Evening star., 1922-06-11
Musical Mention

At the closing concert of the
Beethoven Association. given recently
in Aeolian Hall. New York city.
Ernest Hutcheson gave the first per-
formance in this country of Fried
man Bach's Concerto for Piano and
Orchestra" For this occasion
small orchestra of about the size used
in the time of Bach was assembled
and was conducted for the one per-
formance by Franz Kneisel. Fried
man Bach. IL he had not been the son
of the illustrious Sebastian Bach.
might have come down to posteritS
as a great composer, but he was
overshadowed by his Incompatible
father. This concerto, however
played by Mr.. Hutcheson, who is one
of the great interpreters of Bach
today, Is said to have been last play
ed in Vienna twenty years ago. ana
tho recent performance in New YORK
has aroused SO much interest that II
is hoped the artist will place 1t on
some of his concert programs next
season.
Following a delightful symposium
! on summer Reading" at the Arts
Club at the close OF Music week, un-
der direction of Mrs. Frederic Faf-
rington. members of the club ana
their guests enjoyed an unusual mu-
steal treat in the playing of the Nor
; fleet trio of New York, which maze
| its last official appearance of the
week at the White House SATURDAY
| afternoon, at the serenade to the Presl-
| dent.
! This interesting group of young
artists all belong to the same family
and have been playing since their
| carly childhood, Helen Norfieet, the
pianist of the trio, having amazed
the critics at the age of hVe years
IIa~
gifted as a violiniSt. and her brother
| Loeper. is pronounced virtuoso on
| the cello. Their Interpretation OF
! Trio in f Flat" by Beethoven. was
| charming. and. in striking contrast to
! this delightful old classic. they gave
| Percy Grainger's whimsical adapta-
| tion of the old Irish dance, Molly on
the Shore" The Nortleets are her
aided "crusadcrs for chamosr
! music" and their work has been
| recognized by the National Fedora :
! ton of Arts to the extent that they
! have been engaged to play next sea-
/ son in fourteen different states be-
! fore the junior clubs of the fedora
tion.
Another rare treat was offered at
the Arts Club in the appearance OF
Paul LANCER. cello virtuoso of the
Royal Serbian Orchestra. Mr.. LANCER
was pupil OF the great master ana
composer for the cello, David Pop
per. Mr.. Langer's instrument is a
genuine Francesca Rugsieri. only
four Of which are known to be In
existence at the present time. 1t was
made in Cremona in 1862 and is from
the collection OF the former King Of
/ Montenegro.
The Caecilian Society of Trinity
College. consisting of the Glee Club
choral organization Of more than
fifty members. directed by NJ. Pauline
Casey. one of this years seniors, ana
the Eurydice Club, an orchestra COM
posed of first and second viollns.
'cellos. cornet. oboe. harp. harmonium
Fitzgerald 90, conductor, gave de-
lightful hour of music Tuesday as
one of the features of the college
commencement week. Edward FL
sars imposing march. Pomp ana
Circumstance" played by the orches-
to the less pretentious but no less en-
joyable numbers on the program. A
Japanese cicada drama, "Io nennen.
set to music in the form OF cantata
by Wassili Leps. was quite the most
impressive portion of the program as
rendered by the Glee Club, winch
sang with mellow tone. good diction
and fine shading. Three piano solos
"Etude de Concert" by MacDowell.
played by Pauline Casey; "Feux- Fol
let's" by Phillip. rendered by Louise
Harrigan. and sixth Hungarian
Rhapsody" by List, by Regina Cur
ley-were creditable for both techni-
cal and tonal qualities, and two
songs by Edith Fay gave the needed
variety for a well balanced program.
Miss Fay has a voice of beautiful
quality and unusual range and was
most acceptable in Morning" by
Obey Speaks. An arrangement for
orchestra of Rubinsteins celebrated
piano composition, "Kammenoi-Os-
trow": .Adagio." by Berge, and
'Marche Triomphale." rendered by
the Eurydice Club. completed the pro-
gram.
Mr. and Mrs. George F. Ross. with
their little daughters, Dorothy ana
Betty. are rusticating for the sum-
mer months at their cottage near
Rockville. and will motor to the city
each weekend for the services at the
churches at which they serve as or
ganists. the Western Presbyterian
and St Andrews Episcopal churches.
respectively
Miss Anna King, soprano. was the
assisting soloist at the recent recital
at the Wilson Normal School. at
which Miss Zelda R. Miller presented
her class in piano numbers. THESE
youthful pianists were warmly COM
mended both for technic and inter-
probation, and among the numbers
was the duet. Merry Bobolink"
(Krogmann). Elizabeth and Anne
Chambers; cinderella at the Princes
BALI (Hopkirk), Elizabeth Cham
bers: The Music Box" (PoldinD,
Anne Shapiro; pixies Good Night
Song" tBrown), Doris Champion;
"LInnocence" (Voss). Virginia Chism;
DOLLS Dream" (Oesten). Lois Dear
doff: "Elfn Dance" (Keats), Irving
Bowker; Song Without Words
(Streabbog). Anne Chambers;
"Pixies' Indian Village Brown:
Gichner). Rose Lepley: 'Daffodils"
(Pennington). Myrtle Pigg, Spark
let's (Miles), Elizabeth Parker;
"Dance Of the Firefes" tPennington).
Louise vogel; "Pizzicati" (Delibes).
Robin Holland: "Poinsettia" Hynn),
Catherine Jardine; Les Sylphes
(Bachmann). Mercedes Berry: "Flori-
diana" (Melnik). Milton Scrivener;
song, "A Dream (BartletD. Miss
Anna King; piano solo. Springs S
Serenade" tMelnik,, Helen Bruce
The Rosary" (Nevin), Vera Killer
lane; "Valse, op. GA. No. ." Chopin; );
Elizabeth Owen; THE Butterfly"
Gavellee), Mary Rosstead; Fourth
Mazurka" (Godard. Chester VIII.
liams; "Rhapsodie Hongois: No. =
Dance" (MacDowelD. May Shapiro;
prelude in C Sharp Minor" tRach-
maninoff). Stanley Fraser; "Rhapso-
die Hongrois, No s" GiszD. Amy
Norton; "Ballade in A Flat Major"
(Chopin). Miss Marian Bowker; Com
cerstuck' (for two pianos) (Von
Weber). Miss Winifred Seckinger and