Evening star., 1927-09-18

| FritZ Keiucr and Pierre Monteux as
guest conductors, in the absence for
year of the orchestra's leader, Leo
pold Stokowski. Also Arturo Tos-
canini, the brilliant Italian conduc-
tor, will lead a performance here Of
the New York Philharmonic Orches-
ira. and William Mengelberg, Dutch
conductor OF the orchestra, who is a
great favorite in Washington. will
lead the organization in the other
two performances here. Also Mr..
Smith has announced the great con-
tralto, Nine. Ernestine Schumann-
Heink in a concert the end of Octo-
Der. and lie expects to have further
news upon his return from the New
York trip.
Mrs. Greene will bring the Boston
Symphony Orchestra in only one
performance locally this season. She
also announces the English touring
company in THE Beggar's Opera
by John Gay, written a couple of
centuries ago, yet quite as full of
apt humor and real human situations
and remedies of live interests for the
public of today as for its first audi
ence. Quite in contrast will be the
newest American opera. The Kings
Hcnchman," Deems Taylor's work,
which is to be presented here under
the direction of Jacques Samossoud.
we'll known as an operate conduc-
tor in Washington.
THE unique morning musical pro-
i grams given always by first
class artists. who, in the majority of
cases, are given their Washington
debuts in the series, which Mrs.
Lawrence Townsend has built up for
the cosmopolitan audience that has
the time to attend and the interest
in such programs, will be given
again this year at the Mayhower
Hotel, but Mrs. Townsend, though
her list is practically completed. is
not yet ready to announce her ar
lists. Her series does not start till
much later in the season.
X *x
THE Pan-American Union, which
= opened its season unusually
early with the September 9 program
at the Pan-American Union Build
ing. has already listed two unusually
brilliant programs to be presented
January 10 and April 10. when the
entire diplomatic corps and Wash
ington society generally will have op-
portunitv to hear the cream of
Latin American artists and the more
unusual types of Latin music, in the
Hall of the Americas.
The Friday Morning Music Club,
which gives its Pan-American pro-
gram at the Unions beautiful build
ing November Is, has not announced
any of its programs in advance, and
neither has the Arts Club.
in more modest operate ventures
1 in Washington Nine. Marie Zalip-
sky, who put on an amateur produc-
tion of Rachmaninoff's "Aleko" last
year, announces that she is planning
to give several Russian operas this
season in more pretentious man
ner. She is also working out plan
for operas suitable for children to
see and present.
The Washingtonians, Rollin Bond,
director, who present the light
operas particularly, and who recent
ly inaugurated some Outdoor opera"
in Southwest Washington, are plan
ming to give "Pygmalion and Gala
tea" next week, the exact date to be
announced later, and also announces
a heavy schedule for the coming
season.
A NEW venture that has musical
IA features is the reorganized Club
st. Marks. where two young dancers,
Marian Chace and Lester Shafer.
do speciality numbers, and the music
is under the joint direction of John
Schultz and Sam Rosey.
X X X.
THE three service bands, which
4 have so nobly supported the
voice of music and kept it from
muteness during the Summer season
in Washington, all are sprucing up
for special work with orchestral con-
certs in the coming Washington So
cial season and tours either imme-
diately or during the Winter "little
season" The first of these to 90
out is the United States Marine
Band, which started its tour yester-
day, and next Sunday gives two
benefit concerts for the Child FEEDER
alton Free Baby Clinics of Atlantic
City, under the management of
Jules Falk, the violinist, who has
been successfully managing the
Steel Pier concerts throughout the
Summer, concluding last night with
a special recital by Amelita CALI
Curci, coloratura soprano.
THERE is much more that might
L be mentioned here, but this
must be only a general resume of
the prospects" In ending the cur
rent issue, however, it seems logical
to sound the finale with a religious
note. The Dayton Westminster
Choir, which has won concert fame
in singing better church music for
America" and singing it we'll. will
appear in a special invitation pro-
gram for the diplomatic corps, under
the auspices of the choir's patroness,
Mrs. H. E. Talbot, Sunday, Novem-
Der IS. The following day, also in
Washington, the choir will give its
annual public concert here under the
auspices of the Church Music Coun-
Gil. DR.. ]. r. Dufheld, chairman.
In this connection, it is with pride
and sense of real progress that
the following statement received by
this office regarding the success.
financially and otherwise, of the local
Civic Massed Concert last May, DR..
Williamson of the Dayton Choir
leadership, conducting, is printed:
THE District of Columbia Fedora