Handel 'Arrival of the Queen of Sheba' - Fritz Reiner conducts

Fritz Reiner was Hungarian born but it was in America that he made his career. He has become most widely known for his association with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra with which he made a series of highly praised recordings in the late 1950s / early 1960s. He also featured in some early TV broadcasts which now look very archaic but are still worth seeing for their historic interest. In this transmission from 1954, Reiner conducts the CSO in 'The Arrival of the Queen of Sheba' from Handel's oratorio "Solomon."

[@gerontius3]

Fritz actually almost smiling there at the beginning...........who said his baton hardly moved? - very clear, like watching Adrian Boult. And a wonderfully historically-uninformed rallentando at the end, worthy of Stokowski!

[@allison1908]

This has long been a favorite piece. Do you know any more about this broadcast? It might look a little rough, but a lot of early tv does. Thank you for sharing!

[@adam28xx]

Glad you like it! ... The Reiner TV concert also featured the Beethoven 7th and the "Egmont" Overture. Here is the Symphony ... kzbin.info/www/bejne/Znfaenprn5ZrbtU And here is "Egmont" ... kzbin.info/www/bejne/i52rp6RriamJgM0 All very rough and ready, as you say, but better than nothing at all!