A different Scherzo: Schumann, Chardon, Minneapolis Symphony 1948

Last week I posted an amazing recording of Mitropoulos conducting the Minneapolis Symphony’s performance of Schumann’s 2nd Symphony in 1947:
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A few months after that performance we have this recording - Symphony assistant conductor Yves Chardon conducting just the Scherzo for a Children’s Concert to Minneapolis area students. No specific date but the reel box says January of 1948.
Hard to beat Mitropoulos conducting Schumann but I think Chardon holds his own here. What do you think?
The brief introduction to the piece is by Symphony Cellist Emeritus Carlo Fisher.
By the way - the thumbnail for this is Chardon with Leonard Bernstein. I could not find any pictures of Chardon other than this one - which came from the Minnesota Orchestra’s Facebook page.
Technical info:
Unknown Scotch - but probably Scotch 100
7” Reel
7 1/2 IPS
If you look closely you can see this is paper-backed tape which means it is some of the very earliest formulations from 3M. It also typically means it’s pretty noisy and that is what is happening here. I tried various noise reduction approaches but all of them took away too much of the string section. A few minutes in it’s hardly noticeable in my listening.

[@marcovillarroel2490]

Gran vitalidad de este hermoso movimiento,muy bien,gracias,otra joyita recuperada

[@verdiguy]

Chardon displays a nice, light touch here, just perfect for a youth concert. It's taken at a pretty good clip as well. Listening to it just on its own, it would be nice to pair this Scherzo at a concert for children with some Mendelssohn, such as Midsummer Night's Dream or the second movement of the Scottish Symphony. Thanks for posting!

[@johnmichel3676]

I suspect this is also from the Thursday afternoon Young People's Concert of November 20, 1947, which was broadcast live by KUOM, with Yves Chardon conducting. The same Young People's Concert program, including the Schumann, was given a few days earlier as well, on Tuesday afternoon, November 18, 1947, across the river at the old Saint Paul Auditorium.

[@MarchantTapeArchive]

Plausible - however 95% of the time when Mr. Marchant wrote a date on the reel or reel box it has been accurate, and this one says Jan 1948. Pretty close to November 47 either way. I actually have many of those 1947 young people's performances and it's interesting to hear the different ways Carlo introduces them each time - it's not the same script.