Evening Star Newspaper, November 30, 1930, Page 105

THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, NOVEMBER 30, 1930. Events of the Week TUESDAY. Opening concert of the Boston Symphony Orchestra’s Fifticth An- nsversary Beethoven Festival™ at Constitution Hall, at §:30 p.m. Myra Hess soloist, and Serge Kous- sevitzky conducting. Fiske Jubilee Singers in recital at the Andrew Rankin Chapel of Howard University, at 8:15 p.m. WEDNESDAY. Mys. Lawrence Townsend’s first morning niusicale at 11 o’clock at the Mayflower. Clare Clairbert and Richard Crooks soloists. Second concert of the Boston Symphony Orchestra’s Beethoven Festival -at Constitution -Hall, at 8:30 pm. Efrem Zimbalist soloist THURSDAY. : Lecture by Philip Hale at the Li- brary of Congress at 4 o'clock. The Burgin String Quartet will assist. FRIDAY. Thérd concert of the Boston Sym- phony Orchestra’s Beethoven Festi- val at Constitution Hall, at 8:30 p.m. Josef Hofmann soloist. SATURDAY. _ Final concert of the Boston Sym- phony Orchestra’s Beethoven Festi- val at Constitution Hall, at 3 p.m., assisted by soloists and chorus. LTHOUGH a few days have elapsed since the great event, the crowds, / enthusiasm and general air of ex- # pectancy that was g atified to the hundredth degree last Wednesday afternoon when Paderewski played are still " yery much with us. There was no question but - that Washington responded to this great artist, whose seventieth birthday anniversary seems scarcely to have touched his hands and shoulders, with almost supernatural eagerness. The vast and often chilly regions of Constitu- tion Hall have never witnessed such expres- . sions of approval, coming the very moment the . eminent pianist stepped to the stage. All were satisfied with the program that this master presented. In an age, too, when the artist feels that he must give vent to the trend of modernism; when, toward the end of a p:ogram, the twentieth century is apt to be represented with " one of its mcre virile musical geniuses, it is something uncommon to find a program barren save of the more immortal immortals. Mr., Paderewski says he doesn't care for modern music. He also says that he thinks that the high- speed of living in this age—particula:ly the motor car—is ruining not only our nerves but the quality of music as well. He contents him- self with what he likes. He plays what he likes. He avoids crowds and inquisitive people. He considers an interview a torture. He travels in a private car. He never gives a concert with- out having the lights dimmed, and he doesn’t consider that he should stint himself with . encores—in New York these taking on the pro- portions of another concert—in Washington practically the same thing. He is a man of power, emotion and tireless energy. Although his technical equipment may not rival an Tturbi or a Horowitz, he has other things which they haven’t. Could they, for instance, crowd every available inch of Constitution Hall with breathless humanity? When they reach the - age of 70, perhaps—and again, perhaps not. coming week, in the words of one of A Washington's sager literati, is literally “un- paralieled” in its musical history. With the rising of the curtain on the Beethoven festival, which has been arranged through the courtesy of Mr. Koussevitsky and others, this city will have one of the major musical thrills of its lifetime. A whole week of Beethoven is some- thing to wonder at, as would be the mere appearance of the Boston Symphony alone, playing anything that happened to strike its fancy. Swelling, too, its ranks will be that remarkable pianist, Myra Hess, of whom praise never ceases to come in bunches, and Efrem Zimbalist and Josef Hofmann, who need no introduction. ‘The:e is, furthermore, moréthan & smattering of interest in the large chorus that Dr. Harned has been training, and which rumor would accredit as being about the finest local group of this kind ever brought together. In spite of many interesting musical distractions to heckle this great singing crew, it -is said that Dr. Harned has kept his band together thrcugh the many, many rehearsals with a kindly but iron hand, with the result that Beethoven’s ninth symphony is likely to be done ample justice. Word from the offices of the mighty, too, indicate that all the way fiom Bath, Me., and from the West people are coming to com- memorate the fiftieth Beethoven anniversary, For once—well, maybe twice in its life—Wash- ington has turned into a veritable music center, to which are gravitating, bag and baggage, staid Bostoners, cynical New Yorkers and hordes cf music lovers who never show themselves. except on some such rare occasion. Koussevitzky Brings Boston Orchestra for Becthoven Festival Week—First Town- send Musicale of Season. Clare Clairbert, soloist at Mrs. Lawronce Townsend’s musicale ar the May- flower, and Serge Koussevitzky, noted conductor of the Boston Symphony Orchestra. cal history of Washington will be given at Constitution Hall on Tuesday, Wed- nesday and Friday evenings at 8:30 o'clock and on Saturday afternoon at 3 o’clock of the current week, D2cember 2, 3, 5 and 6, when the Boston Symphony Orchestra, Serge Koussevitsky, conductor, celebrates the fiftieth anniversary of its founding by a four-perform- ance -Beethoven festival. Myra Hess and Josef Hofmann, pianists, and Efrem Zimbalist, violinist, will appear as solo- ists, and the fourth %nd final performance will - be notable for its prescntation of a chorus of 200 voice: trained by Dr. Albert Harned, with four additional soloists. The program follows: First performance— Tuesday evening, December 2, at 8:30 o'clock: Overture to Goethe’s “Egmont,” Opus 84. “Con- certo for Pianforte No. 4 in G Major,” Opus 58 —(I) Allegro moderato; (II) Andante con moto; (III) Rondo vivace; Myra Hess, soloist. “Symphony No. 3 in E Flat Major,” “Eroica,” Opus 55—(I) Allegro con brio; (II) Martia funebre: Adagio assai; (III) Scherzo: Allegro vivace, trio; (IV) Finale: Allegro molto. Second performance—Wednesday evening, December 3, at 8:30 o’clock: Overture to “Leo- nore,” No. 3, Opus 72. “Concerto for Violin in D Major, Opus 61,” Efrem Zimbalist, seéloist: (I) Allsgro ma non troppo; (II) Larghetto; (ITII) Rondo. “Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, Opus 67: (I) Allegro con brio; (II) Andante con moto; (III) Allegro, trio; (IV) Allegro. Third performance—Friday evening, Decem- ber 5, at 8:30 o’clock: Overture to Collins’ trag- edy, “Coriolanus,” Opus 62. “Concerto for pianoforte No. 5 in E Flat Major,” Opus 73: " (I) Allegro; (II) Adagio un pocomosso; (III) Rondo: Andanté ma non troppo, Josef Hof- mann, soloist. “Symphony No. 7 in A Major,” Opus 92: (I) Poco sostenuto, vivace; (II) Alle- " gretto; (III) Presto, Assai meno presto: Tempo primo; (IV) Allegro con brio. © TFourth performance—Saturday afternoon, - December 6, at 3 o'clock: “Symphony No. 1 in C Major,” Opus 21: (I) Adagio molto, allegro con brio; (II) Andante cantabile con moto; - (III) Menuetto: Allegro molto e vivace, trio; (IV) Pinale: Adagio, Allegro melto e vivace.” “Symphony No. 9 in D Minor,” with final chorus on Schiller’'s “Ode to Joy,” Opus 125: (I) Al- legro, ma non troppo, un poco maestoso; (II) ! N EVENT without parallel in the musi- Molto vivace, presto; (IIT) Adagio molto e cantabile; (IV) Presto; Allegro assai; Presto, baritone recitative; quartet and chorus: alle- gro assai; tenor solo and chorus: Allegro assai vivace alla marcia; chorus: all-gro assai; cho- rus: Andante maestoso, Adagio, ma non troppo, ma divote, allegro energico, sempre ben mar- cato; quartet and chorus: allegro ma non tanto; Prestissimo; soloists, Jeanette Vreeland, so- praro; Nevada Van Der Veer, contralto; Dan Gridley, tcnor; Fraser Gange, basso® chorus of 200 by National Capital Oratorio Society, Albert W. Harned, director. MRS. LAWRENCE TOWNSENP'S opening morning musicale of the season, which takes placz Wednesday, at 11 o'clock, at the Mayflower, will have Clare Clairbert, who made her local debut last Saturday night in Con- stitution Hall, and Richard Crooks, tenor, as artists for the occasion. Mme. Clairbert, who is probably the most sensational “find” cf the music season, and of whom reports from the West Coast, where she made her first appecarance, indicate that a voice like hers is one of those “events” that happen only once2 in a hundred. or more years, will sing a to'ally different program, except for her first number, from the one offered at Constitution Hall. Beginning with the Mozart “L'Enlevement au Serail,” she will then sing “Voyon, Manon,” from Massene.’s opera, “Manon,” and the “Fabiau” from the same opera, which, inci- dentally, has never been sung in Washington before. Mme. Clairbert wil! sing the duet from the opera, “Traviata with Mr. Crooks, and for her last selection will do the “Mad Scene” from Doni%etti’'s “Lucia,” assisted by a flute obbligato played by Eugene Lion. Richard Crooks, who needs no introduction to Washingtonians, will begin the program with three selections by Handel, one from “Parthe- nope,” another from “Floridante” and the third from “Atalanta.” He will also sing the aria from Rimsky-Korsakov's “May Night,” an aria from Verdi’'s “Rigoletto,” the “Traviata” duet with Mme. Clairbert, and in his final group, the “Zueignung” by Strauss, Wolf’s “Verschwiegene Liebe” and the Brahms “Sehnsucht.” Francis de Bourguignon, composer-pianist, will assist Mme. Clairbert at the piano, and Willlam Sektberg will accompany Mr. Crooks. Beethoven Lecture by Philip Hale. AN interesting program will be offered at the : Library of Congress Thursday afternoon, . Philip Hale, one of Boston’s noted crilics in . the matter of music and the theater, through the courtesy of the board of trustees of the Boston Symphony Orchestra and Dr. Serge Koussevitzky, delivering a lecture on Beethoven. He will be assisted by the Burgin String Quar- _ tet, playing the Beethoven “String Quartet in G Major,” and the “String Quartet in A Minor.” The members of this organization in- clude Richard Burgin and Robert Gundersen, violins; Jean Lefrank, viola, and Jean Bedetti, . violoncello. ANOTHER recital of interest to the public is the one to be given by the Fiske Jubilee Singers in the Andrew Rankin Chapel of Howard University Tu:eday at 8:15 p.m. This group of sing=rs, composed of two wom- en and four men,/is the third g-neration of these singers, always composed of graduates of Fisk University. They have sung in Paris, “by command” before King George and Queen Mary, at the White House, and in the Summer of 1929 were the first Negroes to appear in the Hollywood Bowl. Roland Hayes, now pre- - eminent on the concert stage, was formerly a member of this group. NNOUNCEMENT has becn made of a re- cital to be given Tuesday evening, Decem- ber 16, at the Jewish Community Center, by Alexander Zlatoff-Mirsky, Russian basso. Mr. Zlatoff-Mirsky, who has studied in Munich, been soloist in various Russian choirs and won a scholarship at the Curtis Institute in Phila- delphia, is making his d:but here in concert recital. He will be assist:d at the piano by Na'tie Sadle, and his program will include songs in French, German, Russian, Italian and English. ’/Wusigrap-/zs HE monthly meeting of the District of Columbia Chapter :f the American Guild of Organists will be held Monday eve- ning at Epiphany Parish House. Fol- lowing the business sessicn Conrad Bernier will speak on “French Organs and Organists” an®t Maud G. Sewell and. Lyman S. McCrary will contribute organ selections. F THE two-pianc arrangement of Edward Mac- Dowell's “Indian Suit:" is having its first public performance in N:w York today, being played at the MacDowell Club by the Misses Sutro. Next Sunday night Washington will have the opportunity to hear th: composition of the great American composer, in its second pub- lic performance. The “Indian Suite” is to be the featured " number in the two-plano recital to be given by the Misses Sutro next Sunday night at the Mayflower. The compl:ste program follows: “Duologue (MS)"” (Lione! de Pachman), “Ride of the Val- kyries,” arranged by Humisten (Wagner), “Minuett” (Owst), “Feu Roulant” (Duvernoy), “Eiude Syncopique” (Algzrnon Ashton), “Valse Paraphras:” (Schuett) and the “Indian Suite— " Legend, Love Song. In War Time, Dirge, Village _ Pestival (MacDowell). Vittoria de Andreis, dramotic soprano; Oscar Levine, violinist, and Alexancder Zlatoff-Mirsky, bass, entertained at the last D. A. R. meeting at the Willa:d Hotel. Hurt Hetzel, Mrs. Elbert Tyng, Mrs. Johm A, Logan and Mrs. Eiwin Hahn presented 3 Beethoven and Brahms program at the Noveme ber musical tea of the music section of the Women’s Club of Chevy Chase, Md., held last Mcnday at the home of Mrs. Henry Brawrt, Alick Nzal, contralto. contributed a group of songs to the Victor Herbert program of the Wheels of Progress given last Monday in ‘the Washington Hotel. Mrs. Neal was accome panied by Dorothy Erg'ish. Percy S. Foster will continue this evening . the special scrg services wh'ch he has been leading at the National Baptist Memorial since the first of this month. M. Me:son recently gave a piano recital at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Frost. Mr. Merson played selections by Bach, Brahms, Beethoven, Schumarn, Bartok, a composition of his cwn and others. He will be heard later in the season in six pizn> recitals. Julia E, Schelling will give a short introductory talk on each composer befo:e the different recitals. The quartet and chorus choir of Trinity Methodist Episcopal Church, under the direc- tion of Guy Skinner, w.ll give an evening of music tomerrow at 8 p.m., entitled “Songs of Thanksgiving.” Tle soloist for the Ce man service at Con- cordia Lutheran Church today will be William G. Naehle, tenor, who will sing “Troeste Dich,” from Handel's “Messiah.” At the evening service Raymond Escherich, tenor, will sing “Come Unto Him,” by Coenen. Warren F. Johnson will give an organ at the Church of the Pilgrims at 7:30 o’clock this evening. He will play “P.elude and Fughetta,” by Rogers; “Scherzetto,” by Vierne, and Francis Nielson’s “Melodie.” i Sunday Concert. USIC LOVERS are invited to attend the Sunday evening concert of the Lowe-Nevins Concert Orches'ra, at the Shoreham Hotel, this evening, between 7:30 and 9:30. The concert will k1 presented in the hotel lobby. The fcilowing program will be offered under the direction of Raoul da Costa: “William Tell,” by Rossini; “Second Waltz,” by Godard; “Countess Maritza,” by Ka'man; “L’Arlesienng —First Suite,” by Bizet; cello solos, “Andante,® by Gluck, and “Guitarre,” by Moszkowsky; “Lohengrin,” by Wagner, g Marine Band Concerts. 'HE Marine Band Orchestra will give its reg- ular two concerts during the coming week. ‘The Wednesday night concert will begin at 8 “o'clock and the Priday afternoon concert at ¢ o'clock. In addition to these orchestra concerts there will be a band concert each Monday afternoon at 4 o'clock. All the concerts will be given in th:, l:ud’l‘toll;\lu;n at the Marine Barracks and the public vited. Programs will appear im-the daily issues of The Star. Py MUSICAL STUDIO. __B"E_.ESTE_N.* WILD Vi Studio 6824 5th at.. Tak Park. D. Phone Cleonl:ma.n!". biolfr JAZZ PIANO PLAYING ' IN 20 LESSONS . 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