The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-01-21

Mr.. DamroSch has been somewhat
changed to meet the many requests
Of those who feel an orchestra con-
cert directed by Walter Damrosch
is incomplete without some of Rich
ard Wagner's compositions.
Upon this request being sent to
MI. Damrosch he graciously con-
scented to play prelude to "Lohen-
grin" prelude and Prize Song" to
Die Meistersinger," and added still
another surprise by including ex-
tracts from La Mutt Ensorcelee"
THE Enchanted Night, Chopin
Aubert. The Enchanted Night" a
ballet in two tableaux by Leon
Bakst, was performed for the first
time at the PATS Opera in 1928.
The subject of the piece is the
familiar one Of dolls and playthingS
which come to life temporarily in
the dead Of night for the entertain
ment Of their youthful owners, with
the usual consequences of tempests
il the nursery and parental inter
ference. The music is drawn entirely
from Chopin The French musicoIo-
gist, Emile Vuillermozs attended to
the choice and disposition of the
numbers and Louis Aubert, COM
poser Of the opera, La Foret
Bleue," and the symphonic piece
La Habanera," orchestrated them.
IN most cases the original keys
have been retained unaltered and
such connecting passages as were
necessary are drawn practically
modified from Chopin.
The ballet begins with a short
progression of chords from the A
fat Ballade, followed by the E-maior
Etude in its entirety. Succeeding
pieces include the Etude Op. 25, No.
2; the Mazurka, Op. "A, No. 4 the
G-ininor Prelude, Op. %, No. %;
Valse Brilliante, Op. 81, No. 8; the
KrakoWiack, OPP. IA; a fragment of
the Impromptu, OPP. So, the so-calIed
Butterfly" Etude; the E-minor
Prelude, OPP. %, and the Scherzo OF
the B-flat minor Sonata.
A MELITA GALL1-CURc1.
IA queen of Songs" will again
delight her host Of friends and adj
nirers with a recital of songs on
Sunday afternoon Feb. 10 at the
Murat, under the direction of the
Ona B. Talbot Fine Arts Enter
priseS. Those who have enthusiastic
cally delighted in the perfect sing
ing of Amelita CALI Curci, have
also marvelled at the fawless &C
compartments which Sore on their
wings her fawless voice. Such unity
of sympathy and inspiration be-
tween voice and piano is rarely to be
found.
There is a reason, and a big one,
for this situation. Homer Samuels,
composer pianist, whose profound
musicianship and strong feeling
blend with her divine voice, finds
inspiration in their devoted married
life. The art of the one merges
with the art of the other in COM
plete unity.
At their country home, SukMonte,
in the Catskills, or at their New
York home in upper Fifth Ave, the
story is the same. Away from the
stage, as on it, that unity is abso-
lutte. Nine. Galli-Curci, with her
husband at the piano, does all her
studying; together with him all her
roles in opera are studied and re-
hearsed, all her programs for con-
certs.
Together they consult about the
conduct of the farm on their estate;
together they tend the flower gar
dens, he vines that cling to Sui
Monies gray stone walls, and super
wise the lawns that run about it
like a mantle of green velvet along
the mountain top. The word sep
aration" is not in their vocabulary,
for always they are together in
close companionship.
So great is the degree of SYM
pathy established between them
that often the same thought strikes
the two at the same moment. 1t is
not alone in the marvellous beauty
of blending voice and accompani-
ment that they sustain partner
ship, but in the program of their
daily lives.
The remaining Sunday afternoon
concerts under the Ona B. Talbot
Fine Arts Enterprises direction will
include the famous Russian baSSo