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 > From: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] Ford Sunday Evening Hour broadcasts > To: [log in to unmask] > > 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 > > -----Original Message----- > From: Association for Recorded Sound Discussion List > [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of John Haley > Sent: Tuesday, March 18, 2014 9:42 PM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] Ford Sunday Evening Hour broadcasts > > 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]) < > [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 > > > > > > > > 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 > > > > > > > >