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Symphony Symphonyconcerts Symphonyconcerts Symphonyconcerts concerts are broadcast throughout throughoutthe the year two outstand ng examples examplesbemg examplesbeing examplesbeing bemg being the Saturday night NBC se serles series senes rles ries under Maestro Arturo Tosca Toscan n m ni and the CBS broadcast of New NewYork NewYork NewYork York Ph lharmonic lharmomc tharmonic ' concerts C'oncerts each eachSunday eachSunday eachSunday Sunday during the winter wmter season season.European seasonEuropean . . European Concerts Helped nelpcd nelpcdUnt HelpedUnt HelpedUnt Unt 1 I the war many concerts concertscame concertscame concertscame came from abroad In 1938 for forexample forexample ( orexample example 18 European orchestras orchestrascontributed orchestrascontributed orchestrascontributed contributed 24 programs to the NBC NBCnetwork NBCnetwork NBCnetwork network There were wcre three thrce operatic operatis operat IC is broadcasts from the Salzburg fes fesivaI festival testival ivaI tival ! in m Aubtna Austria Au trIa one from Bayreuth BayreuthI Bayreuthand Bayreuthand Bayreuthand I and two from the Verdi anniversary anniversaryfestival anniversaryfestival anniversaryfestival festival at TurmIn TurinIn Turin Turm TurinIn In add t on to network programs programsan an mcrcas Increas ng number of ind md end vidual vidualstat vidualstat vidualstat stat ons ens are now broadcasting broadcastmg regu regular regutar regular lar tar periods of classical music One Onesmall Onesmall Onesmall small stat on in New York broad broadcasts broadcasts broadcasts casts nothing nothmg else all day long ! |