The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1922-02-05

Kreisler stirs the deeps Of the
heart. His rich-toned melodies
are so weighted with feeling that
no one seems to have been quite
so tender or quite so simply APP
pealing. He brings today two
master works of music in the
famous Beethoven "Kreutzer
Sonata" and in the Mendelssohn
z minor Concerto, each in their
four parts that are the soloist's
equivalent for the mighty form
of the symphony when played
by orchestra. And\ then Mr..
Kreisler will play many familiar
and much'loved compositions
that are n part of every home
where a photograph is a part
Of the family life.
And Hefetz scales the mighty
heights in airy. intang bic tones
that seem not of this world. This
gift of personality, that 8 some.
thing more than being born simply
of the will, has touched a few Of
these youths OF the violin today,
and of them Heifetz stands as the
most transcendental
RRCNHILDE, the favorite god.
dess In the great music.dramas
OF Wagner, has today no greater
interpreter than Margaret Matte
nauer. A noble figure in opera.
Nine. Matzenauer's dramatic gifts
with voce of broad range make
her equally effective in songs.
And this great artist has chosen a
program for her concert here this
week that will restore to us opera
arias we have not heard in some
time, with a song literature that
brings again the great "Sapphic
Ode" of Brahms as well as the
delicate pastel songs of Debussy
that made the writer seek the
painters art for words to express
this new .mpression!sm in music.
The singers art is a fascinating
imagery. In a few phrases, with II,
picture to aid the story, he must
take one into other climes, other
scenes. by means of tones and
words full Of meaning.
Does the unuttered but deeply
expressed feeling in a song ever
impress you as a miracle N human
psychology? 1t is the intangible
charm in all music that makes 1t
. fresh experience every time it is
created by a great artist. Like
wordsworth's immortal Child, It
comes trailing clouds of glory"
VIVID picture in opera and
ballet. however, are soon to
be ours. It will be a Joy to have
II all thought out for us-the color,
the drama, the music, the picture.
It In doubtless one of the reasons
that Italy is the opera-loving
country. They are fond of brill
iant things. they are not SO In
Prospective.
= with Foxine and Fokina, who
rive q program OF dance-dramas
from the Russian Ballet, we will
zee two of the leading opponents
Of this art of music in motion.
Fokine Is creator and master of
the ballet art from the land of the
temperamental Slav. And color In
Russian stage-art is a drama In
itself.
OPERA. with q very personal
interest in the Washington
Opera Company, promises a really
spectacular production of Saint
saens' great Biblical opera sam.
con and Delilah." To keep their
standard up to grand opera as it
should be given, the Washington
Opera Company Is celebrating upon
the Idea Of opera produced in the
community by engaging the fore
most solo artists obtainable for its
leading roles. by using the fore
most voices among US for roles into
which they fit. and by bringing
noted directors for the conducting
of the orchestra, for the stage
craft, and for the ballet.
II 10 not a little thing that is
being done here. Watch the devel-
opment Of the Samson and
Deiilah." with it's chorus Of over n
hundred OF our own myers, ana
when you have found It a brilliant
snsemble--as you will-then see