Career
He prepared the chorus for one of the earliest Dutch performances of William Walton"s cantata Belshazzar"s Feast. He was the first Dutch conductor of Igor Stravinsky"s The Rite of Spring and of the violin concerto of Alban Berg. Flipse became the "second conductor" ("tweede dirigent") of the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra in 1927, and in 1930, became the orchestra"s principal conductor, serving until 1962.
His recordings with the orchestra include a live performance from the 1955 Holland Festival of Gustav Mahler"s Symphony Number.
6. In his later years, Flipse was conductor of the Antwerp Philharmonic (precursor to the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra of Flanders) from 1961 to 1970. Flipse was married twice.