David Harbin wrote:

>On BBC TV Channel 4 there was a 1972 Stokowski concert.  It was in colour,
>live at the London Royal Festival Hall and Stokowski was an animated 92
>years old.
>
>I liked the way he played an imaginary flute to signal that the flute
>player should take a bow at the end.  The pieces I managed to see were
>the Meistersinger overture and Prelude Faune.

I suspect what was played was all or part of what is now available on
EMI Classics DVD DVA 4928439. Besides the mentioned Wagner and Debussy,
it also includes (from 1969) the Beethoven Symphony No. 5 and the Schubert
"Unfinished." Highest possible recommendation.

GeneH