Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-07-11
MusigrapIls

II ATHERINE RIGGS. harpist. will
leave the city Tuesday morning
for an extended vacation In New Eng
land, spending the greater part Of the
Summer In Ogun0uit. Me. Miss RIGGS
viii motor to New London, Conn.,, and
to Marblehead, Mass. for brief visits
en- route to Ogunquit, returning to
washington about September 10.
Richard T. Care, organist Of Trinity
Episcopal Church, Mount Vernon, N.
Y, spent q few days In Washington
last week as the guest OF Miss Bea'
trice Goodwin at her home, In Chevy
Chase.
|, Elizabeth Gardner Coombs will NIL
the position OF pianist at the Cleve-
land Park Congregational Church
during the Summer and early Fail.
Today Mrs. Coon1bs will play "On the
Holy Mount" by Dyorak. az 9 prelude
and "Pastorale," by Chaminade. a.
postlude.
Last SUNDAY the contralto soloist.
Mrs. Groofnes, gave an impressive
rendition OF "The Rosary" by Nevin,
using the words of Just az I am.
and Mrs. Coombs played the "PreiudN
In B Flat and the Allegro In A,
both by Meindelssohn.
Edwin Hughes opened his tenth an
YA,ial Summer master class Tor pan
lists In New York June 2s. The class
In being attended by a large numper
OF pianists and musical educators from
Ali pasts Of. the country. Lewis Lane.
a professional pupil, played q recital
on Tuesday evening, June ~. the nrst
Of the series OF six musicals 70 De
given during the master class ny
Hughes artist-puplls.
The Salzburg mozart Festival VIII
take place August TO August 2VI IN.
der the artistic direction of Clemens
Krauss. Max Reinhardt, Franz
Schalk, Richard Strauss and Bruno
Walter. The Vienna State Opera, Lne
Vienna Philharmonic Society. the ~.
emma Mannergesangverein AND tne
Rose Quartet win take part. DR.. Ricn,
ard Strauss and Clemens krauss WIN
direct performances Of Ariadne auI
Naxos":: Franz Schaik VIII conduct
Mozart's Don Juan, Les Pe.,ts
Riens.o Pergolesi's Ia Serva- Pa.
dronan and Gluck,s Don Juan;" with
the cooperation OF the ballet of the
Vienna state Opera; Bruno Walter
win direct III Seraglio'' and Die File.
dermaus." These performances Will
be given at the Salzburg Theater.
Goetlne's Faust" will be staged by
Max Reinhardt In the Festspielhaus;
Hugo Won HofmannsthaPs Every
man on the Domplatz" and Carlo
Goldoni's Servant Of Two Masters"
in the Josefstadt Theater.
The newly organized Municipal Or
chestra OF st. Paul opened its hrst
season with a concert on June 10.
under the direction Of Maurice. Mr..
Maurice Is the jnstigator and founder
Of the orchestra, which owes its In.
eeption to his enterprise. The mem
bers are recruited from the Mime
apolis symphony Orchestra, who vel
come this opportunity OF playing open
air concerts during the Summer
months. st. Paul has not had an or
chestra Of its own for twelve years.
The San Francisco symphony Or.
chestra made it's debut as an open7air
Summer organization, under the lead
ersiiip Of Nlkolai Sokoloff at San Ma
teo, June 10. This Ia Northern Cal
ifornia's first venture in open.air
concerts. The other conductors en-
gagged for the series Of eight concerts
are Alfred Hertz, Henry Hadley and
Ossip Gabriiowitsch.
Alice Singer. a native of Muncie,
Ind, has returned to America the
winner or the Refine harp prize OF
Paris. Miss Singer studied in Indian
apolis, Chicago and New York. with
an additional four years In Paris. She
will make her New York debut in the
Fall