Article: Musical giant ; Torbay Recorded Music Society's penultimate session before the Christmas break featured chairman John Davis, who gave a spirited presentation centred upon a musician who spanned the major part of the 20th century music scene: Leopold Stokowski.

Torbay Recorded Music Society's penultimate session before the Christmas break featured chairman John Davis, who gave a spirited presentation centred upon a musician who spanned the major part of the 20th century music scene: Leopold Stokowski.

Conductor, composer and pioneer, his larger-than-life personality and essentially romantic approach, where (quoting an old saying) 'Life was twopenny-coloured rather than penny plain', captured everyone's imagination.

John, a Stokowski Society member and journal contributor, gave an enthusiastic account of Stokowski's music-world contribution, not least orchestral arrangements of piano, organ and chamber music.

The first musical excerpt was his rich ...

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