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Orchestras of the Nation (Sat. 3 p.m., NBC). The Indianapolis Symphony gives the radio premieres of Deems Taylor's Elegy for Orchestra and Reinhold Glière's Friendship of People overture. Conductor: Fabien Sevitzky...
Philadelphia Orchestra (Sat. 5 p.m., CBS). Vaughan Williams' Fantasia on a Theme by Tallis, Beethoven's Sixth (Pastoral) Symphony. Conductor: Eugene Ormandy...
...Italian program: Cherubini's only symphony, Catalani's prelude from La Wally, Respighi's Fountains of Rome. Conductor: Arturo Toscanini...
Boston Symphony (Tues. 8:30 p.m., ABC). Mahler's Fourth Symphony. Soloist: Soprano Desi Halban. Conductor: Bruno Walter...
...Conductor George Szell of the Cleveland Orchestra first got him interested in the A problem. What orchestras needed for tuning purposes, Pickering decided, was a pure, unvarying note with no overtones. No ordinary loudspeaker (and no musical instrument) emits pure tones: what comes out is a mixture of dominant tone and any number of overtones...