GERMAN MUSICIANS.
A VISIT TO ENGLAND. Nipfitv musicians, with their conductor, arrivw *in London one a few y t ago They wgvg tliG Berlin Pnilharmonic Orchestra, with their conductoi, Herr Furlwangler, paying their first visit to England. He rr Furtwangler is the only member ot the orchestra who has visited England before. He is one of the world s greatest conductors, having charge of orchestras in Berlin, Leipzic, Vienna, and New Vork. Three special charabancs were necessary to convey the musicians to their hotel. The conductor, as lie stepped from the train, was quite unlike the conventional idea of the conductor, except for the broad black hat which he wore. He stands 6ft 2in in height, with the figure of a Guardsman, curly golden hair, cut short behind, and ’alert blue eyes. “ I am very inter ested to be hack in England again,” he told an interviewer. “ Your English audiences are most sympathetic to play to. We think highly of English music in GcrI many, and Elgar is your most popular I composer. FI is works are often played.”
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 20318, 28 January 1928, Page 17
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179GERMAN MUSICIANS. Otago Daily Times, Issue 20318, 28 January 1928, Page 17
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