An evening with Danny Kaye

"Danny Kaye became a guest conductor of orchestra pension fund concerts and raised more than five million dollars over a 25 year period. "We play the music straight ... but what comes between ... a little clowning removes some of the secrecy and solemnity ...""@en
"Danny Kaye, who has served as a guest conductor of orchestra pension fund concerts and raised more than five million dollars over a 25 year period, conducts a humor-laden evening of classical music."@en
"Celebrated actor, Danny Kaye as guest conductor of a New York Philharmonic pension fund concert."
"For more than 25 years, Danny Kaye helped raise more than five million dollars for some of the world's leading symphony orchestras. The music was always played straight, but what came between the numbers was funny because Mr. Kaye believed that a little clowning removes some of the secrecy and solemnity."@en
"A unique combination of serious music and comic antics which occurred when Danny Kaye was guest conductor of the New York Philharmonic at Lincoln Center in 1981."@en