Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1932-01-03
BY E. de S. MELCHER.


TT is very pleasant to be able to go over to
New York and have people say, we hear
1 YOU have a fine orchestra noW-and that
Hans Kinder is an extremely successful
conductor-tell about it." And you
xu settle down and begin at the beginning,
which after all, wasn't SO long ago. and before
you have finished you realize that your listen
ers have been properly delighted at the speed,
the energy, the scope of achievement which
has blossomed in such a short time.
= Manhattan is full of turmoil muSically, these
days You have only to look over toward the
vast acreage which is to become Radio City
to realize that something which seems ire
mendously exciting is about to take place. II,
for instance it is true that Philadelphia is to
bring its musical banner-and the untirlng
Leopold Stokowski-anI lodge itself well within
the portals of this new city, then something
radical in the realm of such things is hap
penng Since it is said that the Metropolitan
Opera Co. prefers not to transplant itself to
such uptown soil and if the PhiladephlanS
move in then it would seem as if the City
of Brotherly Love had again scared in the
clouds and lodged itself just to the right of
the peary gates of pre-eminence. Would this
not indicate that Philadelphia has been tap
ped" the first city, unsteady, in he country?
And if not, why not? Those who are lin" ON
the matter say that the foremost n1aestros of
every art have been urged to contribute their
talent to the success of Radio City-and so
If Philadelphia is asked to come to New York,
isn't this suggestive of the best, the very best,
and nothing but the best?
Other stimulating events which have trans
hired lately in Manhattan is the reception that
was given Toscanini at his final concert before
He sailed for his neuritis cure-when, it is
said, Carnegie Hall very nearly burst asunder
with noise and enthusiasm. Musicians, too,
are delighted with the broadcasting of the
ar MetrODOlitan
else) and the fact that Lawrence Tibbett In
his first broadcast sang GLORY Road" which
won him such ovation down here, and
1.-THE Flea" In perhaps a different field this
rambler heard Mr.. Ramon Novarro of film
fame sing at an informal gathering, which
proved him young singer who may easily
60 far in this medium. And at still another
assemblage there was considerable excitement
expressed over the imminent visit of the Span
bh coloraturo mezzo-soprano, Supervla, whom
Washington will soon have the privilege of
hearing at Townsend musicale. The fact,
too that Myra Hess is coming back to the
United States for a tour provokes much
approval among musicians as do the
tional dance tests Of Mary Wigman among her
dance fellows
Great arguments too, are being staged pro
and con the votes which resulted in a program
which Mr. Stokowski asked his Philadelphia
audience to plot for him (here is idea for
j.
repertory which Stokowskis native audience
prefers: The three most popular works are
Franck's Symphony" Brahms First Sym
phony" and the prelude and finale of Tristan
und Isolde" Other works in the order of
popularity include: Ravel's "Bolero," Rimsky-
Korsakof's "Scheherazade," Beethoven's Fifth
Symphony" Strauss Death and Transfgura-
ton Tschaikowsky's Pathetic Symphony"
Schuberts Unfinished Symphony" Bach's
'Toccata and Fugue in Minor" Brahms
symphony No A." Strauss Elm Hoidenleben,"
Bachs "PasSacaglia" "Dvoraks From the
New World" Debussy's Afternoon of Faun,"
Brahms symphony No Q" Stravinskys Fire
Bird" Strauss Don Juan" Brahms Sym
phony No. g." RaveIs La Valse" and Stra-
v,"Sky'S "Sacre du Printemps."
would be interesting to see what Wash
- 'Yould vote its favorite repertory. Ger
l2 last named work wouldn't be in
clu--G. nor. say four five others-but there
might be of Wagner-much more Why