Walter had some daily work routines that were interesting. His family lived in Garden City at the time and he took the LIRR commuter train in to Penn Station every day with all the “9 to 5ers”. He arrived at work in traditional 1970’s commuter garb – dark blazer, conservative tie and black leather attaché case. When he arrived at the stage level bass lockers he hung up his jacket and tie. Inside the mysterious attaché case, I found out later were an apple and today’s Daily News.
I had to include the program on the left. It featured the Mozart triple piano concerto played with three interesting soloists. They were famed Czech pianist Rudolf Firkusny, esteemed conductor Erich Leinsdorf and the august administrator and manager of the orchestra Carlos Moseley- who was also a pianist. Some “wag” in the orchestra deemed this a “Moseley Mozart” concert! The concert on the right was memorable to me because a mishap occurred in the first piece on the program, “Don Juan” by Richard Strauss. Now, “Don Juan” is one of the “chestnuts” of the orchestral repertoire and the persons involved could not have been more qualified. Leinsdorf was a brilliant musician and I believe that he may even have worked with Richard Strauss in Vienna in the early 1930’s. However, everybody makes mistakes!
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