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1954-55 Scrapbook (Part 3 of 3), May 1, 1954 - Jul 17, 1955
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- 555-065-03
Record Group
- Communications/Public Relations
Series
- Press Clippings
Contents List
- p. 1 - Soloists and Conductors
- p. 13 - Struggles and Announcements
- p. 47 - Carnegie Hall Show All
- p. 1 - Soloists and Conductors
- p. 13 - Struggles and Announcements
- p. 47 - Carnegie Hall
- p. 50 - Dimitri Mitropoulos Show First 3
Folder Title
- 1954-55 Scrapbook (Part 3 of 3)
Dates
- May 1, 1954 - Jul 17, 1955
Subjects
- All-Gershwin Program
- Beethoven: Symphony No. 9
- Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 1 in D-Minor
- Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-flat Show All
- All-Gershwin Program
- Beethoven: Symphony No. 9
- Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 1 in D-Minor
- Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-flat
- Cimarosa: Il Fanatico per gli Antichi Romani
- Concertgebouw Orchestra of Amsterdam
- Copland: El Salon Mexico
- Cortés: Sinfonia Sacra
- Deficits
- Friends of the Philharmonic Luncheon
- Gould: Show Piece for Orchestra
- Liebermann: Concerto for Jazz Band and Symphony Orchestra
- Mahler: Symphony No. 6
- Mennin: Symphony No. 6
- Meyerowitz: The Glory Around His Head
- NBC Symphony
- Netherlands Magazine
- Pension Fund
- Philharmonic Painter's Club
- Piston: Toccata
- Premieres
- Press clippings, 1954-55
- Riverside Church
- Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
- Symphony of the Air
- Verdi: Requiem
- Westminster Choir
- Young People's Concerts Show Top 4
Names
- Anderson, Marian
- Arrau, Claudio
- Bing, Rudolf
- Cimarosa, Domenico
- Cortes [Cortés], Ramiro
- Downes, Olin
- Gieseking, Walter
- Hess, Myra
- Kostelanetz, Andre
- Kubelík, Rafael
- Mennin, Peter
- Meyerowitz, Jan
- Mitropoulos, Dimitri
- Serkin, Rudolf
- Shostakovich, Dmitri
- Strassner, Gloria
- Tomsic, Dubravka
- Toscanini, Arturo
- Untermeyer, Sophie G.
- Vaughan Williams, Ralph
- Walter, Bruno
- van Beinum, Eduard Show Top 4
Abstract
- Review of new deluxe set of recordings by Bruno Walter and the Philharmonic of Brahms' orchestral music
- Pianist Claudio Arrau presented a highly praised poetic performance of the Chopin E-Minor Concerto
- Mixed reviews of Guido Cantelli's performance of the Beethoven "Pastoral" Symphony
- Enthusiastic reception to an all- Gershwin program on Christmas night conducted by Andre Kostelanetz featuring pianist Eugene List
- Poor review of Guido Cantelli's opening program of the season featuring Beethoven's "Pastoral" Symphony and Mussorgsky/Ravel Pictures at and Exhibition as well as arrangements of 18th century pieces by little-known Italian composers
- Cantelli conducts the early Mozart Symphony in A, K 201, and Tchaikovsky's Fourth Symphony
- Recording released of Mitropoulos and the Philharmonic playing Wallingford Riegger's Symphony No. 3 and Peter Mennin's Symphony No. 3
- NYP and world premiere of Ramiro Cortés' Sinfonia Sacra; Cortés won the tenth annual Gershwin Memorial Award, and part of his prize was it being performed by the NYP
- Richard Rodgers conducts NYP for a Pension Fund Benefit
- NYP Premiere of Domenico Cimarosa's Il Fanatico per gli Antichi Romani
- Dame Myra Hess plays the Brahms D-Minior Concerto to great critical acclaim, playing from the score
-NYP Premiere of Morton Gould's Show Piece for Orchestra, commissioned by Columbia Records
- Rudolf Serkin plays an "unforgettable" performance of Brahms Piano Concerto No. 2
- Local premiere of Peter Mennin's restless and exciting Symphony No. 6
- Walter Gieseking makes his first performance since 1939
- Walter Piston's Toccata conducted successfully by Guido Cantelli, his first foray into American music with the Philharmonic, followed by Copland's El Salon Mexico
- Mitropoulos conducts the first New York performance of Rolf Liebermann's frequently atonal Concerto for Jazz Band and Symphony Orchestra, featuring the Sauter-Finegan Band
- Westminster Choir gives its 100th performance with the New York Philharmonic in the Premiere of Jan Meyerowitz' The Glory Around His Head and Beethoven's Ninth Symphony
- Mitropoulos conducts Mahler's Sixth Symphony, which he premiered in 1947
- Praise for Jan Meyerowitz' cantata The Glory Around His Head, expecially the singing of the Westminster Choir
- Men of NBC Symphony attempt to keep orchestra alive after retirement of Arturo Tosanini
- Philharmonic deficit, September 1954
- Concerts by Amsterdam Concertgebouw Orhestra under Eduard van Beinum and Rafael Kubelik, October 1954
- Numerous articles about the Amsterdam Concertgebouw Orchestra
- Special party train arranged to take both the Philharmonic and the Concertgebouw Orchestras from Connecticut, where they both gave concerts, to New York, November 1954
- NBC Symphony reorganized as Symphony of the Air
- Ralph Vaughan Williams, a guest at Cornell University, present at the Philharmonic performance of his Fourth Symphony in October 1954, and subject of article by Olin Downes in The New York Times
- Rebuilding of organ in Riverside Church completed, making it the largest organ in New York City
- The New York Philharmonic-Symphony plays at Riverside Church to introduce the new organ, March 30 1955
- Owners Plan to raze Carnegie Hall, which in turn the Philharnonic-Symphony is considering buying
- Review by Olin Downes of Philharmonic Year in The New York Times
- Article in Opera News. January 17, 1955, "My Friend Mitropoulos," by Gisella Selden-Goth, about Dimitri Mitropoulos, dating back to the period when he was studying with Feruccio Busoni, and about to make his debut with the Metropolitan Opera
- Metropolitan Firsters, article by Rudolf Bing, Manager of the Metropolian Opera, in Opera News, January 17, 1955
Project Funder
- Leon Levy Foundation
Preferred Citation
1954-55 Scrapbook (Part 3 of 3), 1 May 1954 - 17 Jul 1955, Folder 555-065-03, Communications/Public Relations Records, New York Philharmonic Shelby White & Leon Levy Digital Archives.
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