Concerts certain to cause as much comment as any this season will be given during the next fortnight in Manhattan and Philadelphia. Arturo Toscanini will leave his Philharmonic-Symphony, go to Philadelphia to conduct Leopold Stokowski's Orchestra. Stokowski will go to Manhattan to conduct the Philharmonic. Changing boats in the middle of the stream is a unique venture for conductors, a challenge to audiences to compare their talents.
Last week Stokowski anticipated the inevitable comparison with a press statement which lavishly extolled the genius of Toscanini in terms applicable to any great conductor,...
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