– 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 one of the Meat and Potatoes pieces
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It was sixty-nine years ago this Memorial Day that President Eisenhower officially proclaimed Memorial Day to be a National Day of Remembrance. A day of remembrance for those who fell at the end of the Civil War, the day has come to symbolize a time of remembrance to those Americans
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– May 16, 1938 – Radio Prague News – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – May 16, 1938 – It didn’t seem so ominous at the time, but news from Prague over the situation in Czechoslovakia was becoming one of concern throughout Europe. The issue of lands under Czech control which
Charles Munch, cond. The French National Orchestra – Honegger: Symphony Number 5 (World Premier) – March 9, 1951 – ORTF – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – A few years ago I ran a rehearsal with Charles Munch and The Boston Symphony, preparing for the American Premier of the Symphony Number
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Further evidence May, historically, has been anything but a dull month. Take for example this past week in 1975. News for the week ending May 11, 1975 was about upheaval, reprisal and fear for the future. With the collapse of South Vietnam, the exodus of refugees to America continued. The
NBC Nightly News – May 4, 1970 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection Many have said the events outside the 1968 Democratic Convention in Chicago started the shift in national opinion of the War in Vietnam. The events at Kent State (and a few days later at Jackson State) 52 years
