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 ...

Guillaume Tell, Movements: Overture Gioachino Rossini, Composer Thomas Beecham, Conductor London Philharmonic Orchestra (10) Legends, Movements: G London Philharmonic Orchestra Antonín Dvořák, ...

Colin Davis learned his trade by retiring to his London flat, beating out rhythms to phonograph records, and casting furtive glances at his image reflected in a picture on the wall. He had only one ...

Everyone who knows anything about Sir Thomas Beecham has their favourite Beecham story. Mine is the one about the man he met while walking, shortly after his second wife’s death. When the man asked ...