In preparation for the BPO arriving in the United States with Wilhelm Furtwängler, promotional posters with his name and likeness were printed. Source: a friend of mine - who is a Furtwängler collector - owns one of the posters. Best wishes from Vermont 🍁🧡🍁
You were possibly trying to “stir the pot” with your comment. I will note that Dimitri Mitropoulos was Music Director of the New York Philharmonic from 1949 to 1958. Their website mentions that Bruno Walter “citing his advanced years and weakened health, would only accept the title of Musical Advisor, a position he held from 1947 to 1949.” They both had followed Toscanini who was Music Director in NY from 1928 - 1936.
The New Yorkers of that era were already acquainted with virtuoso orchestral sound, thanks to the New York Philharmonic, the NBC Symphony Orchestra, Toscanini, Bruno Walter, and others. They didn't get a chance to "learn something about virtuoso orchestral sound"; they were already familiar with it.
@@barney6888 In other words, you're changing your rhetorical goalposts in the face of reasonable rebuttals. Wise move, Barney. 😏 Spoiler alert: the Vienna Philharmonic had already appeared in the United States - in 1956 - on ITS first tour. Best wishes from Vermont 🍁🧡🧡
@@TheStockwell Please, that's a nice pile of meaningless babblegab. I'm sure somebody is smiling at what appears to be your command of the vocabulary. Using meaningless babblegab to do the very thing it is accusing me of is hardly engaging, at all. I've stuck to the point, vK and his BPO achieved the highest quality of sound we've heard and your prejudice and lack of musical understanding is proven by your lack of true substance in your responses regarding that view. But for the sake of talking a bit fancy, vK had a vision for ":the sound". He got an amazing "sound" from that orchestra, which naysayers like you think you can ... naysay. vK's timing is near perfect. No conductor holds the right tempo the way he did. I know of no other conductor who was found worthy of being teased by Stravinsky, who loved being a tease. Solti, upon hearing of vK's death, said he was the greatest conductor of our time. Suck it up and please go be a phoney, New York snob with someone else, I don't enjoy the company of people who pretend they know what they're talking about and accuse me of the very thing they are doing.
In preparation for the BPO arriving in the United States with Wilhelm Furtwängler, promotional posters with his name and likeness were printed.
Source: a friend of mine - who is a Furtwängler collector - owns one of the posters.
Best wishes from Vermont 🍁🧡🍁
Video bellissimo ... ☀️🌹🍀
It's so nice to see the New Yorkers of that era getting a chance to learn something about virtuoso orchestral sound.
I'm a Canadian, so, be nice.
You were possibly trying to “stir the pot” with your comment. I will note that Dimitri Mitropoulos was Music Director of the New York Philharmonic from 1949 to 1958. Their website mentions that Bruno Walter “citing his advanced years and weakened health, would only accept the title of Musical Advisor, a position he held from 1947 to 1949.”
They both had followed Toscanini who was Music Director in NY from 1928 - 1936.
The New Yorkers of that era were already acquainted with virtuoso orchestral sound, thanks to the New York Philharmonic, the NBC Symphony Orchestra, Toscanini, Bruno Walter, and others. They didn't get a chance to "learn something about virtuoso orchestral sound"; they were already familiar with it.
@@Sh.moon. Oh sure. Combined they're not as good as vK and his BPO.
@@barney6888 In other words, you're changing your rhetorical goalposts in the face of reasonable rebuttals. Wise move, Barney. 😏
Spoiler alert: the Vienna Philharmonic had already appeared in the United States - in 1956 - on ITS first tour.
Best wishes from Vermont 🍁🧡🧡
@@TheStockwell Please, that's a nice pile of meaningless babblegab. I'm sure somebody is smiling at what appears to be your command of the vocabulary. Using meaningless babblegab to do the very thing it is accusing me of is hardly engaging, at all. I've stuck to the point, vK and his BPO achieved the highest quality of sound we've heard and your prejudice and lack of musical understanding is proven by your lack of true substance in your responses regarding that view. But for the sake of talking a bit fancy, vK had a vision for ":the sound". He got an amazing "sound" from that orchestra, which naysayers like you think you can ... naysay. vK's timing is near perfect. No conductor holds the right tempo the way he did. I know of no other conductor who was found worthy of being teased by Stravinsky, who loved being a tease. Solti, upon hearing of vK's death, said he was the greatest conductor of our time. Suck it up and please go be a phoney, New York snob with someone else, I don't enjoy the company of people who pretend they know what they're talking about and accuse me of the very thing they are doing.
1:43 ”He's even conducting the photograph” Of course, Mr. von Karajan was born to be a conductor. 😂
Can't understand German but good video:) See you guys in Boston!
There are English subtitles throughout in case you understand English. Perhaps turn them on using cc
Which recording of Beethoven's 5th symphony is playing in the background?
According to TH-cam, it's Abbado conducting the Berliners (on DGG). Which wouldn't amuse Karajan.
3:20 What is this song?
Beethoven Symphony No. 5, 2nd movement
it's called a "movement' not a 'song'. try to learn the classical music language.