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Click on the link here for Audio Player – The Boston Symphony In concert – Charles Munch, Cond. – Victoria de Los Angeles, Soprano – April 9, 1955 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection While we’re still working on more BSO rehearsals, we unearthed a concert you might enjoy. It features...
Click on the link here for Audio Player – The Boston Symphony in Rehearsal – Richard Burgin, assoc. Cond. – Joseph Battista, piano – April 14, 1951. For this week’s rehearsal, Associate Conductor Richard Burgin leads the Boston Symphony in a rehearsal of the Chopin Piano Concerto number 2, with...
Click on the link here for Audio Player – Boston Symphony in Rehearsal – Charles Munch, Cond. – April 21, 1951 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection More Boston Symphony rehearsals this week. This time it’s The BSO and their Music Director Charles Munch rehearsing the Berlioz Requiem, as broadcast on...
Click on the link here for Audio Player – The Boston Symphony In Rehearsal – Charles Munch, cond. – Jan. 13, 1951 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection More historic rehearsals this week. The Boston Symphony with Charles Munch rehearse Richard Strauss’ Don Juan, originally broadcast on January 13, 1951. Considered...
Click on the link here for Audio Player – Charles Munch and The Boston Symphony – Rehearse Brahms Symphony Nr. 2 – 1951 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection Continuing our weekly series of historic rehearsal recordings featuring the Boston Symphony. This week it’s Charles Munch and the BSO rehearsing the...
Click on the link here for Audio Player – BSO In Rehearsal – Charles Munch, conducting – March 2, 1951 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection This week’s installment of our Boston Symphony In Rehearsal series features the BSO under Charles Munch rehearsing two wildly different pieces on the same program....
A very little goes a very long way: Become a Patron! Another historic rehearsal from The Boston Symphony. This week it’s Charles Munch and the BSO rehearsing the first Boston performance of the Symphony Number 6 by Prokofiev. The rehearsal took place on June 16, 1951. The Sixth Symphony dates...
Click on the link here for Audio Player – Boston Symphony In Rehearsal – Charles Munch, Conductor – April 29, 1951 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection Continuing our weekly journey through rehearsals with the BSO. This week, Music Director Charles Munch leads the orchestra in rehearsals of music by Debussy...
Click on the link here for Audio Player – Boston Symphony – In Rehearsal – Charles Munch, conducting – May 12, 1951 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection Another rehearsal from The Boston Symphony. This week, it’s a rehearsal for the U.S. Premier of the Symphony Number 5 by Swiss-French composer...
NBC Radio – Boston Symphony In Rehearsal – Charles Munch, cond. Ania Dorfmann, piano – Dec. 30, 1950 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection Become a Patron! Continuing the series of Boston Symphony Rehearsal recordings – this weekend it’s The Boston Symphony, lead by Music Director Charles Munch and featuring the...
