Evening star., 1932-09-11

five concerts each ana one
Saturday evening series OF six
concerts, all but one concert OF
which will be given at Con-
es.-.ution Hall, are announced Tor the
season of 1928 by Mrs. WILSON,
Greene. who. incidentally is the biggest
sponsor of concert attractions in any
one city In the United States.
Mrs. Wilson, Greene, is not only
native-born WaShingtonian and one
who was reared and educated in the
Capital, but she comes of Washington
parentage for two generations prior to
her own. Since long before the out
break of the World WARM fact, since
the days of the great Nordica, Eames
and Calve-Mrs Wilson -Greene's name
has been associated with the presenta-
ton of the worlds greatest artists.
This season, the artists listed under the
wilson-Greene banner will appear ex-
clusively under that management, and
no other appearances of these artists
will be made in the Capital during the
1928 season.
AS usual, two afternoon series will be
given at 4:30 o'clock-the Artists
Course and the Philharmonic Course.
All five Artists Course attractions Will
be presented at Constitution Hall: four
of the five attractions in the Philhar-
monic series will be given there also.
The fifth Philharmonic Course attrac-
ton, Escudero, the noted Spanish dance
sensation, will be presented at the Ma
tional Theater. The third course will
consist Of six evening attractions, all OF
which will be given at Constitution Hail
at $50 pm. The opening attraction in
this series will be given on Friday eve
ming, October 81.
It is possible that no more brilliant
group of artists has ever been presented
locally than the Wilson-Greene man
agement will offer this season in the
Artists series of five concerts. This
series opens on Tuesday afternoon. NO
vember IS, with the first and only local
1928 concert of Fritz Kreisler, the
beloved Austrian violinist. Kre1sler Is
making q limited tour OF the United
States this season and will restrict his
concertizing to few Of the larger cities
of America, OF which washington Is
one.
Feodor Chaliapin, greatest Of all Rus
eian BASES, who has not been heard in
America since the season of 1920-29, is
returning this Fall for another tour OF
the United States, and he will be pre-
sented as the second attraction of the
Artists series at Constitution Hall on
Monday afternoon, December II. Lily
Pons, the great French coloratura OF
the Metropolitan Opera, is the third
artist of the Artists series and will be
heard here on Wednesday afternoon,
January II.
Sergei Rachmaninoff, famous Russian
pianist and composer of international
renown, will make his one ana only
appearance locally in this series on
Monday afternoon, January 16, and
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washington 1928 concert Of the Bos-
ton Symphony Orchestra. with Dr.
Serge Koussevitsky conducting, on
Tuesday afternoon, January 81:
The Philharmonic course Of afternoon
concerts will open on Tuesday AFTER
noon, November 1, with the first Wash
ington presentation Of the Vienna Saen-
Cerknaben or Boys Choir, that historic
ensemble of juvenile voices which was
founded by imperial decree OF the En-
peror Macmillan Of Austria In l498.
and which is visiting America Tor the
first time this season.
Jascha Heifetz, one OF the greatest
technicians of the violin in the world,
comes to Constitution Hall on Iuesoay
afternoon, December 6, as the second at
traction of the Philharmonic series,
while Rosa Ponselle, the great prlma
donna soprano Of the Metropolitan
Opera, is third on the list, with Con-
stitution Hall concert on Monday after
noon, February 6.
Escudero, the Spanish dance sensa-
tion, who made his first American tour
and his first Washington appearance
last season, comes to the Natlonal
Theater on Friday afternoon, February
10, as the fourth attraction OF the Phil
harmonic series. The same series Will
close on Tuesday afternoon, February
II. with the only 1928 appearance
Of PaderewSki, one Of the greatest plan-
lists Of all time.
Mrs. Wilson-Greene's third course
an all-evenfng concert series-wil open
at Constitution Hall on Friday evening,
october 81, with the only 1928 Wash
ington concert of Lawrence Tibbett,
famous star of opera, concert, radio
and the screen.
The second attraction in this series
will be Ethel Leginska, conductor, plan
ist and composer, at the head OF her
National Women's Orchestra OF 100
artists, which she will not only conduct,
but will also play piano concerto OF
her own composition as soloist. This
attraction appears Saturday evening,
November IL.
Iucrezia Bori, prima donna OF the
Metropolitan Opera, Is announced as
the third attraction OF the evening
course in a costume recital She ap-
pears Saturday evening, November 26.
Jose Iturbi, Spanish pianist has been
engaged for a concert on Saturday eve
ming, December g.. while the Don Cos
sack Russian Male Chorus, under the
dynamic leadership Of Serge Jarof, Will
make its third annual Washington
appearance as the fifth attraction OF
this evening series on Saturday evening,
January 81.
The evening course will close on Sat-
tIrday evening, March 25, with the ap-
pearance at Constitution Hall of Yehudi
Menuhin, that sensational boy wonder
of the violin, who, likewise, has not
been heard In Washington for several
seasons.
T. ARTHUR SMITH SERIES.
TT ARTHUR SMITH CONCERT BU-
~ reau announces three series OF con-
certS for the coming season. Two ia
nous orchestras will be presented as
usual by the bureau, namely the Phil
harmonic Symphony and the PhiladeI-
phia Symphony Orchestra.
The Philharmonic-Symp Or
chestra of New York will give series
of three evening concerts, the first on
December l3, the second on January "a,
and the last Of the series on March 7,
when the world renowned conductor
Arturo Toscanini will conduct. The
ccncert en- December l3 will be con-
Quoted by a conductor of the first rank,
Issay Dobrowen. The January "a con-
cert brings the famous Bruno Walter.
Any one having heard Walter conduct
last season with the New York Phil
harmonic Symphony at Constitution
Hall will look forward to this as one
of the greatest concerts Of the season.