If you are looking for program information,would the DSO have it themselves in their archives? How about The University of Michigan?
Roger
> Date: Wed, 19 Mar 2014 11:38:14 -0400
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> Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] Ford Sunday Evening Hour broadcasts
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> An absolutely complete one, almost regardless of who leads, should have an
> announcement with the venue.
>
> If it's' clear that Reiner is conducting the Detroit SO and not the Chicago,
> then this should do it. A ticket stub should also have that info, as should
> a program.
>
> Steve Smolian
>
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> Sent: Tuesday, March 18, 2014 9:42 PM
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> Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] Ford Sunday Evening Hour broadcasts
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> Hi, Don. I have several Reiner ones, but there are many more by other
> conductors. You know where bits and pieces turn up--vocal selections on
> Eddie Smith vocal records. At some point, copies of these broadcasts
> existed, because Smith got access to a lot of them to raid them for vocal
> records focusing on particular singers. Pretty hard to find them now, tho.
> If anybody has a collection of them, I sure would love to know about it.
>
> Best, John
>
>
>
>
> On Tue, Mar 18, 2014 at 7:38 PM, Don Tait ([log in to unmask]) <
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> > I have tapes or private CD-Rs of some of those broadcasts. From circa
> > 1941/2. Each 30 minutes. All I have are conducted by Fritz Reiner, who
> > presumably took the train up from Pittsburgh for the gig. I got the
> > recordings from fellow Reiner collectors and have no idea who might
> > have conducted other programs. As one might expect, the selections are
> > short and the musical gruel is pretty thin. The "theme music" for
> > each program is the French horn "bedtime" music from Hansel und
> > Gretel.
> >
> > I do not remember whether the announcer(s) said from where the
> > broadcasts originated. Sorry.
> >
> > Don Tait
> >
> >
> > In a message dated 3/18/2014 3:38:10 P.M. Central Daylight Time,
> > [log in to unmask] writes:
> >
> > Starting in 1934 and continuing for a number of years thereafter, the
> > Detroit Symphony appeared on a radio program, the Ford Symphony Hour.
> > Some
> > of the most distinguished conductors of that time regularly guested
> > on this show, which also featured big name soloists. Preserved
> > broadcasts show that the orchestra was an excellent one during this
> > period, and the acoustics audible on these recordings sound OK, with
> > a touch of nice hall ambiance. A number of these broadcasts are
> > sought after by collectors. I don't know where these shows were
> > recorded, but I assume they predate the Ford Auditorium referred to
> > previously.
> >
> > Best,
> > John Haley
> >
> >
> >
> > On Tue, Mar 18, 2014 at 3:57 PM, Leo Gillis <[log in to unmask]>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > Hi Tom,
> > >
> > > I must second that statement.
> > > The Ford Auditorium had one of the worst acoustics it has ever been
> > > my (dis)pleasure to experience.
> > > No real music lover was saddened at the news of its demolition a
> > > couple years ago.
> > > I used to joke that the best sounding concert I ever attended there
> > > was Marcel Marceau :-)
> > >
> > > Meanwhile, a couple miles away on Woodward is the magnificent
> > > Orchestra Hall, which has one of the best acoustics of any hall
> > > anywhere, and it was built in a matter of 5 months - probably not
> > > to any 'scientific' principles!
> > >
> > > In between these two extremes, the excellent auditorium (and entire
> > > building)
> > > of Cass Technical High School is now demolished.
> > > Perhaps you have some info on the recording session for Berlioz'
> > > Symphonie Fantastique that Paul Paray and the DSO did there for
> > Mercury?
> > > Despite my hometown bias, this is still one of my favorite versions
> > > of that work.
> > >
> > >
> > > -- Leo Gillis
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > --------------------------------------------
> > > On Tue, 3/18/14, Tom Fine <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> > >
> > > Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] Old Mercury recording venue gets a rebuild
> > > To: [log in to unmask]
> > > Date: Tuesday, March 18, 2014, 7:11 PM
> > >
> > > ...
> > >
> > > As bad as Northrop was as a recording venue, the absolute worst
> > > was the Edsel Ford Auditorium in Detroit. This was another
> > > "modern" venue designed by "science." It was almost unusable for
> > > stereo recording and barely usable for mono recording. Mercury
> > > ended up using the old orchestra hall, then called the Paradise
> > > Theatre and used at other times by a local evangelical church.
> > > Then Cass Technical High School's wonderful auditorium was
> > > "discovered," just in time for 35mm recording and improved stereo
> > > cutting.
> > >
> > > -- Tom Fine
> > >
> > >
> >
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