Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-01-27

the beautiful performance by Os
sip GabriloWitSch and the Phila
delphia Symphony Orchestra il
the Brahms "B-flat Concerto" still
ringing in the ears, musical Wash
ington is turning to the New Yorl
MISUNDERSTANDING Tuesday
and the Boston Symphony Or
chestra Wednesday afternoon fol
additional inspiration painted ir
the richly varied coloringS only
possible in symphonic programs.
The moderniSt invadeS both the
programs, but not in any alarm
ing guiSe or to degree that might
prove distressing to the strict clas-
Sicists. Daniel Gregory Mason
American, will provide the over
ture opening Tuesdays concert
"Chanticleer." Then Arnold
Schoenberg, the iconoclastic Wen
nese, will be represented as an ar
ranger of works by none other
than the august Johann Sebastian
Bach, whose choral preludes
"Komm Colt, Schopfer, Heiliger
Geist," and "Schmucke Dich, O
Liebe Seele," have been orches-
trated by Mr.. Schoenberg. ReSpi-
CHI, the Italian whose newest OPP
era, THE Sunken Bell" won such
approval at it's American premiere
at the Metropolitan Opera in New
York in November, will provide a
suite, 1.-THE Birds" and Prokofyeff,
the young Russian, has Scythian
suite, ala and Lolliy." Only a
few lines are written about this
suite in the very interesting sketch
of this composer that is found in
Leonid Sabaneyeff's book, Mod
ern Russian Composers" Mr.. Sa-
baneyeff says:
'Prokofyeff had paid tribute to
'barbariSm' in its narrow sense in
his suite for orchestra, Ala and
Lolliy,' and in his cantata, Seven,
set to words of Balmont, but these
are not so typical of the composer;
they are rather the tribute to imi-
tation of and competition with
Stravinski, the true owner of the
secrets of barbariSm"
The program Tuesday will be
closed with the "Escales'' suite by
Ibert, which was heard here as
played two years ago by the Min
neapolis Symphony Orchestra un-
der Henri Verbrugghen.
Wednesday the one moderniSt
will be Erik Satie, who is generally
believed to have provided the ia
nous "Groupe de Six" of Paris
with much inspiration. Satie's
"GymnopedieS" will be given as
Debussy arranged the work for
orchestra. However, this modern
composition will be reasSuringly
preceded by the Beethoven over
ture, No. 3, to ''Leonore," and fol-
lowed by Brahms Symphony in
D Major"
It does not seem quite fair to
consider modern composers all as
"moderns," and so allow preju-
dices pro or con to influence ones
reactions to all composers who
have not been dead at least 100
years. Doubtless there were many
aspiring young composers who
were "modernS" when Johann Sc
bastian Bach was a modern who
strove to write great music, yet he
was the one of many who strove
in vain who reached the heights.
After all, it is largely a question of
the survival of the works of indi-
viduals, not all writer's of similar
time and school.
X x X X
TAZZ, according to reports read
of the effect of "Jonny Spielt
Auf'' on the critics attending the
initial performance of Krenek'S
opus at the Metropolitan Opera
House a week ago last night, does
not seem to be seriously endanger-
ing the popularity in the operate
field of MeSsrS. Verdi, Wagner,
Puccini, or even the lesser known
composers whose productions are
given with comparative regularity
at the famous New York opera
house.
IN Chicago operas oerS attending
the performance of Gounod's
Romeo ct Juliette" last night,
when Edith Mason and Charles
Hackett were scheduled to sing the
title roles, were allowed to assist
in the task of making history"
for this was listed as the farewell
to the auditorium" which has
housed the Chicago Civic Grand
Opera Co. in it's seasons of opera
to date. A very magnificent new
opera house is to be opened next
Eeason, when az towering stories
will house many unitarian COM
inercial offices as we'll as the new
opera auditorium, which, accord
ing to report, is to be equipped in
the very latest thing to make
grand opera in the Windy City
bigger and better than ever.
REATRICE HARRISON, British
violoncellist, who will play
here in joint recital with Harold
Bauer Wednesday morning, was
born in the delightful Valley of
Roorkee in the Himalayas Per-
haps this may account in part for
the wizardry of her playing. There
may be a subtle Oriental influence
that has brought the philosophy
of the East to add to the technique
of the Occident.
Beatrice Harrison's great art
istry has inspired several compos-
ers to write works for her instru-
ment and dedicate them to her
Among them are the beautiful un-
accompanied cello sonata by FOL
tan Kodaly and sonata by De-
Illus. Arnold BaX, John ireland
and Herbert Hughes are British
composers who have written work.
for Miss Harrison.