Evening Star Newspaper, November 1, 1931, Page 96

16 THE SUNDAY e P T S STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., NOVEMBER 1, 1931. The first official photograph of the National Symphony Orchestra on the stage of Constitution Hall, with Hans Kindler, the conductor, standing to right of platform. Initial Concert by National Symphony to Be Given Tomorrow—~Rachmaninof f Plays T hursday at Constitution Hall. EVENTS OF THE WEEK, Monday. Opening concert by the National Symphony Orchestra of Washington, D. C., Hans Kindler, conductor, at Con- stitution Hall at 4:45 p.m. Wednesday. Concert by the Westminster Choir, Dr. John Finley Williamson, conductor, at Constitution Hall at 8:15 p.m., assisted by a massed chorus of local choir singers. Thursday. Recital by Serge Rachmaninoff, pianist, at Constitution Hall at 4:30 p.m. BY E. de S. MELCHER. N the eve of the first appearance of the National Symphony Or- chestra, Hans Kindler issues the following statement: “Twelve years ago the Phila- delphia Orchesira us>d to go to Carnegie Hall in New York, and, incredible as it may seem, there were many empty “seats—although the orchestra gave only five concerts a season at that period. Now you cen't get a season ticket for love or money in New York for this same series. Stokowski at that time was as great a conducior as he is mow. He had been enabled to make that orchestra as splendid as it was then already first by his own genius, and secondly through the fact that Philadelphia, with people such as Alerander Van Rensselaer and Edward Bok and others, stood squarely in back of him in years of growth and also in periods of adversity. “We are trying to start here an orchesira. We hope it will be in these times of “enormous depression a spiritual force such ‘as music has always been. In order to suc- ceed in this, however, we must have that ‘same unwavering dacking if we are to achieve any results. We appeal to the city for that loyalty and lasting support.” splendid words of Mr. Kindler's are typical of the MUSICAL STUDIOS. HE National Symphony Orchestra of "'Wash- ington, D. C., the Capital's new resident symphonic organization, Hans Kindler con- ductor, will make its formal bow to music lovers of this city at Constitution Hall tomorrow after- noon, November 2, at 4:45 p.m. Conductor Kindler will open his first sym- phony concert with the famous overture to Carl Maria von Weber's opera, “Der Frei- schutz.” This was be followed by Beethoven’s immortal “Fifth Symphony.” A distinct nov- elty will be lent the program by three Dutch tunes of the sixteenth century from J. C. M. van Riemsdijk’s collection of early Dutch musie, which have been arranged, harmonized and orchestrated by Mr. Kindler and dedicated by him to the National Symphony Orchestra. The first and second of these tunes are in choral form, “In Times of Stress” and “Our Sorrows,” while the third is a battle hymn, “See How Strong.” ‘The fourth offering of the program will be Moussorgsky's ‘“Chant Russe,” originally com- posed for violin and piano by the composer of “Boris Godounov” and arranged by Mr. Kind- ler. The concert will close with Tschaikowsky’'s “Marche Slav.” W estminster Choir in Concert Here HE Westminster Choir of 60 trained a capella singers, assisted by a massed chorus of 750 Washington choir sing- ers, will be heard in a choral concert at Constitution Hall Wednesday eve- ing of the coming week at 8:15 o’clock, under auspices of the Washington Federation of Churches. Conducted by Dr. John Finley Williamson, the famous choir of guest singers will be heard in a program including Bach's “Come, Jesus, Come,” Nicolau’s “The Death of the Choir Boy,” Kranz's “Song of Mary,” Willan's “A Clear Midnight,” Nikolsky’s “Oh, Praise Ye the Name of the Lord” and Schutz’s “The Pharisee and the Publican.” The Nikolsky piece was composed for and dedicated to Dr. Williamson and the Westminster Choir. “The MUSICAL STUDIOS. Death of the Choir Boy” was discovered by Dr. Williamson after exhaustive research for new Spanish choral numbers on the choir's recent " tour of Europe. Made internationally famous by her singing with the Westminster Choir since its first con- cert, Lorean Holdapp, soprano, of Dayton, Ohio, will again this year be featured among the soloists of the program, with Nettie Rayle and Elizabeth Jensen likewise sustaining solo parts in the numbers. A feature of the concert will be the partici- pation of between 40 and 50 local choirs in the event, appearing in a vested processional, opening the concert, and uniting under Dr. Williamson's direction in a massed choir hymn, “Jesus, Lover of My Soul,” with the guest singers. MUSICAL STUDIOS. Karl Holer Musigrap/zs HE Capitol City Choristers, under the direction of Dorothy Radde Emery, will give their first concert of the sea= son Thursday evening at the Cleve- land Park Congregational Chureh, Thirty-fourth and Lowell streets northwest. The program will include two num- bers by Mrs. Emery which she has dedicated to this organization. Soloists will include Louise Klee, Emily Watts, Blanche Ramon, Paul Gottwals and Marvin Gardiner. Catherine Benson, accompanist for the Choristers, will play a group of piano numbers. The Rubinstein Club will hold a joint re- hearsal in the small ball room of the Willard Hotel on Thursday at 7:45 p.m. Those desiring to sing with this organization are requested to communicate with Mrs. Milton C. White, Georgia 2845. Helen Turley, contralto, has resumed her work as teacher of voice at the Convent of the Visitation, Georgetown. This is Mrs. Turley’s second year in this position. . The regular monthly meetiug of the D. C. Chapter of the American Guild of Organists will be held at Epiphany Church tomorrow evening at 8:15 o'clock. Following the business session Lyman S. McCrary will demonstrate the Williamson method of choral conducting, and a short program of original compositions will be given by Fulton B. Karr, assisted by Lucy MacMorland, soprano. Vocal numbers will also be contributed by Sadie Gibson French, soprano, and Helen MacLeod Clift, contralto. The eightieth anniversary program of Trinity Lutheran Church, Fourth and E streets northwest, will be rendered today at the 11 am. and 8 pm. services. Jchn 8. Thiemeyer, organist and choir master of the church for Continued on Eighteenth Page MUSICAL STUDIOS. great enthusiasm and good will he has put into what must have often seemed an impcs- sibl> task. In this day and age it is no easy accomplishment for a man to create an orches- tra out of the soil and mold it into perfection with his own $wo hands. In this case the extraordinary continuous heck- lings of certain outside factors might have driven a less stable man than Kindler to despair. Even now, when he is strug- $ling along with less than a minimum in an important sec- tion of his orchestra, and has bhad to plead for help from those who grant him help un- der such conditions, the voice of r2piy has been slow and has not a direct answer one way or another until literally the very last moment. 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