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P R O G R A M


I N T R O D U C T I O N

Walter Wanger, President,
       Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

T. K. Stevenson, President
       Electrical Research Products, Inc.

Harvey Fletcher, Director of Physical Research,
       Bell Telephone Laboratories (Recording)

O R C H E S T R A

       The Philadelphia Orchestra. Leopold Stokowski, Conducting.
       Musical arrangements, orchestral placement and enhancement
       by Dr. Stokowsky
               A Night on Bald Mountain                        Moussorgsky
               Tales of the Vienna Woods                               Strauss

D R A M A

       The Emperor Jones (Scene II)
               Played by Paul Robeson (Unenhanced)
                       The scene is on the edge of the Great Forest. It is just dark.
                       Jones is fleeing from the insurrection which has just toppled
                       him from the throne of his primitive empire. His assurance
                       is leaving him. He hears the sound of tom-toms and voices in
                       the air.
                       Presented through the courtesy of the author and Mr. Robeson;
                       arranged and directed by Harold Burris-Mayer.

O R G A N

       Frank W. Asper, Organist.
                       This number is not enhanced and therefore sounds as played in
                       the Salt Lake City Tabernacle.

               Allegro from Sixth Organ Symphony                    Widor

O R C H E S T R A

       The Philadelphia Orchestra. Leopold Stokowski, Conducting.
                       This number is not enhanced and therefore sounds as played by the orchestra.
               Moonlight                                                             Debussy

C H O R U S

       The Tabernacle Choir of Salt Lake City.
               Conducted and Enhanced by J. Spencer Cornwall.
               Frank W. Asper, Organist.
                  Hear My Supplication                           Archaanghelsky
                  Come, Come Ye Saints                                      Clayton

I N T E R M I S S I O N
( 1 0   M I N U T E S )

O R C H E S T R A

 The Philadelphia Orchestra. Leopold Stokowski, Conducting.
       Symphonic transcription, orchestral placement and enhancement
       by Dr. Stokowsky
               Pictures in an Exhibition                                Moussorgsky
                       The Hut on Fowl’s Legs
                       The Great Gate of Kiev

D R A M A

 Scene from Cyrano de Bergerac (Unenhanced)                Rostand
       Walter Armitage and James Sullivan
              Presented through the courtesy of Mr. Walter Hampden.
       Act I – The Duel Scene The scene is the hall of the Hotel de Burgoyne where Cyrano, fabulous poet and
swordsman of the 17th Century, has just interrupted a play. Valvert questions
Cyrano’s competence as a critic of the drama and has in the ensuing argument
made jesting reference to Cyrano’s nose, his salient feature. The duel follows.

O R A T O R I O

The Tabernacle Choir with Harold Bennet, Soloist.
       Arranged, directed and enhanced by J. Spencer Cornwall
           Excerpts from Elijah                                        Mendelssohn
O R G A N Played and enhanced by Alexander Schreiner, Organist.
Prelude in D Major                                                                 Bach
O R C H E S T R A The Philadelphia Orchestra. Leopold Stokowski, Conducting.
       Musical arrangement, orchestral placement and enhancement
       by Dr. Stokowski.
               Excerpts from Die Gotterdammerung               Wagner

The choral and organ numbers were made
possible through the courtesy of the First
Presidency of the Church of Jesus Christ of
Latter Day Saints.
The orchestral numbers were made possible
through the courtesy of Dr. Leopold Stokowski and
the Philadelphia Orchestra Association.
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