The Washington herald., 1914-12-06
CONCERTS AND LECTURES
SpeaIRht Recital.


worId-famed contralto. as the soloist,
the first of a series OF three concerts.
to be given in Washington by the Phil
adelphia Orchestra will be given at the
National Theater Tuesday afternoon,
December Is. at 4:30 o'clock.
Nine. SchumannH Heink will give Sc
lections from her operatic repertory
and will be accompanied by the full or
chestra of eighty-five pieces. under the
direction OF Leopold Stokowski
She has selected 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."
One OF the most interesting and best
balanced programs ever offered in
Washington by the orchestra has been
arranged by Mr.. Stokowski. II Is stated
Weber's "Oberon." will be the opening
number. oIlOwed by Beethoven's Sym
phony. No. S. in T. Op. Sc. and Liszt's
marvellous Hungarian Rhapsody. No. l.
will close the program.
speaIEht Recital.
Mr.. Frank Speaight will inauCurate
his local season in Dickins recitals
with his impersonation OF Pickwick on
Tuesday afternoon at the Belasco The
ater.
There are many interpreters of the
immortal novelist's works. but Frank
SpeaiCht is in Il class by himself. He
| lives Dickens FIRST, last, and all the
time. and he has become so imbued
with the spirit of the thing that he
seems to be a Dickens character him
self. He uses no costume nor makeup.
but his impersonations OF the various
characters are startingly effective.
Ostrander Lecture.
Harry c. OstBnnder will touch on an
exceedingly interesting part of the
world when he speaks at the BeIasCo
Theater tonight. for the subject OF his
illustrated lecture is announced as
"'Mohammcdan Lands of the Near East"
With Turkey. the Balkans. and various
parts OF the Mohammedan world in a
state Of unrest or actual warfare, es-
peCially timely interest attaches to the
graphic word and Photographic pictures
which Washington people have learned
to expect from Mr.. Ostrander during the
lectures OF the past few weeks. He will
tell of Constantinople. the Golden Horn
and Old Stamboul. the Dardanelles, the
Smyrna, Tripoli. Damascus. Jerusalem
and the trip throGgh the wilderness of
Judea to ancient Jericho. the Dead Sea,
places which for thousands of years
have been know to the varied popula-
tions that peopled them.
Burton Holmes TrayeIoEue.
Burton Holmes maintains that If ever
there was a land pre-eminently lOvable.
IL is the emerald division of the British
empire from which came so many of
Uncle Sans most loyal citizens and
energetic officials. He insists that Ire
land is rich in many things that other
richer countries lack. and yet Ireland
is called poor. ireland" is to be his
subject at the Columbia Theater today
and tomorrow. Mr.. Holmes visited this
country during the last summer and he
was more greatly impressed than ever
before with the human side of the peo-
pie, so rich in beauty, courtesy and
kindliness. 1t was Mr.. Homles' second
visit, and he added to his collection a
complete series OF pictures of the Ire
land Of 1914. He arrived there at the
moment OF the Ulster crisis: he left
during the mobilization for the great
European war. He was fortunate in
securing excellent motion pictures of
each of these incidents
The beauty of Killarney is not neg
Iected by Mr.. Holmes in his descriptions
or his pictures. after which the au-
dience will be given some fine glimpses
of Dublin.
Fuller Sisters Concert.
The Belasco Theater announces a |
folk song recital by the Fuller sisters,
of Dorset. England. for next Thursday
afternoon. which promises to be a well |
come variation from the usual seasons
musical entertainments. These three
girls. in their quaint costumes of early |
Victorian days. are said to be the en-
bodiment of that simplicity which is
essential to the songs they sing. and |
the Irish harp on which they accom- |
pany themselves adds the crowninE
touch to their work. For the folk
songs of the British Isles are like |
nothing else in the world. Generations |
ago they came from the very heart of |
the peasants. and they reflect a simplic- |
ity and calmness of life that seem
strange enough to use of today.
BIspham Recital.
David Bispham, A merica's great barry
tone, today makes public the program |
he has arranged for his recital in the |
English language at the Columbia The |
ater Friday afternoon. starting at $3.50 |
o'clock. In its first part the works of /
such European composers as Handel, |
Purcell. Secchi. Mendelssohn, Verdi, |
Wagner. and Schumsnn appear. while |
the second part is devoted to modern |
songs by American composers, winding |
up with the recitation to music. COM |
posed specially for 1t by Rossiter G. |