Evening star., 1927-05-15
NJ u S &c
BY HELEN FETTER.

| thC kuCSt NpllIuNLpIs llkE NNthCl J
and most prominent of all Mr.. Rach-
maninoft S new piano concerto, with
the composer as soloIst. In this lat
ter instance, the record previously
set for symphony concert attend
ance i'll Washington was complete
lv smashed and the enthusiasm of
the audience Of about 1000 rivaled it
size. 4 notable revival of HandelS
lovely Water Music was given
Another especially happy memory
was the performance OF the "1ris-
tan und Isolde music at the sec
ond concert, under Mr.. Stokowski.
1t is not yet announced as TO who
will conduct the orchestra here IN
| Mr. StokowSkis absence "on Naca-
ton next year. but II is hoped that
the programs will not he minus their
Bach transcriptions. which this con
ductor has made one of the most
/ interesting features of his seasons
| here.
The New York Philharmonic Or
chestra gave three programs. In the
| first Mr.. Mcngelbcrg was daring
enough 10 present Casella' 5 tascinat-
ing la Clara ballet music, muSi-
cal comic strip by Stravinsky en-
titled Two Suites for Small Orches-
ira" and Richard Strauss Don
OulXote" At the second concert
Mr.. Mcngelberg. subducd, returned
orthodox and gave only Wagner and
Beethoven. Mr.. Furtwaengfcr, at the
third performance, provided as the
novelty the rather monotonous detail
of Sibeiius' "Oyerture to the lem
pest.
The New York Symphony appeared
in three concerts, two of them under
Dir. Walter Damrosch. so long be
loved as dean of American progress
i'll orchestral matters. The novelty
Of the first program was a Tzigane,
by Ravei, with kochanski as Soloist,
and first time OF the Chopin
La Mutt Encorcelee" at the second.
all-Wagncrian concert, Mime. Ern
estine Schumann-H Hcink. on her IA
NOUS Jubilee tour" sang contralto
roles and shared ovations with DR..
Damrosch. The third concert, con-
Quoted by Otto klenlpercr. featured
Strauss, Debussy and Brahms.
Henri VerbruGghen and the Min
neapolis Symphony brought fine
performance. with especially notable
the presentation OF Ibert's new suite,
Les Escalcs," colorful and bcauti-
fully done The Cincinnati Sym
phony, under Fritz Reiner. brought
works by Smetana. Bartok. Casella |
and Stravinsky. The Bartok and |
CaseIla works were the outstanding |
features and well received.
The Boston Symphony Orchestra |
and Serge koussevitzky gave two
memorable concerts. In the first the
novelties were the charming Classic |
Symphony" of Prokoheff, the Rus
sian modcrnist. and Ravefs LA |
Valse," presented here only once be-
fore-by the Philadelphians. One
American composer was presented in |
the Boston's second concert, the only |
orchestral concert here giving an
Americans work-this was "Lilacs."
written by Edward Burlingame Hill, |
after Amy Lowell's lovely poem OF
like title.
THE principal chorus and choir
groups appearing here were;
The Glasgow Orpheus Choir, the |
Dayton Westminster Choir (second |
performance here under John Finley
Williamson, who conducts the local
Massed Civic Chorus of 500 voices
in Washington this Wednesday,, the
famous colored group, the Hampton
Institute Choir, under Nathaniel
Dett: the English Singers, the Dud
lev Buck Singers. St. Olaf's Luth-
eran Choir, the Ukrainian National
Chorus, the Mount Holyoke Choir
and the Harvard and Missouri glee
clubs.
OF the singers presented here in
solo or joint recitals, there were the
following: Mary Garden, Maria
Mueller, Lucrezia Bori, Rosa Pom
selle. Dusolina Giannini Elizabeth
Rethberg. Claudia Muzio, Cobina
Wright, Frieda Hempel Marion Tai
ley, Galli-Curci and Maria Jeritza,
sopranos; Sophie Braslau and Sigrld
Onegin. contraltos; Tito Schipa,
! John Mccormack and Edward John
| son, tenors; John Charles Thomas.
Lawrence Tibbett and Friedrich
| Schorr, baritones; Lillian E.vanti,
local coloratura; Marian Anderson,
coutralto. and Roland Hayes, tenor,
coIored singers.
The pianists included Maurice
Dumesnil, Ossip Gabrilowitsch. Mis-
cha Levitzki Harold Bauer, Serge
Rachmaninoff, Stuart Ross, Jean
Hector Dansereau, Nikolai Orlof
and Guiomar Novaes, foremost wom-
an pianist, who created real sensa-
| ton
The violnists were Fritz Kreisler,
Efrem Zimbaist. Paul Kochanski,
Sylvia Lent--a Washington genius
and Ruth Breton, another young
American.
A LSO equally professional in cali
A~ Der. but of the strictly chamber
music type that is welcome revival
in Washington, were performances
given at the Library of Congress. un
der the auspices Of the Elizabeth
Sprague Coolidge Foundation. which
sponsored some of the above men
toned performances, too.
There were six concerts by tho
Lenox String Quartet, the annual
program by the Curtis String Quar-
tet. loaned by the Curtis Institute OF
Music; the 10 quartets by Beethoven,
PLAYED in a festival of six programs,
by the London String Quartet; two
programs by the Letz String Quar-
tet. and. as other chamber music
programs. talk by Margaret Den
cke of Lady Margaret's Hall, at Ok
ford On "Dance Rhrthn1s in Ga ssi-