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Portrait of a City

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This week, in a series tracing the development of the public concert in Europe, music played at the Philharmonic Society concerts in 19th-century London. ' A splendid orchestra' (Elgar, 1900). ' They play like Geneva musical boxes ... like water from a municipal fountain ' (Wagner, 1855)
Cherubinl Overture: Anacrgon
VIENNA PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA conducted by KARL MUNCHINGER ̈ Spohr Finale of Violin Concerto No 8, in A minor (mono) JASCHA HEIFETZ , ORCHESTRA conducted by IZLER SOLOMON
Hummel Finale of Septet In minor: MELOS ENSEMBLE
Wagner Excerpts from Act 3 of Lohengrin: BAVARIAN RADIO CHORUS AND SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA conducted by EUGEN JOCHUM
Elgar Overture: Cockaigne (In London Town) (mono)
BBC SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA conducted by THE composes gramophone records

Contributors

Conducted By:
Karl Munchinger
Unknown:
Jascha Heifetz
Conducted By:
Izler Solomon
Conducted By:
Hummel Finale
Conducted By:
Eugen Jochum
Source: Radio Times

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