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Last week, in Manhattan, the most discussed musical arrival was Clemens Krauss of Vienna and Frankfort, one of the Continent's outstanding maestros, on his way to be guest conductor of the Philadelphia Orchestra. For luggage Conductor Krauss carried the latest novelty from Vienna, a specially constructed suitcase of aluminum and steel to hold music. Customs officers, prodding through his possessions, caused him annoyance by discovering some 250 dutiable cigars. Friends soothed him with the assurance that among Philadelphia's concertgoers is many a person able, alert and eager to send a distinguished new guest conductor some good...
Concerts by Manhattan's Philharmonic-Symphony have been dull this season. Conductor Willem Mengelberg seemed sleepy. The aging Walter Damrosch was uninspired. Then, because Sir Thomas Beecham was unable to come, because Toscanini was late, there followed a string of substitute conductors - Ossip Gabrilowitsch, Fritz Reiner, Arthur Honegger, Hans Lange, Bernardino Molinari. The results were adequate but not memorable. Yet the houses were sold-out. Subscribers had bought in advance for the entire season so that they should by no sorry slip miss Toscanini...
Ignace Hilsberg will be soloist with the Boston Symphony Orchestra, Serge Koussevitzky conductor, at its concert to be held tonight in Sanders Theatre at 8 o'clock. The program follows...
...also learned that the Glee Club will participate in several joint concerts with the Choral Club of Smith College. These concerts will be featured by separate renditions by each of the clubs and by several numbers by the combined chorus. The Smith College Club has as its conductor Mr. Gorokhoff and he and Dr. A. T. Davison '06, the Harvard Glee Club director, will alternate in directing the concert...
...concert orchestra consisting of about 12 men chosen from the Pierian Sodality is being organized by Jacob Moscovitz '30. The new orchestra, known as the Harvard Chamber Ensemble, will be conducted by Nicholas Slonimisky, the present conductor of the Pierian orchestra...