“The _Tribune_ says: ‘It was a rather unfortunate conjunction that of the Philadelphia Orchestra with its new conductor, Carl Pohlig; Richard Buhlig, pianist; and Carl Klein, violinist; at Carnegie Hall yesterday afternoon. Coming alone, and at a more opportune time, each might have won a more dignified hearing and more serious consideration than were possible under the conditions which prevailed yesterday.’ “The New York public is ‘already booked for three-score and ten of the kind of concerts which it gives.’ However, Mr. Pohlig ‘presented himself as a conductor of quite admirable capacities so far at least as a command of the technics of his art is concerned (leaving all questions of interpretation open).’ “The _World_ speaks of the incapacity of the orchestra, who seriously hampered the soloist, by as wicked an accompaniment as was ever heard at a first-class concert. “‘Provincial was writ large over the whole proceeding, and one felt tempted to inquire: “Why Herr Pohlig; why the Philadelphia Orchestra; why Richard Buhlig?”—at any rate in New York.’ “In Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony, however, Herr Pohlig ‘effectually removed previous impressions and stamped himself at once as a thorough musician, a graphic conductor of real distinction, possessing authority, temperament, magnetism, poetic feeling and imagination. One could quarrel with his rather slow tempi and liberties of phrasing, if inclined to be captious, but the interpretation of this great work was so well planned and coherent, that it aroused decided enthusiasm.’” EDITORIAL The Same, November 7th, 1907: “NEW YORK SNOBBERY”