Evening star., 1929-06-30

morning events, two particularly
fine ensemble programs were
given by Beatrice Harrison, celliSt
with Harold Bauer, pianist, and
Myra Hess, pianist, with Yelly
d'Aranyi. An admirable ensemble
group, composed of Paul Koch
anski, violinist; Felix Salmond,
celliSt, and Pierre Luboschutz,
pianist. gave program that, had
it been half its length. would have
been one of the best events Of the
year.
At the Library of Congress the
Mozart-Faure program, which
Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge, plan
list; William Kroll, violinist;
Francis Rogers, baritone, and
Emanuel Bay, pianist, presented,
was an unusual and highly artis-
tic event. The Little Symphony
group Of Washington musicians
under Kurt HetZel'S conductorShip
also gave a delightful hour of very
old music at the Library. Char
lotte Klein, one of WaShingtonS S
NEST gifted organistS. played Bach
delightfully."- on this occasion.
One outstanding student event
| in ensemble work was the play
| ing of Haendel's Largo" by 40
violinS, under the direction of
Josef KaSpar at Spring pro-
gram in April. This was so at
| tractive feature that local mo-
tion picture house arranged for
the repetition Of this number on
one of the Sunday bills.
| X X
THREE morning programs espe-
cially paid honor to American
composers. The series was Spon-
Sored by the Misses Sutro. Mrs. H.
H. A. Beach, dean of woman COM
poSers, was honored at the open
ing program. Henry Hadley, COM
oSer-conductor, was author of
works for the second, and Francis
HopkinSon, the first authentic
American composer "a signer of
the Declaration of independence
dominated the composers on the
third and final program, a Co
lonial Music Morning"
John Prindle Scott, the song
writer who makes his home in
Washington for a couple of
months each Spring, was honored
by local singers and ether muSi-
clans in an all-Scott program.
An all-American program at
the Washington Auditorium last
Fall was given by Henry Seibert,
organiSt; Louise Lerch, soprano,
and Sigmund Spaeth, lecturer and
humoriSt on musical subjects. The
program, however, was badly bal
anced and not at all representa-
tive of the best composers in the
United States. There also were
two programs given by Ameri-
can woman composers; these were
hardly representative" however,
and only increased interest in
works by Ethel Glenn Hier and
Mary Howe. which had been
played here earlier in the season:
The other composers listed
brought nothing that was nearly
up to that standard set by the
two above mentioned.
y
! A T the Arts Club of Washington
there were quite a few pro-
grams by singers and instrument
falists Who also appeared else
where during the season. One
remembers particularly pleasantly
the duet, "Veronique," that Emily
Harold Marsh, soprano, and
Horace Smithey, baritone. sang at
the close Of program which also
featured several songs by the dis
tinglt9hed musician, Percy Ather-
ton. Kurt Hetzels informal pro-
gram of more Wagner trans
criptions" was a delightful eve
ming, too.
Young singers who won added
laurelS this year were Hazel Arth
the Atwater Kent prize-win-
ner of 1923-9; Charlotte Harri-
man, whose lieder singing is con-
Stantly improving; Wilbur Evans,
an earlier Atwater Kent winner,
in a benefit program, and George
Beuchler, District of Columbia
winner in the Atwater Kent con-
test last December.
Winifred Michaelson, who has
just been awarded her graduate
diploma from the Juilliard Foun-
dation, where she has had several
years in succession as scholarship
student, played a group of Rach-
maninoff preludeS and Bach
suite charmingly at a Friday
Morning Club meeting.
Nation Boyce, established pian-
ist and organist, came forth from
a long silence as Soloist with
terrific program of "warhorses"
and particularly distinguished
himself in the three preludes
and fugues of Bach with which
he opened that program.
Three young violinists-Harry
Cherkassky, Oscar Levine and
Ernesto Vallejo (the last a very
young Filipino)-showed special
talent in solo work.
In local ballets the Tchernikoff- :
Gardiner school put on particu-
larly good annual recital, and so
did Nine. Vassilieff. Evelyn Davis
gave originality and charm to one
dance in particular on her pro-
gram-"She Has a Date" In 1t
this young dancer was a flapper
par excellence.
IDURING the Winter and Spring
Washington has enjoyed many
really fine organ recitalS by local
members of the Guild of Ameri-
can Organists. Only two famous
organists from other lands have
appeared here. They are the
young Italian, Signor Fernando
Germani, who gave the dedication
program on the new organ at
st. Johns Church, on Lafayette
square, and Charles Courboin,
formerly of Antwerp Cathedral,
who gave the initial program on
the new organ at st. Stephen
and the Incarnation Church.