Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-25
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BLIND vIoLINIsT'S RECITAL.

Abraham Haitowitsch, blind violinist
who came to this country from Russia
about the time of the war, and Alfredo
Oswald, Brazilian pianist, gave a Joint
recital yesterday afternoon in the baE
room of the Mayflower Hotel.
A large audience enthusiastically
greeted the varied selections, which in
cluded compositions by Beethoven,
Bach, Franck, TSchaikowsky, Sarasate
and others. 1t was a program different
from the ordinary run of things, in that
most of the subjects were short-all, In
fact, except for the Cesar Franck
Sonata for Piano and Violin" It was,
however, this longer selection which
demonstrated the amazing versatility of
Mr.. Aaitowitsch. Blending a pure and
failtless tone with technical smooth
ness that came with obviously little
effort, he ran through the more troubled
moments of this sonata with complete
ease and understanding. In the more
limpid stretches he drew out the melody
with all the flnesse that it deserves and,
with the help of Mr.. Oswald, con-
tributed more than adequate rendition
of famous subject.
Varying his very considerable talent
between such slow and vibratingly beau
tiful selections as the "Air on G String, -
by j Bach, and the more stirring
"Perpetuum Mobile" of Burleigh's, he
played a distinguished program with
distinction. Especially fine was his in
depreciation of KreislerS arrangement
of the Hymn to the Sun" and the less
familiar Gypsy SereLade, written by
Charles R. Valdez.
Mr.. Oswald played his share of the
Franck sonata with skill and en-
thusiasm. 1t was the latter, perhaps,
which at times quite obliterated the
more subdued violin playing. But the
dangers of running away with this piece
are always so tempting for any pianist
that by now one has grown accustomed
to them. George Boleck, who accom-
panied Mr.. Haitowitsch through the
shorter selections, helped to make this
program enjoyable. E. M.
AN INDIAN PRINCESS SINGS.
Before an audience deeply appre-
ciative of her stellar performance. and
rather awed by the highly unusual,
Princess Ataloa of the ChickaSaw tribe,
singing in native costume, last night
presented q program of Indian melo-
dies at Bethany Baptist Church. These
melodies are written by Americans, who
use as their theme the native songs
Translation of these chants to the Eng
ltsh is exceedingly difficult, for most of
American instruments have half and
full tones.
Introduced by Rev. Hugh T. Steven
son, pastor of the church, the princess
gave short talk prior to her program,
presenting a phase of Indian life sell
dom given much thought. The princess
related the story preceding the song
Some were well known. Others were
not so familiar. She opened with the
Invocation to the God" (Lieurance)
and followed with another selection OF
Lieurance's, by Weeping Waters"
The princess, who from childhood
has been familiar with these melodies,
says they are "songs from the rhythm
of nature expressed In music. I sing
through the soul of my people"
Following these opening two numbers
she sang Spring Bird" (Lieurance)
She has a rich contralto voice. Her IA
cial expression mirrors evident sincere
emotion and characterizes all her num-
bers. AS an encore, "a Crow Maidens
Prayer Song" was given with dancing
accompaniment. Peggy Thomas inter-
pretative playing Of the difficult score
was excellent. B. w.