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...cellist. Mrs. Hoover attended, applauded vigorously, sent Herr Dr. Kindler a big bunch of yellow chrysanthemums. When Conductor Kindler had learned that Pres ident Hoover would not attend, he had sighed a great sigh of regret. "Ah, me." said he. "The President can always find time to attend the opening of a World Series and throw out the first ball. Tell His Excellency that if he will come to our opening, I will give him a fiddle to throw...
Several concerts passed this autumn in which Conductor Leopold Stokowski did not once undertake to discipline his Philadelphia Orchestra subscribers. One of his concerts last week championed ultra-modern composers, who always seem to send Conductor Stokowski into a highly sensitive state. Last week was no exception. During the curious sounds listed as a Symphony for Small Orchestra by Anton Webern, someone sneezed. Coughs and chuckles were instantly let loose. But Conductor Stokowski did not stay to hear them. His arms fell abruptly to his sides. The orchestra stopped playing, watched him stride furiously backstage. Chuckles subsided amid hisses. Silence...
...exiled from Soviet Russia (as men-without-a-country they travel on "Nansen" passports devised by the late Norwegian Explorer-Statesman Fridtjof Nansen, issued by the League of Nations) yet their organization would be sanctioned by the most ardent Communist. It is run on a strictly co-operative basis. Conductor Serge Jaroff takes no more of the profits than the least important of the choristers. But like any military commander he has complete command. No singer may be delinquent about rehearsals. Because of tardiness last year one man was forbidden to sing in any of the Manhattan concerts...
...Conductor Jaroff, small and spry as a cricket, is the chorus' most compelling individual on & off stage. Last year's audiences marked also with special interest Cossack Tierekov, a bass said to have the lowest voice on record, and Cossack Ovtchinikov, whose falsetto is so high that the Don Cossacks are often suspected of concealing a woman in their ranks. Hostesses who entertained the Russians last year or who hired them as performing bears for parties, will remember: handsome Cossack Magnuschensky, the lady-killer, Cossack Kolesnikoff, a bright, understanding little fellow who has a score of anecdotes ready...
...truant Tannhäuser whose torn soul was marvelously depicted by the stately chords of holy Pilgrim music and the madly skirling strings of a Bacchanal. Tenor Gotthelf Pistor had the nasal, strutting manner of most German tenors, but his Tannhäuser showed a certain dark-toned dignity. Conductor Fritz Reiner made a proud showing for his U. S. opera début, the opening of the Philadelphia opera season...