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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
> 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-----
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> [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
> > >
> > >
> >