Standard Hour Recordings
Following are excerpts from The Standard Hour featuring the Standard Symphony Orchestra of San Francisco. The recordings are part of the Museum's Chevron Standard Hour collection which contains more than 400 Standard Hour broadcasts. The original recordings were transferred by Dave Radlauer with funding in part by a grant from the GRAMMY Foundation and Chevron Corporation. To hear the rest of these or other Standard Hour broadcasts, please visit the Museum of Performance + Design in person.
The Standard Hour, October 10, 1940 featuring an excerpt from Song and Legend by Isaac Albeniz performed by the Standard Symphony Orchestra of San Francisco conducted by Gaetano Merola.
The Standard Hour, September 11, 1941 featuring an excerpt from A Prairie Portrait by George McKay performed by the Standard Symphony Orchestra of San Francisco conducted by Paul Lemay.
The Standard Hour, September 25, 1941 featuring an excerpt from New World Symphony by Antonin Dvorak performed by the Standard Symphony Orchestra of San Francisco conducted by Paul Lemay.
The Standard Hour, April 22, 1945 featuring an excerpt from "Calm as the Night" by Carl Bohm performed by Dusolina Giannini and the Standard Symphony Orchestra of San Francisco conducted by Ferde Grofe.
The Standard Hour, April 29, 1945 featuring United Nations March by Dmitri Shostakovich performed by the Standard Symphony Orchestra of San Francisco conducted by Ferde Grofe.
The Standard Hour, April 28, 1946 featuring an excerpt from the opera Natoma by Victor Herbert performed by the Standard Symphony Orchestra of San Francisco conducted by Edwin McArthur.
The Standard Hour, May 12, 1946 featuring an excerpt from Missions of California by Meredith Willson performed by the Standard Symphony Orchestra of San Francisco conducted by Meredith Willson.
The Standard Hour, May 26, 1946 featuring an excerpt from Minuet #6 by Ignace Paderewski performed by the Standard Symphony Orchestra of San Francisco conducted by Meredith Willson.
The Standard Hour, June 23, 1946 featuring excerpts from St. Francis of Assisi by Charles Hart performed by the Standard Symphony Orchestra of San Francisco conducted by Charles Hart.
The Standard Hour, July 6, 1947 featuring an excerpt from Spellbound by Miklos Rozsa performed by the Standard Symphony Orchestra of San Francisco conducted by Miklos Rozsa.
The Standard Hour, July 16, 1950 featuring an excerpt from the Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 35 by Pyotr Tchaikovsky performed by the Standard Symphony Orchestra of San Francisco conducted by Arthur Fiedler.
The Standard Hour, July 8, 1951 featuring an excerpt from California Gold Rush Fantasy arranged by Paulena Carter and performed by Paulena Carter and the Standard Symphony Orchestra of San Francisco conducted by Carmen Dragon.