Evening star., 1932-04-24

the age Of 80, Bauer forsook TINS instru-
ment for the piano upon the advice
of Paderewski, who happened to hear
him substitute as accompanist for q
singer. When making the monentous
decision, Bauer gave himself three
years in which to attain concert emf
nence. Within the stipulated time he
appeared as soloist with the Berlin
Philharmonic Orchestra.
The third concert will be sung by
Sigrid Onegin, contralto. While Mms.
Onegin's American tours are devoted
exclusively to recital, she plays a stcl-
lar role IN opera abroad, appearing
regularly each season at the opera
houses of Berlin and Vienna, as well
as with other companies Of the Euro
pean capitals.
The fourth concert will be given on
March by one o. the worlds greatest
violinist, Albert Spalding, and the
season will close with q concert by
March 8.
KEDROFF QUARTET CONCERT.
-FOUR new groups of Russian songs.
featuring THE Bells Of Novgorod"
will be presented by the kedrcf Quar-
tet iJ its farewell American concert
at the National Theater, Friday after
noon, at 4:45 o'clock under the au-
spices Of the Community Institute.
The first group, Polk Songs of Rus
Sia," will include I'm the Captivity
of the Tartars," q fourteenth century
ballad from a collection Of RimSky-
Korsakov; THE White Snow" a re-
cruit's song Of the province of Vladi-
mir. harmonized by Schiglev; The
Bells of Novgorod" of the province Of
Novgorod, harmonizcd by Karnovitch,
and "A Dance Song" dedicated TO the
Kedroff Quartet and harmonized by
Illiashanko.
The second group will be dance
songs, comprising "A Romantic Leg
end" a minuet; 1.-THE Dragon Fly" a
polka, and Waltz Of Flowers" from
the ballet, THE Sleeping Beauty" by
Tchaikowsky-all of them having been
arranged by Nicholas Kedroff.
A cycle of songs by Cesar Cui VIII
comprise the third group in the pro-
gram. including Summer Noon" My
Native Country" Quiet Night" The
Little Rabbit" and Harvest Time" The
the fourth group will be chosen from
songs by Russian composers, such as
"Vespers in a Russian Village" Nov
gorod the Great City; "Orientale,"
arranged by Nicholas Kedroff, and
"Bacchanalian Song" by Tchaikowsky.
OF peculiar interest are the two orig
inal compositions by Nicholas Kedroh,
the minuet dance song, "The Romantic
Legend" telling of a faraway king,
beautiful daughter and a young mitss
strel and The Dragon Fly" a highly
humorous tale Of another kind OF
courtship.
INTERSTATE CHORUS CONCERT.
THE Interstate Male Chorus, Clyee
l. B. Aitchison conductor, will give
its second concert of the twelfth sea-
son in Memorial Continental Hall,
Seventeenth and D streets northwest,
on Wednesday at $50 pm. This viii
be the thirty-third concert to be given
by this local organization, whose per-
sonnel comprises men chiefly from the
Interstate Commerce Commission.
Leonard Davis, baritone, will be the
soloist at the concert, and in addition
to singing two numbers with the chorus
will offer for his own selections the
toreador song from Carmen" by
Bizet. and a group of three songs COM
prising (a) EFT Malgre Moi" by Pfeif-
fer; (b) "Clorinda," by Morgan, and
(c) "Ah, Love, But Day." by Beach.
The feature of the program will be
short cantata entitled Paul Revere's
Ride" by Dudley Buck. A group OF
Russian songs, arranged by Dawson.
Bornschein, entitled 1.-THE Two wives"
and Ships in Harbor," are other out
standing numbers of interest.
Robert L. FeuerStein will not only
accompany the chorus as usual at this
concert, but will accompany Mr.. Davis
as well. Arrangements for the concert
are in charge of Harold M. Brown.