Evening Star Newspaper, April 21, 1926, Page 6

g LOGAL SYWPHONYS | s | * DEBUTIS SUCESS Washington Orchestra Gives i Excellent Program Under % Direction of Hetzel. The Washington Symphony Orches. tra, made possible primarily by the unflagging and sincere efforts of Mrs. Walter D. Wilcox and othe uted with her as guarantors and patronesses of this long-needed or- Zanization for the Capital City of the Uited State its debut in a per- formance at Poli's Theater vesterday afternoon under the direction of Kurt Hetzel, formerly of Munich, Germany The audience arge and distine tive, P sincere music lover: scial leaders, anxious to this néwest tempt for a mphony orches- ten should it prove worthy, which it certainly did. William Tyler Page, clerk of the Touse of Representatives in Congre: gave an address showing the need, practicability and possibilities of main- tairing a_Washington Symphony Or- chestra, He touched upon the high i itectural and other of Washington and suggested that it was indeed high time that the musical efforts in this| ity be brought to as high a level. He also urged that thi be made one of community and even mnational pride and that individuals should feel that this was their orchestra and be willing to contribute funds toward its support as a permanent organization. Program Lauded Higl Another important statement made Mr. Page was that this orchestra musicians, playing together for public performance, had had but five ensemble rehearsals of a vrogram which was of high musical standard. It was important that this statement be taken into consideration, as it showed splendid co-operation and talent among these local mu- sicians and fine conductorship on the part of Mr. He It indicated that in time the woodwinds could easily be developed to the necessary point for fine overtone effects. It showed that the brasses could speedily be lined up into mor -ordination of tonal phrasing. all, it showed that the surprisingly fine string group had unlimited poasibilities for beau- tiful effects should they be allowed to progress through necessary grind | of and perform- n. Also, Hetzel, without s | scores. there were tantly indica- tions that he possessed a real gift for estral conducting and_individual { sense of interpretation which would be more evident when given further opportunity. The Liszt score was par- ticularly well interpreted. The real test of the afternoon lay mbitious score of Tschaiko Fifth Symphony.” The lovel of the first and second move- | were emphasized with good and musicianship; the waltz ent was well plaved, and the of the finale to the proper volume and axX was re- well done. The whole of the orchestral part of the program was exceptionally well done. Bonelli Ts Soloist. fine artist, one es of the Chi- sk theme: ments ichard elli, a and won as enthusiastic the orchestra, and that zood deal, for the audience g { musicians and singer alike ovations. Mr. Bonelli ha and seems to understand how to use it. He showed dramatic gift in the ari from Verdi with orches proved splendid co accompaniment. He| concert artist in s, with piano rank Bibb, that ex from Baltimore. sonellf’s _groun Danse | as the singer ex 1 written in it is frequently | < an orchestral number. Ros ¥ lla Napoletana” ingly st d Weingar! Licbesteier was an attractive number. The program was broad following the performance mar cd to congratulate the conductor on his achievement Sokolove Concert Master. jlenri Sokolove, a leading violinist s the concert master of this nd others in the orchestra vesterday included: Violir i . B. Charles, compa cellent Harrison, I 0 Sokolove, ( . Meyver Goldman and N. Goldman; las, Sam Feldman, Perlman, Podnos, soroka, L. Kruger, i, Pellegrino, R. Bandel les Donch Pointner Muhlhausen, sam Udren, William i ach, Che George Bottazzi. | McConville, N. Fred Wells, Joe Finocchiaro, Mills, Levinson, H. and T wnzin; cellos, T Dore W ucke, D. Lane Bernolfo; Johnson, ci y. Schmidt, E. Roet: Fred I'feiffer and flutes, 11, Jaeger and V. mosco: plecolo, Antonio Celfo; euman and N. Borzillo Vanpoucke and H Meiner i, . Shelly and Theodo horns, Paquay. 1d- . nnick, ipriani and R. Weyforth rd S. Mac- | Grath, Wallace: tromt Goldfarb wnd tuba, Wil m . Johnson: per- . William Weisbucher and H. . and harp, P Mnugl'x;x. Bahr, 1 <okolove, Charles O, Cherkassky Lorlebed L. Manoly, hart, Clif Ki ZONING BOARD FACES BUSY DAY TOMORROW Nineteen Changes and Two Amend- ments to Regulations Will Be Proposed at Hearing. Nineteen proposed changes in zoning adition to two amendments to the lations will be considered by the Zoning Commission public_hear- ng tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock n the boardroom of the Distric iuilding. An afternoon session al be held beginning at 1:30 o'clock he amendments would permi erection of “community hou: A Restricted” areas, and new zoning area known Restricted” in which only detached homes having two side vards could be constructed. The executive com mittee of the Conduit Road Citizens’ Association already has announced its objection to these amendments. One of the principal changes ap- plied for in the prosent zoning would extend the height area on property abutting the north side of G street between 17th and 18th streets, except on the northwest corner of 17th and strects where the Mills Building is as HARVARD GLEE CLUB. The best glee club in the country, both by general acclamation and by award of a_ specific prize to that effect, the Harvard University Glee Club, appeared before a distinguished audience that listened enthusias- tically to its program at the Masonic Auditorium last night. The Harvard Glee Club has broken com- pletely away from the traditional college glee club programs and gives remarkably fine music with profes- sional finish. Opening last evitable ir Sebastian Bach' I Cry to Thee" was g less " interpretation. Then three a capella numbers, “Miserere by Gregorio Allegri, and “Sacerdotes Domini,” by William Byrd, both six- teenth century number: and 3 “Cherubim Song,” 'by Rachmaninoff, the musicianly pianist-composer of the present time. In these selections, as in fact in the entire program, the club showed that marvelous facility in clean, firm at- the in- Johann night with followed tack, that excellent enunciation and delicate shading of tone that has dis- tinguished this group above all others and shows the genius of its conduc- tor, Dr. Archibald T. Davison, who is on a year's leave, and whose alms are ably ‘carried on by his personally chosen substitute, (;. Wallace Wood- worth, acting donductor. This elub is not the result of a hasty clubbing to- gether of a group of boys now in col- lege and wanting to sing. It is the slow, steady growth of an ideal plant- ed with thoroughness and knowledge and gradually evolved to a present state that borders closely on perfec- tion in the present choral group. Particularly enjoyed by the au- dience was the chorus of bacchantes from Gounod's “Philemon and Bauci; with delightful two piano accompani- ment and not unlike Beethoven’s “Turkish March” in type of music and phrasing of the passages. It was re peated. Immediately following was the difficult “Saltarelle,” by Saint Saens, reflecting as all the work of that composer does, the thorough mastership of Saint-Saens over every musical mode. A rare feature of the singing of three choral hymns by Gustav Holst, the modern composer England, whose works are con- stantly arousing comment andadmira- tion. * These three Hindu themes seemed fascinatingly embroidered with fitting musical setting. W. B. Wood, baritone, was the soloist in the “Hymn to Manas,” and showed a well trained natural voice, as did C. R. Gor- don, tenor, the only other soloist of the evening. The “Hymn to Indra’ was especially interesting in its har- monic effects and native melody. There followed a group of four folk songs, Trish, Scotch, German and Bohemian, all distinctive and inter- estingly handled in_the arrangement for the glee club, e with solo part, the Sc had fine ontrast for Mr. Gordon's lyric tenor in the rolling rhythms of the choral effects. The inspiring music of the corona- tion scene from Moussorgsky's opera, “Boris Godounov,” was granted an ovation after its interpretation by the club and the two pianists, whose duet effects in the accompaniment to give the atmosphere of the Kremlin bells were remarkably fine. These two tgl- ented young men were F. W. Ram- and L. P. Beveridge. They tions from the audience. In the last half of the program were Morley's “I Go Before, My Darling,"” elkes' “On the Plains, Fairy remembered here as a par- ticular jewel in the remarkable pro- gram of the English singers last Fall; Coleridge-Taylor's “Drake’s Drum,” one of those vital, essentially mascu- line songs; a_group of pastel “Love " by Brahms, and Handel's “Then Round About the Starry the evening was ; choral group could well learn aluable lessons from this fine organi- zation of Harvard University, both in program building and execution. = H. F. g Mass Meeting Sunday. Judge Wendell P. Stafford and other prominent men have been in- vited to address a mass meeting in the interest of the Cardinal Gibbons I and négro youth of the to be held under the auspices of the Colored Catholics of America at John Wesley Church next Sunday Baltimore Havre de Grace. . Wilmington Philade!ph:: UNDER MITTEN U From MANAGEMENT Penua. 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