The Washington herald., 1917-03-11
CONCERTS AND LECTURES

Nine. Samaroff, pianist, and the Knei-
sci Quartet will be heard in a Joint re-
cital at the National Theater Tuesday
afternoon, March q, at 4:30. This will be
the last concert in the Artists Course"
under the management Of Mrs. Wilson
Greene.
Nine. samaroft is the wife of Leopold
Stokowski, conductor OF the Philadelphia
Orchestra, and Is numbered with the lin
tied array of pianists of American birth
who have achieved the highest distino-
tion in Europe and in her own country.
The Kneisel Quartet was founded in
November, 1885, by Mr.. Henry L. Riggln-
son, owner OF the Boston Symphony Or
chestra. The success Of this organiza-
ton and the appreciation OF its work in
the field of chamber music Is we'll known
to the music-loving public.
The closing concert Of the season by
the Boston Symphony Orchestra will be
given in the New National Theater next
Tuesday afternoon, March 1s, at 4:3o
o'clock. The soloist will be Elena Ger
hardt, the most distinguished Of concert
sopranos, who has created in Washing
ton a large and admiring public Miss
Gerhardt will sing two groups Of songs;
the first will be songs by Beethoven,
'Wonne der Wehmut," "Die Tromel
geruhret," ''Freudvoll und leidvolr' and
Die Ehre Gottes in der Natur" Her
second group will be three songs by
Hugo Wolf. Der Freund," "verborgen-
heit," and "Er lists"
Patrons of T. Arthur Smiths ."ren
Star Series" will have the opportunity of
hearing for the FIRST time this season the
great Russian pianist, Ossip Gabrilo-
witsch, who will be the artist at the
New National Theater next Friday after
noon.
By universal consent Gabrilowitsch is
at the very head Of the Russian school OF
rianists and here, as elsewhere in
America, is one of the most popular OF
the great artists now before the public
Utterly lacking IN pose. simple and un-
assuming, his masterful playing seems to
bring the composers to life. Probably no
other living pianist Is SO versatile. His
pure, compact and discreet dynamics,
skillful and suave, singing tone and deli
cacy OF execution and the artistic IN
depreciation of the music have won him
the unstinted praise Of critics and a fol-
lowing among music lovers second to
none.
On Tuesday afternoon, March 20, at the
New National Theater the Philadeiphia
Orchestra will give the last Of its series
of five Washington concerts. For its
nnal appearance OF the season Mr.. Sto-
kowslli has arranged a novelty IN an all
Russian program. which doubtless will
strike a popular response here. This
unique program was recently given in
Philadelphia and its popularity was at
tested by the demonstration which the
capacity audiences accorded It The
program to be given here 10 full Of gay
and melodious music. while the SYM
phony is characterized by q freshness and
vigor almost primitive.
Personally conducted by Dwight Elmen-
dorf, the armchair voyagers'' at the
New National Theater will visit the Rhine
and several old German towns next
Thursday afternoon at 4:3o
Included in the itinerary will be a trir
down the Rhine to Weimar and to Eisen.
ach.
Nuremberg. with its strange mixture
of modernity and mediaevalism, will next
be visited, and finally old red-roofed
Rothenburg. As each place associated
with the lives of the old German musi.
clans 10 visited, Mr.. Elmendorf will per.
sonaliy play some selection from thsi,
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