Abstract: Abstract In February 1947, Bruno Walter was appointed musical adviser of the New York Philharmonic after Artur Rodzinski resigned as musical director. Walter soon began planning his conducting activities for the 1947–1948 season, with the assistance of his friend Wolfgang Stresemann, a composer and an aspiring conductor. His conducting activities included Daniel Gregory Mason's Symphony no. 2, as well as Hollywood Bowl concerts featuring Richard Wagner, Johannes Brahms, Antonin Dvořák, Claude Debussy, and others. Beginning in 1947, he made numerous return visits to Europe, performing in cities such as Salzburg, Vienna, and Munich. A reunion with the Concertgebouw Orchestra produced a concert for Richard Strauss's Don Juan. He traveled back to New York on January 22, 1948, to give the New York Philharmonic premiere of Strauss's Metamorphosen. Walter went back to London for several more concerts, including an account of Ludwig van Beethoven's Ninth with the London Philharmonic Orchestra. Walter canceled his European engagements for the 1948–1949 season, but still had a remarkably busy schedule.
Publication Year: 2001
Publication Date: 2001-03-11
Language: en
Type: book-chapter
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