The Washington times., 1929-01-05
ON THE MUSIC
CALENDAR
FOR D. c.


sons series by the New York
Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra
will be given Tuesday at 4;3O in
the National Theater, with the
famous Dutch Conductor Willem
Mengelberg.
Mengelberg's first appearance
in America was 1905, appearing
as guest conductor for the New
York Philharmonic. He was re-
Gently honored by the King Of
Spain, who made him a Com.
mander OF the Order Of Isabelle
Catholica. This made the tenth
decoration received by Willem
Mengelberg from European gov
ernments. At the consolidation of
the New York Symphony and the
New York Philharmonic Mengel-
berg became one of its regular
conductors.
The remaining tickets may be
obtained at T. Arthur Smith Blu.
reau, 1880 @ st.
Yehudi Menuhin, l1-year.old boy
genius OF the violin. whose pheno-
menaI technique has earned him
tumultuous receptions by audi
ences in New York, Paris and
San Francisco, will be heard for
the first time in washington next
Friday afternoon. January IL. at
4:3O o'clock, in concert at Polls
Theater under the management
of Mrs. wilson Greene. He will
be assisted by Louis Persinger
at the piano and. from current
Indications, a capacity audience
will greet this sensational boy
prodigy.
The second salon of the Misses
Sutro will take place at the Wash
ington Club, 1910 Seventeenth St.,
on Monday, January Z, at IL
o'clock promptly, and will present
Henry Hadley in program OF his
works. They range from songs to
large choral works-his operas
have been performed, among
others, by the Metropolitan opera,
New York, and the Chicago opera,
while he himself has conducted in
all the large cities here and abroad
and in South America. He was
also associate conductor ofthe New
York Philharmonic.
Mrs. Wilson. Greene reports an
extremely gratifying response on
the part of Washington music
lovers to the preliminary announce
ment of the German Grand Opera
COmpany's appearance here at
Polls Theater in Richard Wag.
ner's Der Ring des Nibelungen"
series of grand operas. with fifth
added performance of Tristan and
Isolde" beginning Wednesday,
January %.
Giovanni Martinelli, tenor of
the Metropolitan Opera, is sched.
uled to make his only Washing
ton concert appearance this sea
son at Polls Theater on Friday
afternoon, January %, at 4:30
O'Clock, as the third attraction in
Mrs. Wilson .Greenes Philhar-
monic Course. Seats for the Mar
tinelli concert are now on sale at
Mrs. Wilson.Greene' Concert Bu-
reau, in Droop's, 1900 G st. n. w.
Jascha Heifetz, considered one
of the greatest living violinists,
who will appear in concert here
at Polls on Tuesday. January Is.
as a Wilson, Greene artist, has one
superstition.
He never appears at a concert
without wearing his charm ring"
The ring is an exquisite Ceylon
Ruby, on which has been engraved
a little dancing cherub. The
stone Is set in rare old gold, on
which are tracings of a musical
scroll.
OF this ring, the artist says:
when play do not wear it on
my finger, but over my heart. 1t
brings me good luck. Never can
l play badly with this ring over
my heart"
Seats for Heifetz's concert are
now on sale at Mrs. Wilson.
Greene's Concert Bureau, in
Droop's. 1900 G st. N. w.
The ever changing art Of dane.
ing has witnessed many innova-
tions since the day when formal
ballet was the oAly recognized
Classic but never has it
changed its form and meaning so
completely as when angina Enters,
who il to appear at the National
Theater on Friday afternoon,
January IL, at 1880 o'clock, under
the joint auspices of the Bryn
Mawr and Wellesley Alumnae
Clubs Of washington. took New
York and its critics by storm.
For Miss Enters is the one dancer
of recent years whose work has
been judged as purely and entirely
original.
The Flonzaley Quartet viii
make its farewell appearance in
Washington, at the Community
Institute of Washington, Central
High School Auditorium, Jan.
uary II. at S:15 D. m.
In the making Of the history
Of music in America. the Flon-
zaley Quartet Is recognized both
by the press and the public as
a national institution.
The quartet was organized in
1903 by Edouard de Coppet and
Alfred Pochon with Betti. d'Arch.
ambeau. and Ara; and the re.
markable fact is that with the
exception of Mr.. Ara, the quar-.
tet remains the same today. Mr..
Ara compelled by i'll health to
resign, his place is now filled
by Mr.. Moldavan.