AN ANGRY CONDUCTOR AT CONCERT
Toscanlni left the platform abruptly at the eoticlusion of a B.B.C. concert he conducted at the Queen's Hall. The reason, apparently. was that aome members of the audience applauded the final item of Brahms' "Requiem," de&pite notices, posted at the conductor 's request, that they should r.ot do so, in view of the nature of the work. The concert, however, was the huge success it was expected to be. Nothing could bave served better as a preface in Brahms.' "German Requiem" thau the splendid perfoimance he gave of the same composer's "Tragic" Overture.- The Requiem itself, which has been described as a sermon in music, was given with solemn and appropriate dignity. The tempi4 cspecially of the two first eections, seemed to be a little slower than that of tradition— an impression which was confirmed by the fact that the work took a few minutes longer than its scheduled time.
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Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Volume 81, Issue 83, 31 December 1937, Page 9
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