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Hi, there, DDR et al, The New York Philharmonic was being broadcast regularly the previous year. Steve Smolian -----Original Message----- From: Association for Recorded Sound Discussion List [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Dennis Rooney Sent: Thursday, March 20, 2014 12:12 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] Ford Sunday Evening Hour 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 ([log in to unmask]) > > < [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 > > > > > -- 1006 Langer Way Delray Beach, FL 33483 212.874.9626