Word: gretchaninoff
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...engagement, rounded out the sixth season of Philadelphia's Youth Concerts. Three thousand youngsters crammed the aged Academy of Music. (This season's tickets were all sold out two hours after they were placed on sale.) As a special treat Stokowski gave them a world premiere: Alexander Gretchaninoff's Fifth Symphony. Then, as one adolescent, the whole audience sang Ein' feste Burg ist unser Gott, Schubert's Ave Maria and a brand-new Philadelphia Youth Song to music by Sibelius. Maestro Stokowski called for more jive: "Let the walls rock and the ceiling move...
...program is as follows: Mighty Lord from Christmas Oratorio of Bach Grant Us To Do With Zeal Bach Creator Alme Siderum Plain Song Jesu Dulcis Vittoria Miserere Allegri Glory and Worship Purcell Sacerdotes Domini Byrd Jerusalem Parry Credo Gretchaninoff Adoramus Te Palestrina Then Round About the Starry Throne Handel