Four years ago when Sir Thomas Beecham made his U. S. debut with Manhattan’s Philharmonic Orchestra he conducted so vigorously that he popped a suspender. Last week he was back in Manhattan to lead ...
How did it feel to be 70? Roared Britain’s famed and sometimes fatuous conductor, Sir Thomas Beecham, over a transatlantic telephone to a U.S. newsman: “It doesn’t feel like 70 at all, old boy. It ...
Guillaume Tell, Movements: Overture Gioachino Rossini, Composer Thomas Beecham, Conductor London Philharmonic Orchestra (10) Legends, Movements: G London Philharmonic Orchestra Antonín DvoÅ™ák, ...