“Asked about his plans for the concerts to be given this winter, Mr. Pohlig talked unhesitatingly and with enthusiasm. The first question put to him involved the type of music he would arrange for Philadelphia music lovers, and was a query whether this would be of the same nature he would have furnished a German audience. He said promptly: ‘Of course, Philadelphia should get the best and previous programmes show it has been getting it. And, of course, it must get everything. All schools of music should be represented. If anything, a modern conductor must be cosmopolitan.’ “His mode of arranging his programmes will be new to Philadelphia concert-goers, who have been accustomed to a programme with the symphony either at the opening of the concert or at the end. Mr. Pohlig will have the symphony divide the programme into two, where it serves the purpose of balancing the music of the recital. He intends, if the opportunity offers, to combine with local singing organizations for the production of music for chorus and orchestra hitherto unheard in America. His belief in the great spirit of modern music will give Philadelphians the chance of hearing the compositions of European contemporaries....” * * * * * Pohlig’s first New York concert on November 5th, 1907, did not meet with approval, which considering the programme presented is not strange, but the comments were of such a nature as to call down the wrath of at least one Philadelphia newspaper which retorted in kind. As New York has since capitulated this can be inserted. A Philadelphia Newspaper, November 7th, 1907: “POHLIG IN NEW YORK. FLINGS BY MUSICAL CRITICS AT THE PHILADELPHIA ORCHESTRA AND ITS NEW CONDUCTOR “The views of the musical critics of New York concerning Carl Pohlig upon his first appearance with the Philadelphia Orchestra in that city on Tuesday evening are not altogether flattering. The _Sun_, as might be expected, leads in its light-hearted attack. Pohlig ‘is employed in the pleasant city of Philadelphia, where he conducts the local orchestra. Its work was so rough as to cause wonder that the organization should have been brought all the way across the State of New Jersey.’ “The _Times_ says that ‘the orchestra is a good assemblage of musicians that clearly brought all of Mr. Pohlig’s intentions to realization. He is a strenuous conductor of advanced view as to the treatment not only of Liszt but also of Beethoven.’