Word: landowska
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Conducting will be Malcolm R. Holmes '28. while G. Wallace Woodworth '24. will be guest conductor. As a special feature of the program. Putnam Aldrich well known Boston harpsichord soloist, will play two arrangements by Bach. Aldrich has studied abroad with Wanda Landowska and Nadia Bonlanger...
...Piano and Orchestra, K. 467 (London Symphony, Malcolm Sargent conducting. with Artur Schnabel; Victor: 8 sides; Concerto in C Minor for Piano and Orchestra, K. 491 (London Philharmonic, Lawrence Collingwood conducting, with Edwin Fischer; Victor: 8 sides), and Concerto in D Major for Piano and Orchestra, K. 537 (Wanda Landowska with Chamber Orchestra; Walter Goehr conducting; Victor: 7 sides). Choice between the month's three Mozart piano concertos is hard to make. Each of the three is one of Mozart's finest works, each is done in top-notch style...
Harpsichords. In Manhattan's Lewisohn Stadium one night last week swart Pianist-Conductor Jose Iturbi turned on a little-known facet of his exuberant talent. A harpsichordist for 26 years who has studied with the most publicized exponent of that ancient instrument, Mme Wanda Landowska, he tinkled bravely through a Haydn concerto, conducting the orchestra on the side as all performers did in the harpsichord's heyday, the first half of the 18th Century...
Besides Mme Landowska, who teaches her pupils a somewhat hard, dry touch, contemporary harpsichordists include John Challis of Ypsilanti, Mich., Lewis Richards of the University of Michigan, Ralph Kirkpatrick of Leominster, Mass. A good harpsichord today costs anywhere from...
Aldrich, a native of Providence, Rhode Island, studied abroad under Wanda Landowska, the famous pianist, who has specialized in the playing of the harpsichord and has brought about a revival of its former popularity. Since his return to America he has taught plane in Boston, and is new starting on a tour of the country...