06 November 2011
Sibelius and Rod Serling
So . . . when clips of the Opus 63 were used to underscore the 11 October 1956 broadcast of Requiem for a Heavyweight, was that the first occasion that the Sibelius Fourth Symphony sounded through American television sets?
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Toscanini and the NBC Symphony were still giving concerts on Sunday afternoons, so maybe Sibelius was heard.
"NBC Symphony" sounds so impossible today!
Today the "CBS Orchestra" has about 8 guys with a conductor who is a Bozo-wannabe!
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