The Washington herald., 1914-11-29
CONCERTS AND LECTURES
Louise Horner in Concert.

Louise Homer will be heard In recital
at the National Theater next Friday,
December 4. at 4:3O Mime. Homer is now
appearing in opera and is one of the
great lyric artists of the world. She is
being heard this season on occasions
whose Importance rank with the musical
pre-eminence of this gifted singer. The
position Nine. Homer holds in the afiec-
tions Of the public was we'll told by the
critic of the New York Press, when she
made her first appearance OF the season
at the Metropolitan Opera House in 19R
after an enforced absence, a reappear-
ance that resulted in one OF the notable
triumphs of the contralto's brilliant ca
reer.
Charm Of manner, comeliness that
never fails TO attract and a personality
replete with those magnetic qualities
desired by patrons of music are attrf-
butes possessed in abundant degree by
Nine. Homer. Whether II be upon the
concert or operatic platform, this con-
tralto wins neutrality-suspicious. she
appeals TO the visual as well as the
aural senses. Broad in her musician
ship. in constant sympathy with the
fullest intent Of the composer, Nine
Homer also attaches paramount i'm
portance to the value Of clear and cor
rect diction, with the result that the
text Of any song or aria she interprets
is unvaryingly distinct.
ostrRnder Today.
With war rumors coming from points
in Northern Africa, and the report of
fighting near El Kantara, especial inter-
est attaches to Harry c. Ostrander's
lecture on this strange part of the world,
rhiFh fG rad hxyf kn EQaIa
ter for this evening. Those who heard
the earlier numbers of Mr.. Ostrander's
series will welcome this opportunity to
gain clearer understanding Of Moorish
lands through the medium of the lecture
and the magnificent colored pictures
which illustrate it. Some OF the special
features of the lecture will be the new
angles Mr. ostrander will give on Gi-
braltar, Grenada, Cordova, the capital
of the Calfph Ab-der-Rham the Moor
in Africa. Tangier and market day in
the Grand Sok, Algiers; the gorge of El
Kantara, Old Biskra and the real Gar
den of Allah"
Philadelphia Orchestra.
The Philadelphia Orchestra will give
its first concert in Washington this sea-
son on Tuesday afternoon, December Is
at the New National Theater. The So
loist will be Nine. Schumann- Heink
and admirers of the great contralto who
have only heard her in recital, will have
an opportunity Of appreciating her art
in another form. When she appears here
with the orchestra she will be heard in
selections from her operatic repertory
and the accompaniment will be provided
by the full orchestra under the direction
of Leopold Stokowski. Nine Schumann-
Heink has chosen for her numbers the
Adriano's aria from "Rienzi," the first
opera composed by Richard Wagner, and
Andromache's Lament from Achilles"
by Max Bruch. a work based on Homers
Iliad. Mr.. Stokowski has not completed
the list of orchestral works which will
be performed at the first concert, but he
is noted for his skill as a maker of inter-
esting and well-balanced programs. The
Philadelphia Orchestra will appear here
with its full complement of eighty-five
men. A resolution of the board of direct
ors OF the orchestra has decreed that no
concerts may be announced as being
given by the Philadelphia Orchestra ex-
cept when they are directed by the con-
ductor selected by the association and
leading the entire orchestra Three con-
certs will be given in Washington this
season by the. Philadelphia Orchestra
The soloists will be Alma Gluck and
Olga Samaroff, in addition to Nine Schu-
Burton Holmes TrayeIOEue Today.
Bonnie Scotland, her lakes and her
lasses her kilties, a 'Tramorama" of
Glasgow's quaint and busy streets, the
man-made River Clyde, coaching through
the Trossachs and an all-day cruise
through the Caledonian Canal will be
featured in motion pictures and colored
views in the Burton Holmes TraveIogue
this evening and tomorrow afternoon at
the Columbia Theater. In all his twen-
ty-one years Of travel talking, Mr. |
Holmes has never before devoted an en-
tire afternoon Or evening to Scotland. |
During the last Summer, however, he and |
his motion-picture expert motored |
through this picturesque country and !
they found enough Of romantic and his |
toric interest, in unusual natural beauty |
and in wonderful industries to make a |
1oZen travelogues. In his travelogue on |
Scotland" Mr.. Holmes will take his |
audiences from GretnR Green to Inver- |
ness, with studies OF everyday life in |
Edinburgh and Glasgow. with glimpses of |
he mobilization of the Scottish regiments I
which was in progress when Mr.. Holmes |
was there at the outbreak of the war
ast summer. He was also permitted to
'eeure at that time very intimateN mo-
ion pictures of King George and Queen |
Nary which will be disclosed for the
irst time in this weeks travelogue.
Boston SYMPHONY Orchestra.
An early work by Richard Strauss