Evening star., 1931-05-24


being on their way, this seems an
appropriate time to null over the
possibilities of a Summer far re-
moved from Winter haunts-a Sum-
mer in which the best in music VIII
mingle with the best Of vacations. And 30,
holiday seekers with an urge to mculcate into
their leisure hours a taste of what goes on In
other countries as far as music Is concerned
are advised to cast their eyes over the fonoW-
ing list which has been prepared merely as
guide to those who fancy roaming.
England this year will provide more musical
excitement than has been its custom hereto
fore The International Society for Contempt
rarv Music will sponsor festival in London
and Oxford the week beginning July 2S, ana
those who believe that no American compost
tions will be presented should be pleasantly or
otherwise surprised to hear that our own George
rSershwin and Robert Sessions viii represent
the mother country. The opera season, OF
course begins this wednesday in London, now
that the debutantes have been disposed OF at
court, and viii last until July 3, at which time
the public will be dispersed to its hunting
lodges in the north All of which is not to
forget that BaSso Feodor Chahapin (well re-
mernbered for his performances here) viii bring
a Russian opera company to the Lyceum The
ater-which company will be conducted by Sir
Thomas Beecham, of whom Time magazine
said recently his famed pills were once adver-
ttsed by parody of "Harkl the Herald Angels
Sing" And those who hnger in this fog-bound
country in the Fall will no doubt want TO go
to Gloucester to hear the Three Choirs Festival,
September ell. in which the choirs of Glouces-
ter, worcester and Hereford win compete. and
such eminent British composers as Gustav
Hoist. Sir Edward Elgar and Ralph Vaughan
williams viii conduct their own works.
- ERMANY, ever soaked in music, and never
~ without musical festival in every hamlet
and town that IS big enough for such thing,
is most especially advised as q musical center
for all persons inclined that way during this or
any other Summer. The Wagner Festival at
Bayreuth-wtlich has more said and done about
It than most festivals-begins July II and lasts
until August 10, with Arturo Toscanini holding
the reins df he has recovered from his Italian
bruises for '"Tannhauser" the nights Of July
21 August /. S, and II, and "Parsival" July
a. August 2, g. and 19. Other conductors
will include wilhelm Furtwangler and Karl
Elmendorn- Muck having resigned from
the fray.
At Munich there will be another Wagner
Festival at Just about the same time, as wen
as q Mozart Festival
n IOR should Austria be overlooked especially
! Y since Salzburg win house one Of the most
interesting Of the music-drama celebrations.
From July IS to August 30 there will be q
steady progression Of varied programs under
the direction of such eminent men as Max
Reinhardt, Arturo Toscanini (who never seems
idle), Ernst Won Dohnanyt, Clemens KransS,
Franz Schalk and Bruno Walter. And while
most Of the Spanish festivals are over, there
may be q smattering of something left. Paris.
of course will attract mostly through It's series
of Russian operas. and other things possibly
less musical
All in ali a splendid year for travel and music
without however, forgetting that our own
country does many important things, especially
on our golden West Coast
A YOUNG washington girl, 16 years old, is
N another local musical prodigy whose fame
is being exploited in Manhattan City. Sylvia
Altman win be graduated from New York UNI
versity this June with highest honors. She Is
receiving that much-coveted honor, the Phi
Beta Kappa key, and is probably one Of the
youngest college graduates in the country. Miss
Altman, who formerly resided here, and whose
brothers are equally talented along musical
lines. finds herself at this tender age not only
On the edge Of the great wide world after
sensational college career, but also peculiarly
6tted rnusicany to make herself q name
Already gifted with considerable skill Is o
pianist having appeared many times on pro-
grams given by the National Broadcasting Co..
Miss Altman Joins the ranks Of young WASH
ington ladies who when they journey TO the
skyscraper city seem to have little trouble In
plotting out an interesting career for them
selves. This young lady. whom local musicians
remember well has o brother who Is q talented
violinist and q younger one who Is learning
the cello. Between the three Of them they keep
the Altman nest In fairly great excitement
and even though they seem to have forsaken
the old home town, the news Of their prosperity
in q larger city comes back to the eEstwhile
neighbors and their allies with more than casual
excitement, and these, and US, and we send
them best wishes and the best Of cheer
CONTRARY TO certain rumors which have
- been circulated Of late, the Philharmonic
Orchestra of New York win certainly be with
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