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...unusual case when a man holds a position as conductor of a famous Symphony orchestra for five consecutive years, and during that time grows and develops in an almost uninterrupted course, so that his last season is a real crown for his labors, and the last concert its greatest jewel. Such, certainly is the record of Pierre Monteux, who Thursday evening took leave of Cambridge, and yesterday afternoon commenced a two days' farewell to Boston. The concert was a real culmination, and it seems almost certain that Mr. Monteux will be unable to surpass it, if he succeeds in equalling...
...Monteux came to find a disrupted and a mediocre orchestra; and it is well to remember that at the time Mr. Monteux has not proved himself a great conductor. From the first he found opposition and unfriendliness in parts of the orchestra and in sections of musical Boston, which he has gradually, brought up to as high a pitch as any orchestra in the world...
...Vincent d' Indy is said to have replied to the question; "Who are the great French conductor?" a pessimistic "There aren't any!" If this was true when he wrote it, Pierre Monteux yesterday proved that it is false today...
Sorge Koussewitski, the next conductor remains an enigma, and one can only expect the unexpected, it is safe to say that he will have to be a truly great conductor to keep Mr. Monteux from returning; in fact, one would not be surprised to see him here again anyway. Not few would welcome...
Unfortunately, much of the effect of this grotesquerie was lost in the vast open spaces of Carnegie Hall. It had proved far more exciting when it was first given in the small Vanderbilt Theatre last December by the International Composers' Guild. Stokowski's men had greater success with their conductor's stirring arrangement of the sweeping Bach Passacaglia. The Philadelphians ended on that note of grandiose exaltation...