Evening star., 1932-09-11
.HE first major musical event Of
WaShington's 1928 season will
be the opening concert Of the
/ National Symphony Orchestra

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Washington's 1928 season will
be the opening concert Of the
l. National Symphony Orchestra
at Constitution Hall on Oc-
tober 20, under the baton Of Hans
Kinder
Doubtless every music lover in Wash
, ington shares the qualification OF ener-
getic Conductor Kinder and his musi
clans that the young organization will
continue for another year.
Hard work and the generosity Of just
999 citizens of the District put the or
chestra over" despite these times of
economic stress. by guaranteeing nearly
$4,000 for the forthcoming "a con-
certs.
The orchestra management had hoped
for q guarantee fund Of $4,000, but
this proved unnecessary, as early ticket
reservations and sales soon demonstrated
that Washington was going to patronize
its own orchestra in an unprecedented
fashion.
BY Midsummer, approximately 20 per
cent of the seats in Constitution Hall
had been subscribed for, and although
the orchestra's ticket Office in Gar
finckelS store, at Fourteenth and F
streets, will not open until tomorrow,
the orders for season tickets began to
arrive in increasing numbers several
weeks ago, after the Summer lull
The programs to be played during the
coming concert season will be as ambi-
tious as those of any other orchestra
in the world, but Conductor Kinder is
| confident that with added rehearsal
time the concerts will be, despite tech
nical difficulties, more polished than
last year.
As an instance Of how confident
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tion, he has announced that the SYM
| phony to be played at the opening event
| will be the great Brahms Fourth"
Seven other major symphonies are
planned also, including the Cesar
Franck ID Minor and symphonies by
Beethoven, Shubert, Haydn, Mozart,
etc.
Several works by modern composers
never before heard in this country will
| also be played, Kinder having obtained
the American rights for these pieces
during his music-hunting tour Of Eu-
rope this Summer.
World-famous artists have been en-
gagged as soloists, including Vladimir
Horowitz Percy Granger and Mischa
LevitSki, pianiStS; Mischa Eln1an. Paul
Kochanski and Sylvia Lent, violinists:
John Charles Thomas, baritone, and
Erna Pielke, contralto.
Manager C. c. Cappel has tried TO
arrange concert dates 50 that every
one will be able to attend at least one
series. The dates follow:
| Thursday concerts-October 20, No
venber 8. December 1, January 19,
February 9, March 2, March %, April 6.
Sunday concertS-October so, No
vember 13, November 20. December IL,
December 20, January 29, February 19,
| March IL.
These will be held at Constitution
Hall at 4:30 pm, while the following
| children'S concert series will be held at
| Central High School Auditorium at IL
am. on the following Saturdays:
November 5, December 3, December
| IT, January IA, February 4, February
| Is, March II, March 18.
Kinder will analyZe and explain the
music at the children's concerts, as he
did last year. The music material of
the events at Central High will be
| co-ordinated with the regular school
class work in music.
District school authorities, educators,
| the Parent-Teacher Associations and
every civic group have pronounced this