I have often wondered,what is the earliest surviving recording of a symphony orchestra radio broadcast?
> Date: Fri, 21 Mar 2014 10:51:58 -0700
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> Yes,
>
> February 10, 1922, as noted in the posting, so the DSO beat the NY Phil by 6 months.
>
> However, as a consolation, it appears that NYPO had the first national broadcast in 1930,
> 4 years before the DSO began their Ford Hour broadcasts.
>
>
> -- Leo Gillis
>
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> On Thu, 3/20/14, Steven Smolian <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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> Date: Thursday, March 20, 2014, 7:24 PM
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> Can you supply date?
>
> New York Phil. Many summer Concerts were complete, the first
> being 8/11/22.
>
> Steve Smolian
>
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> Hi Steve,
>
> There certainly were earlier broadcasts of classical music
> on the radio but it seems that the DSO was the first to do a
> full concert.
>
> This is from the DSO website:
>
> "In 1922, Gabrilowitsch led the orchestra and guest pianist
> Artur Schnabel in the world's first radio broadcast of a
> symphonic concert on WWJ-AM. "
>
> and from last.fm:
>
> "The DSO performed the world’s first radio broadcast of a
> symphonic concert on February 10, 1922 with pianist Artur
> Schnabel, and became the first nationally broadcast radio
> orchestra on the Ford Sunday Evening Hour, later Ford
> Symphony Hour from 1934 to 1942 on the Columbia Broadcast
> System."
>
> and from the Schabel Music Foundation:
>
> "Feb. 1922 --Schnabel coincidentally participated in the
> first live radio broadcast of a complete symphony orchestra
> concert. This was in Detroit, Michigan during his first
> American tour."
>
>
> There are only four instances of Schnabel mentioned in the
> performance archives of the DSO. The first two are for
> identical concerts on Feb. 9 and 10, 1922; the second
> performance was the one broadcast on WWJ (which, however,
> was still WBL at that time, and did not receive the call
> letters WWJ until March 3, 1922):
>
>
> Tenth Programme
> Subscription 10
>
> Detroit Symphony Orchestra
> Thursday, February 09, 1922
>
> Artists
> Ossip Gabrilowtisch, conductor
> Artur Schnabel, Piano
>
> Program
> Mendelssohn - Overture from Calm Sea and Prosperous
> Voyage, Op. 27 Brahms - Piano Concerto No.1 in D
> minor, Op.15 Intermission Tchaikovsky - Symphony No. 6
> in B minor, Op. 74, "Pathétique"
>
>
> So when did the NYPO start their broadcasts? From their site
> we have:
>
> "Aug. 11, 1922 - First broadcast by a
> major symphony orchestra, New York Philharmonic,
> program conducted by Willem van Hoogstraten from Lewisohn
> Stadium."
>
>
> -- Leo Gillis
>
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> On Thu, 3/20/14, Steven Smolian <[log in to unmask]>
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> broadcasts
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> Date: Thursday, March 20, 2014, 5:26 PM
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> Hi, there, DDR et al,
>
> The New York Philharmonic was being broadcast regularly
> the
> previous year.
>
> Steve Smolian
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> broadcasts
>
> The 1923 broadcasts are authentic but unrecorded. The were
> conducted by
> Gabrilowitsch. They may have been the first radio
> broadcast
> of a regular
> symphony orchestra concert. The Minneapolis Symphony under
> Verbrugghen also
> broadcast in that same year.
>
> DDR
>
>
> On Wed, Mar 19, 2014 at 7:41 PM, John Haley <[log in to unmask]>
> wrote:
>
> > Thanks, Leo. Great info.
> > Best, John
> >
> >
> > On Wed, Mar 19, 2014 at 7:06 PM, Leo Gillis <[log in to unmask]>
> wrote:
> >
> > > The online archives of the DSO for the Ford
> Sunday
> Evening Hour goes
> > > from
> > > 2/16/1934 to 3/8/1947. A couple are listed for
> 1923, but I'm not
> > > sure if those are correct.
> > >
> > > http://www.dso.org/performanceTitle.aspx?page_id=648
> > >
> > > The list of conductors includes: Victor
> Kolar, Fritz Reiner, Mischa
> > > Levitsky, Alexander Smallens, Charles Hackett,
> Richard Bonelli, Sir
> > Ernest
> > > MacMillan, Emma Otero, Franco Ghione, Elwyn
> Carter, Andre
> > > Kostelanetz,
> > Sir
> > > John Barbirolli, Sir Thomas Beecham, Wilfrid
> Pelletier, Jose Iturbi,
> > George
> > > Szell, Sir Eugene Ormandy, Reginald Stewart,
> Artur, Rodzinaksi,
> > > Eugene Goossens, Victor Kolar, Harold Koch,
> Dmitri
> Mitropoulos, Karl
> > > Krueger, William Steinberg, Leonard Bernstein,
> Efrem Kurtz, and C.
> Valter Poole.
> > >
> > > The first few years were all Kolar, (DSO
> principal
> conductor) then
> > > Reiner and Ormandy began appearing. Kolar,
> Reiner,
> Ormandy, Iturbi,
> > > Pelletier
> > and
> > > Beecham did numerous performances, and many of
> these in later years
> > > were held at the Music Hall, another fine, small
> venue in downtown
> > > Detroit, still in operation. Several of the
> listings unfortunately
> > > do not include the performance venue.
> > >
> > > -- Leo Gillis
> > >
> > >
> > > On Tue, Mar 18, 2014 at 7:38 PM, Don Tait
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> > > < [log in to unmask]>
> > > wrote:
> > >
> > > > 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
> > >
> > >
> >
>
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