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Flagstad Lone Figure
i Of Perfect Vocal Art
- Reactions to Recent Recital of Metropolitan
Star Still Felt in Washington as Her
Mastery Is Discussed.
By Alice Ever smart.
THE reactions to the recent recital of Kirsten Flagstad, the astonishing
soprano of the Metropolitan Opera, are still reverberating so strongly
around the city that it is timely that a further discussion of her
art be undertaken. It would seem that those who had the privilege
of hearing her are divided sharply into two groups—those who liked her and
those who did not. There seems to be no means between these two extremes.
Those who liked her become inart icu-.:
late in trying to describe the effect |
of her singing, while the opposing
parties are not only vociferous in their j
denunciation, but have a slightly in
jured attitude, as though they re- i
sented being defrauded of their prom- !
ised elation.
A singer who has had such sensa
tional success as Flagstad, and who
has been so lavishly advertised, is
bound to bring some such reaction.
She came to this country without
benefit of much advance publicity, but
the day following her Metropolitan
debut, the publicity began, and has
increased with every appearance.
Not once has she let her audiences
down nor failed to provide them with
the most perfect interpretations of
the great roles in which she has been
cast, that has been heard in the pres
ent era. This success is, of course,
operatic, and because she has been
able to overwhelm her public with
a complete visual and vocal presenta
tion of these noble characters, there
has been little criticism of her in any
way.
'T'HE local public has only heard her,
except over the air, as a concert
artist, and she represents such a de
parture from the ordinary that the
layman is not capable of orienting
himself and consequently condemns
what is new' and strange to him. This
attitude, particularly in Washington,
where the vocal standard lags behind
that of the instrumentalists, is what
causes concern. It means, simply,
that we have had so few' opportunities
to hear really great singing in its all
encompassing sense, that our ears
and minds are not attuned to it, and
are liable to reject what is different.
Let us go straight to the point and
consider the main attribute of her
concert appearance, which is really
the foundation of most of the cri
ticism—her repose. If we glance back
over all the singers who have given
recitals here, we will not find one,
particularly among the women, who
can remain so perfectly quiet and
sing high notes or low. dramatic arias
or songs without the slightest con
tortion of body or face. Because we
are accustomed to tensely ^ clasped
hands, to faces agonized with every
emotion, to bodies that use their
energy either to produce the tone or
project the interpretive idea, Flagstad,
who has no need of such things, is
acclaimed cold. It may prove inter
esting to an audience to watch these
contortions and feel that the very
heart of a song is being given to it,
but it is not good vocal technique.
If there is any doubt about it, let any
singer stand as quietly, manage his
breath invisibly, ana produce his tones
as evenly and as emotionally colored
as does Flagstad. It is not easy to
do and most revealing as to the sound
ness of technical control.
’A LL that singers have to guide them
in this day are the rules of the
old masters when the art of singing
was in its heyday. With all the ad
vance in knowledge which time has
brought, these rules have never been
bettered and remain still the founda
tion of good singing. They sound
simple but are very difficult of per
fecting. so difficult that most singers
will not give the time to mastering
them or are unable to do so. They are
perfect bodily position, repose, sup
port of the tone on the breath, open
throat, the voice placed in the reso
nating chamber, and freedom of the
tongue and throat muscles.
Every nervous movement of the body
distorts this perfect ensemble. Most
singers who resort to them are really
incapable of producing their voices
without this muscular aid and most
of our celebrated singers of today re
sort to this help. A proof of the
beneficent effect of repose was recently
had in the recital of Lily Pons, who
has changed her method of vocal pro
duction since her last appearance
here, to her advantage. Others have
retrograded because they have relied
too much on this energetic impulse
to their singing, an impulse which,
once begun, must be added to, con
stantly, to the detriment of the vocal
organ.
YHE second point of dispute is her
interpretation. Here again one
runs up against the unaccustomed.
Few singers have that rich range of i
emotional color in the very quality
of the voice that can become ex
pressive with the slightest wish. The
kernel of Flagstad's voice is its warm,
loving timber, to which is joined the
brilliancy of free, open, resonant
spaces. She does not stress her j
phrases in a manner to indicate to
her audience just what they are to j
understand, but lets them speak for
themselves. Her interpretations of
Grieg's songs were replete with atmos
phere, and into the other numbers she
injected a tender suavity that seemed
to encourage her listeners to make
their personal discoveries of the
beauty they expressed. This is real
art, the kind that develops the other
person in the way of thinking and
feeling.
Flagstad's idea of the Elsa aria
from "Lohengrin" is a revelation in
its character depiction. Elsa sings
her aria under the influence of a
dream in which she has seen a per
fect knight coming to her rescue. She
is not, as most singers interpret her,
an energetic princess strenuously de
manding that some one come forth
and fight for her rights. It is this
picture of a gentle maiden, pinning
her unshakable faith on the glorious
figure of her dream, which only Flag
stad can portray. She is in truth the
gentle woman who sees him ma
terialize in all his righteous splendor,
who accepts him without question as
to his name, as her husband, and
who, in the end, succumbing to her
intense desire to transmit to her child
a name she is sure must be of noblest
origin, breaks her promise of silence
in her excessive feminine anxiety, and
so loses forever the man whose mis
sion in life is greater than the bonds
of his love for her.
Brunhilda in “Die Walkuere.’’
Flagstad is the proud goddess, the
beloved daughter of her father, Wotan,
who, free and sure, rides through the
air in war-like attire at the head of
her band of equally war-like sisters.
Her glorious “Yo ho to ho" rings out
with that luscious freedom that in it
self gives the complete picture of a
goddess who knows the air and the
mountain top for her home.
Perhaps, some day, we will have
more singers of Flagstad's type. To
day. she stands alone, an isloated
example of the vocal art. Should she
serve as an inspiration to better vocal
standards, we may look back on many
singers acclaimed today who. except
for their interesting personalities, are
far from being perfect masters of the
technique of their art. At least, it is
worth considering just what Flagstad
stands for. Before her advent we have
had no criterion on which to form a
judgment. The least that can be
done is to seek to learn from her
rather than condemn her because her
singing has elements which we have
never heard before.
In Local Music Circles
SENIA SOLOMONOFF, well known
ballet master, held his first
evening exhibition class at his
Washington studio, at No *1
Thomas circle, Friday, February 19,
at 8 p m. Mr. Solomonoff conducted
the class in the manner used at the
former Russian Imperial School, of
which he is a graduate. The impor
tance of correct foundation for the
young dancer was stressed by the in
structor, and as the pupils went
through the exercises Mr. Solomon
off lectured in detail upon the neces
sity of co-ordination.
At the conclusion of the lesson
visitors were asked to select any music
and an original choreography was
created in their presence. On the
request for “Spring,” by Grieg, the
Eussian ballet-master set the entire
choreography for his pupils and the
dance was completed and performed
within 13 minutes.
Due to the enthusiastic reception
accorded the exhibition, Mr. Solomon
off plans to hold these affairs monthly
and invitations will be sent out shortly
for the next studio evening.
John Alden Finckel, cellist, and
Alice Finckel, pianist, will give a joint
recital tomorrow' evening at 9:30
o’clock at the weekly musicale held at
the Roosevelt Hotel each Sunday eve
ning. Through popular demand both
Mr. Finckel and Mrs. Finckel are
giving their second concert at the
Roosevelt, having been present at the
musicale early in January.
The Congressional Club musical
will be held tomorrow at 5 o'clock
under the direction of Tamara
Dmitrieff, who is presenting Dr.
George Anderson, well-known tenor
of this city, and Edward J. Henne
berry, pianist, pupil of Charles Dennee
ct the New England Conservatory of
Music.
- The Friday Morning Music Club
will present Minna Niemann and
Amelia M. Olmsteed, pianists, in a
- two-piano program on Friday at 11:30
».m., Barker Hall. In their program
of Russian music they will be as
sisted by Mrs. C. Stanley Thompson,
eoprano, who will sing some rare and
unusual Russian songs. The program
Will be given In costume.
Thelma La Dow was the featured
•oloist for the ‘'ladies’ night” of New
Jerusalem Lodge, F. A. A. M., giving
two groups of songs In costume. The
affair was held in the Washington
, Hotel large ball room. Miss La Dow
, also assisted Pearl Hauer last Sunday
„ atf her recital given In the Raleigh
Hotel.
Clara Moran Bemheimer, soprano,
and Edwin Singer, tenor, will present
the program at the Sunday hour of
music at Friendship House, 326 Vir
ginia avenue southeast, tomorrow at 5
o'clock. Accompaniments will be
played by Eber Riley. Several readings
will be given by Bernice Anderson
Kendall. The public is cordiaily in
vi ted.
At its meeting Monday in Epiphany
Church the District of Columbia Chap
ter, American Guild of Organists, will
have as guest Otto Ortmann, director
of the Peabody Conservatory.
The pupils of Myron W. Whitney >
will appear in a recital on Wednesday
evening at 8:15 at the Washington
Club, Seventeenth and I streets.
The Washington Opera Guild, Mae.
Gurle Luise Correa, presented its
artist members—Thelma Dow, Ida
Wood. Irene Kandzie, Mary MacLain,
Thelma Hardy and Evangeline Tully—
in a recital on Thursday evening at
the Salle de Recital. Each artist sang
an aria and a group of songs.
Leader
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DR. WALTER BAUER,
Conductor of the Department
of Agriculture Orchestra,
which will feature a composi
tion.by Laurence Powell, an
employe of the department,
on its program Wednesday
night in the department audi
torium.
Trio of Renowned Artists Appearing in Diverse Programs
-<
Dance Star
In Program
At Willard
Cartier Makes New
Arrangements in
Capital Visit.
JACQUES CARTIER, a young Amcri
** can dancer who nrst won recogni
tion for his numbers in bi Broadway
musical shows, comes to Washington
Friday afternoon for his debut locally
in his one-man dance-drama— The
Grand Monarch”—which tells the
story of the great Frerich King,
Louis XIV.
As a result of theater complications,
W. A. Albaugh, who is presenting this
event as third in a series which in
cluded Trudi Schoop and her comic
ballet and the recent Shan-Kar Hindu j
ballet, will not present Mr. Cartier at
the National Theater, as originally an- !
nounced, but instead the program will i
be given in the ball room of the Willard
Hotel at the same hour scheduled—
4:30 p.m., Friday.
Mr. Cartier, using a similar tech
nique to that of the famous feminine
actress-pantomimist, Cornelia Otis
Skinner, puts on a one-man show in
which, wearing gorgeous authentic
costumes, Mr. Cartier portrays various
characters of King Louis' court, en
acting the parts as well as doing sev
eral skillful dances. This program is
primarily dramatic, however, and not
a dance program in the sense that
both the Schoop and Shan-Kar ballets
were.
Those who have series tickets for
the coming attraction wil' be given
the preferable seats in the ball room.
Reservations can be placed through
the Talburt Ticket Agency, in the
Willard Hotel.
LOCAL PRODUCTION
FOR “PINAFORE”
J^ILBERT and Sullivan's rollicking
sea ditties that have made "H.
M. S. Pinafore" one of the most popu
lar light operas in the English speak
ing world will be sung by the chorus
of 50 solo voices that make up the
Estelle Wentworth Opera group, on
Tuesday night, March 9, at 8:30 in
Roosevelt High School Auditorium,
sponsored by the Community Center
Department.
Nina Norman, soprano, who. since
she has been heard in the role of Jose
phine, has sung light opera on the pro
fessional stage, returns to her original
role of the captain's daughter for
this Spring performance. J. Edmond
Veitch, who has r.ot appeared in opera
for several years, but who previously
had made a reputation with the Went
worth group, returns to sing his role of
Capt. Corcoran, while Ray Baine will
make his first appearance In the role
of Sir Joseph Porter, K. C. B„ first
lord of the admiralty. In previous
performances Mr. Baine has sung the
role of the able seaman, Ralph Rack
straw.
The role of Ralph Rackstraw will be
sung by Richard Hill, Harry Yeide will
appear as the boatswain and a new
comer to the group, Kenneth Burgess,
will be the Dick Deadeye. “Little
Buttercup” will be sung by Mildred
Sherman, and the role of Hebe will
be in the hands of Margaret Phillips.
Tickets at the Willard, the Washing
ton and the A. A. A.
MUSIC PROGRESS
AT WOMEN’S CLUB
"PROGRESS OF MUSIC FROM
A THE CHRISTIAN ERA’* is the
title of the second in a series of five
adventures in music to be given by
Mary Izant Couch on Thursday at
8:30 p.m. in the Women's City Club,
736 Jackson place.
Anne Yago McGuffey, contralto, will
assist, singing "Erda's Aria” from “Das
Rheingold” of Wagner, and “Adieu
Foret” of Tschaikowski. also reading
from the poem of “Jeanne d'Arc," by
Percy Mackaye.
Easter Program by Chorus.
rPHE National Capital Parks Schola
Cantorum, a choral group of over
250 voices, is meeting every Monday
night in the auditorium of the In
terior Department, Eighteenth and F
streets northwest, to rehearse for the
sunrise concert to be given on Easter
morning at the Sylvan Theater on
the Washington Monument Grounds.
Marshall C. Finnan superintendent of
the National Capital parks, and
Maestro Arturo Papalardo, who is
training the chorus and who will direct
the concert, are hoping to establish
a permanent choral group of such a
numerical strength which may reach
a goal of 500 voices.
Applications for membership can be
made at the headquarters of the
Washington Schola Cantorum, 1317 F
street north west.
=====..—
Jacques Cartier, at left, in the role of Louis XIV, around
whom, he has woven the dance-drama episodes of his recital on
Friday afternoon at the Willard Hotel, and right, Elizabeth
Rethberg. prima donna of the Metropolitan, who, with her col
league, Ezio Pinza, bass, ivill be hear in joint recital Tuesday
evening at Constitution Hall, and below, Jacqueline Salomons,
young French violinist, the soloist on the French program to be
given tomorrow afternoon at Constitution Hall by the National j
Symphony Orchestra. i
Metropolitan Singers !
To Give Joint Recital
Elizabeth Rethberg and Ezio Pinza Offered
as Artists at Constitution Hall Tuesday
Evening—Swarthout Song Event.
ELIZABETH RETHBERG. soprano, and Ezio Pinza, basso, both of the
Metropolitan Opera and now making their first joint concert tour of
the United States, will be heard in joint recital at Constitution Hall
Tuesday evening, at 8:30 o'clock, under the local management of Dor
othy Hodgkin Dorsey. This will be the fourth and final attraction of Mrs.
Dorsey’s 1936-37 evening recital series at Constitution Hall.
Mme. Rethberg is not only prominently identified with the Metroplitan
Opera Association, but "has appeared*;*
extensively at Covent Garden, the
Vienna State Opera, Paris Grand
Opera, La Scala in Milan and the
Royal Opera House in Rome. Mr.
Pinza has brought basso singing to a
degree of popularity it has seldom
enjoyed in the past. He. too, supple
ments his numerous American opera
and concert appearances with engage
ments at Covent Garden, Teatro Reale
in Rome, the Paris Opera and at Salz
burg. The joint recital tour of Reth
berg and Pinza in this country follows
closely a lengthy tour they have been
making together In Australia.
'T'HE program that Mme. Rethberg
and Mr. Pinza will sing at Consti
tution Hall on Tuesday evening will
include at least two duets. The first
of these will be "La ci darem la mano”
from Mozart's "Don Giovanni,” while
their second duet, closing the program,
will be “The Swallow” duet from
Thomas’ "Mignon.”
Mr. Pinza will open the program
with a group that includes “Qui
sdegno non s'accende’’ from Mozart’s
"Magic Flute,” Handel’s “Alma mia,”
Falconieri's seventeenth-century "O
Bellissimi Capelli” and another seven
teenth-century song, “Che fiero cos
tume,” by G. Legrenzi, while Mme.
Rethberg's first group includes “Come
Again, Sweet Love,” by John Dowland:
"O Sleep. Why Dost Thou Leave Me?”
by Handel, and Mozart’s "Alleluia.”
After the intermission Mme. Reth
berg will sing Franz Schubert’s
"Wohin,” Schumann’s "Du blst wie
eine blume,” Robert Franz’s “Im
Herbst” and Richard Strauss’ "Stand
chen.” The second Pinza group will
offer Pietro Clmara’s “Fiocca le Neve,”
"Mephistopheles’ Serenade,” from
Gounod’s “Faust” and ”H lacerato
spirito,” from Verdi’s “Simon Boc
canegra.” The duet numbers will
close each half of the program.
Edwin McArthur, who so brilliantly
accompanied Mme. Kirsten Flagstad
at Constitution Hall week before last,
will appear at the piano for Mme.
Rethberg and Mr. Pinza. Seats for
the performance are available at Mrs.
Dorsey’s Concert Bureau, in Droop’s,
1300 G street nothwest, and at Con
stitution Hall on Tuesday evening.
/^LADYS SWARTHOUT. glamorous
mezzo-soprano star of the Metro
politan Opera, concert, radio and the
screen, whose newest cinema success,
"Champagne Waltz,” is currsntly be
ing shown throughout the country,
wlU appear to person to full-length
song recital at Constitution Hall next
Sunday afternoon, March 7, at 4
o'clock under the local management
of Mrs. Dorsey. This will be the
eighth of Mrs. Dorsey’s Sunday after
noon concerts and recitals at Consti
tution Hall. Mo program has yet been
announced.
TEACHERS TO HEAR
VIOLINIST PLAY
J'HE February meeting of the Wash
ington Teachers' Association will
take place tomorrow at the Sulgrave
Club at 8:30 o'clock, the date having
been changed on account of the holi
day on February 22. The following
musical program will be given by
Emanuel Zetlin, violinist, with Ste
phanie Schehatowitsch at the piano;
"Concerto in A Major,” Mozart;
"Poeme. Op. 25,” Chausson; "Sonata
in E Flat Major, op. 18,” Strauss;
"Largo Expressivo,” Pugnani; "Ma
zurka." Chopin-Kreisler; •‘Two Hun
garian Dances,” Brahms-Joachim;
"Turkish March, from the “Ruins of
Athens,” Beethoven-Auer.
Mr. Zetlin of the violin department
of the Washington College of Music
was born in Petrograd, Russia, and
graduated from the Imperial Con
servatory at the age of 15 with the
highest honors obtainable in Russia.
Previous to Joining the Washington
College of Music, Mr. Zetlin was for
four years professor at the Curtis In
stitute of Music in Philadelphia and
a member of the Curtis String Quar
tet.
Tenor Sings at Y. W. C. A.
JESSE MUSS EAR, lyric tenor, Otto
Simon at the piano, will give a
program at the Y. W. C. A., Seven
teenth and K streets northwest, to
morrow afternoon at 5 o'clock.
The program will include “Amarll
li,” Caccini; "Adelaide,” Beethoven;
"Where'er YjO Walk,” Handel;
"Saphic 04e” and “In Summer
Fields,” Brahms; “On Wings of
Song,” Mendelssohn; "The Dew Is
Sparkling,” Rubenstein; “A Spirit
Flower,” Campbell-Tipton; “Sere
nade,” Nevin: “Thou Art Like a
Lovely Flower,” Wilson Smith, and
“Come to the Garden, Love,” Salter.
1 The public la cordially Invited.
Pianist With
Teacher in
Liszt Work
Miss Wilkins to Give
Concerto Under
Organization.
1WARJORIE VESTA WILKINS, a
talented young pianist, will be
presented in Liszt's ‘ Concerto No. 2
in A Major.” with her teacher. Mme.
Tamara Dmitrieff, at the second
piano, by the Adult Department
Chorus of Calvary Baptist Sunday
school at its eighth annual' concert,
Wednesday, at 8:15 p.m., in Woodward
Hall, Eighth and H streets northwest.
Beginning the study of piano at the
age of 6 years at the Washington
College of Music. Miss Wilkins will
complete 10 years of continuous train
ing under Mme. Dmitrieff in June,
when she expects to receive a diploma
in piano. For more than four years
she has also studied the violin, play
ing this instrument at present in the
orchestra of the Young People's De
partment of Calvary Baptist Sunday
school and in the orchestra of the
Bethesda-Chevy Chase Senior High
School. The concerto to be played by
Miss Wilkins and Mme. Dmitrieff
consists of only one movement, and
has been called ‘‘The Life and Adven
tures of a Melody” by one commenta
tor.
Organized in 1927 by Andrew Clif
ford Wilkins, the Adult Department
Chorus has been under his continuous
direction. Mrs. Glen Edgington. the
first accompanist, is still serving in
that capacity. On Sunday mornings
the chorus presents a soloist and an
anthem at the opening exercises of
the adult department of the Sunday
school In Woodward Hall.
The program for the concert will
be as follows:
“Ode to Duty" .Robert W. GibD
Adult Department Chorus.
‘‘The Lost Chord ’ - Sullivin-Brewer
Men of the Chorus. _ .
“In the Hour of Trial" Thome-Parks
“Come. Spirit of the Living God
Speaks-Deis
Adult Department Chorus.
“Dear Lord. Remember Me" Lange-Moore
“Take My Hand 1 Dvorak-Parks
Women of the Chorus
“Psalm XLVI. God Is Our Refuge
and Strength" Carl F. Mueller
Adult Department Chorus.
"Concerto No. 2 In A Major Franz Liszi
Marjorie Vesta Wilkins.
Mme. Tamara DmitriefT .
“To Spring" Edvard Gr.eg
Adult Department Chorus.
“O Night of Dreams Cadman
“I Dream of Jeanie" Foster-Parks
“Italian Street 8ong" from “Naughty
Marietta Victor Herbert
Ruth Barnhart Mayberry and the Men
of the Chorus.
“Sweetheart. From the ComttOg.^
Adult Department Chorus.
MUSIC CONTEST
TO BE HELD HERE
'T'HE District of Columbia Federa
tion of Music Clubs. Eva Whitford
Lovette, president, announces the bi
ennial music contest for young artists
and student musicians, to be held lo
cally on Saturday. March 6, at 2 p.m.
in Barker Hall. Charlotte Lippitt, con
test chairman, is in charge of the con
test, to which the public is invited.
On April 9 the young artist winners
will compete in the semi-final contest
to be held at Petersburg. Va . against
winners from Maryland, Virginia, West
Virginia and Delaware. Winners in
the semi-finals will take part in the
national competition in Indianapolis,
Ind., where the young man or young
woman adjudged the winner in voice,
piano and violin will each receive one
of three $1,000 cash prizes given by the
Federation of Music Clubs. Two cash
prises of $500 each will also be pre
sented to the two opera voice con
testants who are considered worthy
to compete for the Schubert Memorial
Award of a major role in the Metro
politan Opera.
The national winner in piano and
in violin will also be given an audition
in Philadelphia, the award being an
appearance with the Philadelphia Or
chestra in New York.
As those who compete in the stu
dent contest are expected riot to have
advanced sufficiently to be ready for
concert or operatic careers, they will
not appear In the national contest but
will go on to semi-final contest and
will receive certificates of merit from
both local and semi-final contests.
The Rubinstein Club is holding
regular rehearsals each Tuesday at
the Willard. Those desiring audi
tions for voice test should call Edith
i M. Whits, 1415 Spring road northwsst
Symphony to Present
French Master’s Work
Jacqueline Salomons, Parisian Violinist, to
Be Soloist at Concert—Orchestra Makes
Plans for Whiteman Appearance. <
WTH Jacqueline Salomons, charming young Parisian violinist, as
soloist. Hans Kindler, conductor, and the National Symphony
Orchestra present an outstanding program devoted to the works
of the French masters at 4 p.m. tomorrow afternoon in
Constitution Hall.
Miss Salomons, one of the most talented artists of her country today,
comes to the Capital to make her.;,
debut with the National Symphony.
With the orchestra she will play
works of two noted French composers
who have made definite contributions
to the national music of the country. 1
The program will be played as
follows:
Overture. “Gwendoline" — Chabrier
•'Poeme'1 Chausson
Jacqueline Salomons.
“L'Apprentl Sorcier" Dukas
“Tzigane" Ravel
Jacqueline Salomons
Excerpts from incidental music to
“L'Arlesienne 8u!te '_ Bizet
■Prelude"
•Menuetto"
“Adagletto"
“Carillon"
“Tempo di Fandango"
“Farandole."
ALTHOUGH she is just 20, Miss
Salomons has already made a
reputation for herself both in Europe
and in America. Born in Paris, she
attended the Paris Conservatoire,
where she won first pnze for violin
playing. Completely unheralded, she
came to America for her debut, and
after her first concert in New York i
she was hailed by the New York
Herald Tribune critic as "the most
promising new violinist to appear here
this season."
The following season she made a i
tour of the country with the famous
Italian tenor, Beniamino Gigli, ap
pearing in New York, Chicago,
Toronto, Washington, New Orleans,
Houston and El Paso. Tex , and Oak
land and Long Beach, Calif.
Immediately after this all-French
program which Dr. Kindler has plan
ned as a highlight of the orchestra's
season, the 80 members of the orches
tra board a special train for the
South. During the next sewen days
they will visit many of the principal
cities of the South for concert en
gagements.
The tour opens Monday night with
a concert in the Mosque at Richmond,
Va. The rest of the itinerary follows;
Tuesday night, March 2, Roanoke,
Va.; March 3. Chattanooga. Tenn.;
March 4, Knoxville, Tenn.; March 5, i
Asheville, N. C.; March 6, Lynchburg.
Va.; March 7. Sweet Briar, Va., and
March 8, Harrisonburg, Va.
Concert Schedule
TOMORROW
National Symphony Orchestra,
Dr. Hans Kindler, conductor:
Jacqueline Salomons, violinist,
soloist; Constitution Hall. 4 pm.
Emanuel Zetlin, violinist, pro
gram for Music Teachers’ Asso
ciation. Sulgrave Club. 8:30 p.m.
John Alden Finckel. cellist:
Alice Finckel. pianist, joint recital,
Roosevelt Hotel, 9:30 p m.
Dr. George Anderson, tenor:
Edward J. Henneburrv. pianist:
joint recital, Congressional Club,
5 p.m.
Jesse Nussear. vocal recital,
Y. W. C. A, Barker Hall, 5 p m.
MONDAY.
Navy Band, 2 p.m.
TUESDAY.
Elizabeth Rethberg, soprano.
Ezio Pinza, basso: joint recital.
Constitution Hall, 8:30 p.m
Navy Band Symphony Orches
tra, Sail Loft, Navy Yard. 8 p.m.
Coolidge Quartet, Library of
Congress, 3:45 p.m.
Marine Band, 3 p.m.
Soldiers' Home Band Orchestra,
5:30 p.m.
WEDNESDAY.
Department of Agriculture Or
chestra. Dr. Walter Bauer, con
ductor. Leslie Atkins, soloist. De
partment Auditorium. 8:30 pm.
Adult Department Chorus of
Calvary Baptist Church. Marjorie
Vesta Wilkins, pianist, soloist;
Woodward Hall, 8:15 pm.
Marine Band Symphony Or
chestra, Marine Barracks, 8 p.m.
THURSDAY.
Coolidge Quartet, Library of
Congress. 3:45 p.m.
"Progress of Music From the
Christian Era,” lecture. Mary
Izant Couch; Anne Yago Mc
Ouffey. contralto, assisting:
Women's City Club. 8:30 p.m.
Soldiers' Home Band Orchestra.
5:30 pm.
FRIDAY.
Friday Morning Music Club.
Minna Niemann and Aurelia Olm
stead. pianists; Mrs. C. Stanley
Thompson, soprano; Barker Hall,
11:30 am.
Jacques Cartier, dance-drama
recital, Willard Hotel, 4:30 p.m.
SATURDAY.
Soldiers' Home Band Orchestra,
5:30 p.m.
Charmian Bolibaugh, contralto, will
be presented in recital by Le Roy Lewis
at the Catholic Sisters' College this
evening at 8 o'clock. Her program will
include the aria “Che faro senza Euri
dice" ("Orfoe"), by Gluck; a group of
Italian by Respighi, Handel and Cal
dara; a German group by Schubert
and an English and French group of
modern songs. Miss Bolibaugh will
receive her degree in voice in June
from the college, where she has been
studying under Mr. Lewis.
Soloist
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! MARJORIE VESTA WILKINS,
Young pianist, who will play a
Liszt concerto at the annual
concert of the Adult Depart
ment Chorus of Calvary Bap
\ tist Church in Woodward Halt
1 on Wednesday evening.
pAUL WHITEMAN and his orchestra
will be combined with the Na
tional Symphony Orchestra in one of
the most unusual concerts of the Cap
ital’s music season on March 17 in
Constitution Hall.
Arrangements just completed by
Mr. Whiteman and Hans Kindler,
cal! for a program for Washington
similar to those which Mr. Whiteman
presented so successfully this Winter
with the Philadelphia Orchestra in
Philadelphia and New York. Merging
for this occasion one of America's
major symphony orchestras with his
ow n group, which is especially equipped
and trained to present the music of
today. Paul Whiteman will give Wash
ington music lovers a rare opportunity
to hear the newest development in
American music. For more than a
decade, Mr. Whiteman has been a
foremost exponent of this music.
In addition to the famous leader
and his orchestra the program will
have another singular feature. Deems
Taylor, noted American composer and
New York music commentator, will be
present to give his annotation on the
program's music before the audience.
This is the assignment he also had at
Mr. Whiteman's Philadelphia Or- t
ehestra concerts.
Mr. Whiteman and his orchestra
will appear with the National Sym
phony in the place of George Gersh
win, the composer and pianist, who
was to be soloist on the March 17
date. Gershwin will not be able to
keep his engagement because of work
he is doing in Hollywood on music for
a mol ion picture about to be released.
To take Gershwin's place the National
Symphony was most fortunate to ob
tain the services of Mr. Whiteman,
since he is the one who f.rst intro
duced George- Gershwin's music to
the American public.
The Whiteman concert will be in
the National Symphony's regular mid
week series, and will be presented at
8:30 p.m.
Agriculture
Orchestra
In Concert
Department Artist to
Contribute His
“Keltic Legend."
"T'HE program of the next concert,
A which the Department of Agri- «
culture Orchestra will present on
Wednesday at 8:30 p.m. in the De
partment of Agriculture Auditorium,
South Building. Fourteenth street and
Independence avenue, includes the
"Keltic Legend.” by Laurence Powell,
and employe of the department. An
other Agriculture employe, Leslie At
kins. will be featured as soloist in Max
Bruch's "Kol Niedrei" for cello and
orchestra. Mendelssohn's "Ruy Bias
Overture" will open the program and
be followed by the "Pastorale d'Ete" >
(Summer scene), by the modem
French composer, Honegger, and the
charming "Sinfonietta." by the well
known New England composer, Chad
wick. who died only a few years ago.
The Washington public is cordially
invited to attend this concert. There
is no admission charge, nor are tickets
required to gain access to the au
ditorium.
SUNDAYPROGRAMS <
BY CAPITOL CHOIR
QN SUNDAY, March 7. at the
morning service in Universahst
National Memorial Church, the Na
tional Capitol Choir, under the direc
tion of Dr. Albert W. Harned. will
sing Gounod's "Gallia," with Irene
Kohl, soprano, as soloist. On Sun
day, March 14. at 4 30 p.m.. Jessie
Masters, contralto, will sing Paul
Bliss' song cycle, "Mary," and the
choir will conclude the service with
Tours' "Magnificat” and the Bach «
chorale "Jesus, Priceless Treasure."
Malton Boyce will be at the organ.
Dr. Harned has moved his stu
dios from 1317 New Yor avenue to
the Universalist National Memorial
Church. 1601 S street northwest,
where he will continue his teaching
of voice culture and organ. In th«
future the National Capitol Choir,
under the direction of Dr. Harned,
will hold its practices at the church.
HARP RECITAL
BY MRS. BROSIUS
VjRS ROOSEVELT heads the list
of patronesses for the harp re
cital to be given by Edythe Marmion
Brosius, nationally known concert
harpist, at the Sulgrave Club on Fri
day. March 12. at 4:30 in the after
noon.
Mrs. Brosius has devoted her musi
cal career to making the harp
better known as a solo instrument.
Her program will be composed of se
lections from the old masters and
moderns. One group will be given
on the ancient Irish harp of mu:ic
from the lore of the minstrels of
Scotland, Wales and Ireland, arranged
by Mrs. Brosius.
Tickets may be obtained from
Edythe Marmion Brosius, 2900 Q
street, or at the Sulcrave Club on
the day of the recital.
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