Word: pianists
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...York Philharmonic (Sun. 2:30 p.m., CBS). Conductor: Dimitri Mitropoulos; soloist: Pianist Robert Casadesus...
Permanent Drift. Born in Manhattan, Feininger started out to be a musician. His father was a violinist, his mother a pianist and Lyonel eventually became both. He was a shy and lonely boy who practiced four or five hours a day, then listened for hours more to his parents' performances. When he was 16, his father decided that he should continue his studies in Leipzig. But the professor his father wanted him to have was away. While waiting in Hamburg for his return, Lyonel drifted into studying...
...York Philharmonic (Sun. 2:30 p.m., CBS). Conductor Dimitri Mitropoulos, Pianist Oscar Levant...
Rameau's Troisieme Concert opened the program. This is fragile stuff--even the rolicking tambourins that come at the end lose all their effectiveness if not played with the utmost delicacy. The performances by violinist Orrea Pernel, cellist George Finckel, and pianist Claude Frank were decidedly unidiomatic. Their tone was harsh, their phrasing stiff, and their technique heavy-handed...
...dramatic appeal of its music make it a work of great esthetic value. Its unconventional treatment--its complex interrelationships and its attempts to induce deeply spiritual reactions--makes it a work of historical significance. And its magnificent performance last Thursday night by Phyllis Curtin, soprano, and Gregory Tucker, pianist, made it an excellent conclusion to the Longy School's Music of Today series...