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...when fashionable gentiles had their own ideas about the San Francisco orchestra. But Hertz liked the cool, moist San Francisco climate, liked his San Francisco home overlooking the Pacific and in San Francisco he remained. San Franciscans generally came to realize that he was as fine a German conductor as they had ever known...
...native to Finland as its fjords and forests, its long dark winters and its northern lights is Composer Jean Julius Christian Sibelius. But not until last winter in Helsingfors did this aging national hero hear his music played exactly as he conceived it. Conductor of that extraordinary concert was a young U.S. citizen named Werner Janssen. Because the great Sibelius pronounced him great, Conductor Janssen got his chance last fortnight to lead the New York Philharmonic-Symphony (TIME...
Even with the accolade of the great composer, Conductor Janssen delayed his one Sibelius offering until last week when he closed his Philharmonic engagement. Previously he had conducted unfamiliar music which left his listeners doubtful. But with the Sibelius Fifth Symphony he proved himself worthy of the master Finn's approval. His gestures were no longer cramped and self-consciously sub- dued. In his ardor he ripped open his coat sleeve but no one thought of snickering. Sibelius had been presented in all his strength and clarity. Even the orchestramen who set their standards by Arturo Toscanini clapped...
Four concerts will be given by the Pierian Sodality in December, Malcolm II, Holmes '28, conductor, announced last night. The first recital will be Sunday, December 2, at the Wellesley College Chapel, where the Sodality and the Wellesley Orchestra will be conducted by Mr. Holmes. G. Wallace Woodworth '24, conductor of the Harvard Glee Club, will be the assisting artist...
...Sunday, December 2, in the Wellesley College Chapel, there will be a joint concert by the Wellesley College and Harvard University Orchestra both conducted by Malcolm H. Holmes '28. The assisting artist will be a Wallace Woodworth '24, conductor of the Harvard Glee Club, organist Mr. Woodworth will play numbers by Bach. Mosart, and Haudel, accompanied by the combined orchestra and concert, the third given by the Pierian Sodality this year, will be free and open to the public...