The 46th season of the Chicago Symphony came to an end last week with Associate Conductor Hans Lange on the podium. Regular Conductor Frederick Stock is so old and ailing these days that Chicago rarely sees him. The rumor that he will resign is not confirmed. But Chicagoans had another resignation to mull over, and they paid their respects to Concertmaster Mischa Mischakoff by standing and cheering him a full five minutes. As concertmaster with the new NBC Orchestra under Toscanini and Rodzinski, Mischakoff will have an enviable post. Chicago will have lost...
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