri Pierre Eugene Verbrugghen, son of Belgian Henri Verbrugghen who used to conduct the Minneapolis Symphony...
...over $200,000 but this year Mrs. Carlyle Scott, the Orchestra's manageress, counts on ticket sales to make up the difference. She hopes for big things from Eugene Ormandy, the youthful, enthusiastic conductor who was called to Minneapolis suddenly last year vice ailing Belgian Henri Verbrugghen (TIME, Nov. 16, 1931). Last week the despaired-of season opened with a concert at the University of Minnesota's Northrop Auditorium. It was an occasion for champagne. Pretty, sparkling Lily Pons appeared as soloist...
...make his approach to music commonplace. When he was playing the Brahms Concerto in Minneapolis, he forgot a part of the slow movement. He made no effort to cover his-lapse as most violinists would have done. With perfect poise he stepped up to Conductor Henri Verbrugghen, asked him to start the movement over again...
...Jack Frost hours), his occasional successes at summer concerts in Philadelphia and Manhattan. A bit bewildered by his good fortune, Ormandy set out for Philadelphia, conducted so expertly that even Stokowski addicts were enthusiastic. Minneapolis, hearing of his achievement, immediately summoned him to substitute this week for Belgian Henri Verbrugghen, also ailing. Minneapolis will find him as Philadelphia did, a diligent, painstaking musician, free from mannerisms. His thin, blond hair and light blue eyes are perfect counterparts of a self-effacing personality. But Conductor Ormandy is no longer pale. He uses a sun-ray lamp diligently, wears a becoming...