HOLLYWOOD BOWL SYM "Roman Totenberg"

 

HOLLYWOOD BOWL ORCH - 460818 Roman Totenberg, violin Leopold Stokowski, cond.- Il Segreto Di Susanna

HOLLYWOOD BOWL CONCERT "Bakaleinikoff"

 

HOLLYWOOD BOWL CONCERT - August 10, 1946 - Constantin Bakaleinikoff conducting Hollywood Bowl Symphony

HOLLYWOOD BOWL CONCERT "Episode 17"

 

This concert was recorded for AFRTS on August 6, 1946. Leopold Stokowski conducts The Hollywood Bowl Symphony Orchestra. Compositions heard composed by Berlioz, Debussy, Hindemith, R. Strauss, Copland and Wagner.

HOLLYWOOD BOWL CONCERT "Serenade"

 

AFRTS transcription August 5, 1946 Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo and music of Tchaikovsky, Stravinsky and Bach.

HOLLYWOOD BOWL SYMPHONY CONCERT "Don Giovanni"

 

July 30, 1946 Don Giovanni by Mozart from The Hollywood Bowl for AFRTS.

HOLLYWOOD BOWL CONCERT "Stokowski and Conner"

 

AFRTS transcription from Jubilee concert series 13 July 28, 1946. Leopold Stokowski conducting. Guest artist: Nadine Conner (born Evelyn Nadine Henderson; February 20, 1907 - March 1, 2003) was an American operatic soprano, radio singer and music teacher.

HOLLYWOOD BOWL CONCERT "Mozartiana Tchaikovsky"

 

A ballet night at the Hollywood Bowl. The Hollywood Bowl Orchestra Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo series. Episode 11 recorded July 27, 1946 for AFRTS. The program includes TCHAIKOVSKY'S Mozartiana, RIMSKY-KORSAKOV's Scheherazade, TCHAIKOVSKY'S Bluebird and COPLAND's Rodeo.

HOLLYWOOD BOWL CONCERT "Ballet Russe"

 

Episode 12 recorded for AFRTS July 22, 1946. Featuring the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo. CHOPIN Concerto in e, DEBUSSY Afternoon of a Faun, GLAZUNOV Snow Maiden. Ivan Butnikoff was a Russian born conductor and composer (1893 - 1972). In 1923 he was appointed as chief conductor of the orchestra of the Conservatory of Athens. With his excellent technique he directed the orchestra with great success, showing the Athenian audience several performances of symphonic works, particularly those of Scriabin. He also taught at the Athens Conservatory. Moreover, from the 1923 to 1929 period, he taught at the Conservatory of Athens.

HOLLYWOOD BOWL CONCERT "All Russian Program"

 

AFRTS transcription of an all Russian concert conducted by Leopold Stokowski on July 28, 1946.

HOLLYWOOD BOWL CONCERT "Percy Grainger"

 

An AFRTS program / transcription. July 21, 1946. Leopold Stokowski conducting. Guest performer is composer-pianist Percy Grainger. Grainger compositions among the works by Lalo, Griffes and Tchikovsky. Percy Aldridge Grainger (born George Percy Grainger; 8 July 1882 – 20 February 1961) was an Australian-born composer, arranger and pianist who lived in the United States from 1914.

PERCY GRAINGER

HOLLYWOOD BOWL SYMPHONY "Wagner, Brahms"

 

For AFRTS from the Jubilee season recorded on July 16, 1946. Leopold Stokowski, conductor. Brahms Academic Festival Overture and Symphonic excerpts from Wagner operas.

HOLLYWOOD BOWL SYMPHONY "Camilla Wicks, violinist"

 

AFRTS Broadcast July 14, 1946 with Camilla Wicks, violin – Los Angeles Philharmonic -Leopold Stokowski, conducting. Camilla Dolores Wicks (August 9, 1928 – November 25, 2020) was an American violinist, and one of the first female violinists to establish a major international career. Her performing career included solo appearances with leading European and American symphony orchestras.

HOLLYWOOD BOWL SYMPHONY "Isaac Stern"

 

The series makes for a grand introduction to classical symphonic music at the Hollywood Bowl - selections include the opera Carmen sung in English, featured soloists Isaac Stern, Dorothy Eustis, Roman Totenberg, and Percy Grainger, with selections from Brahms, Tchaikovsky, Mozart, Rachmaninoff, and Cellini. Leopold Stokowski organized the Hollywood Bowl Symphony Orchestra in 1945, drawing on talent from the Los Angeles Philharmonic and from various film studios. The 1946 season was celebrated as the Bowl's Silver Jubilee. The Armed Forces Radio Service was allowed to record all thirty-two concerts that season for broadcast overseas, and those recordings comprise this collection. Most of the performances are conducted by Stokowski, although guest conductors appear for some. This episode is the second in the series from July 11, 1949. Isaac Stern, violinist, is the guest artist.

HOLLYWOOD BOWL CONCERT "Carmen"

 

A Silver Jubilee Concert for AFRTS of The Hollywood Bowl Symphony conducted by Leopold Stokowski. A Performance of Bizet's Carmen sung in English. Presented on the evening of July 9, 1946.