Evening star., 1932-11-06
Hans Kinder to Revive
Rare Orchestral Gems
Quarter of Century Reveals Neglected Master
pieces to Be Heard Here This Season.

ROGRAM planning-an art in
- itself-is one of the vital mu-
sical links which binds a con-
i ductor to his public-and the
public to the orchestra. The
wedding out Of the great, the busting of
of moSsgroWn masterpieces which local
audiences have dreamed of but never
heard. that enormous but seldom
thought of task of fitting an audiences
desires to the right mood at the right
moment-this is the giant problem
which faces every conductor.
Hans Kinder, noted for the way in
which he has co-ordnated men and
music into a huge orchestral being,
faces a task even larger than the av-
erage conductor Into the music life
Of Washington have come only spas
modic bursts of the classics brought
hither by visiting orchestras. Mr..
Kinder, instead Of being able to
browse over a library of uninterrupted
musical accomplishments and continu-
GUS programs, has had to ferret out
these successive blasts, and think back
not only to what audiences have had
but more mportant-What they haven't
had
In looking over a collection of pro-
grams of orchestra concerts given in
Washington dating back over the last
25 years. Kinder recently pointed out
that some of the most BEAUTIFUL as
we'll as the most necessary compost
tions that go for musical education have
either been entirely neglected or else
rarely given. As example, the Sixth
Symphony" of Beethoven the Pastoral" +"
one of the corner stones of musical
knowledge, as it were, has been per-
formed in Washington only once In
is years The same is the fate OF the
"Coriolanus Overture" Neither the
Third Concert" of Beethoven nor the
Grieg Piano Concerto has ever been
heard in this city with orchestra ac-
compartment The overture to Mozart's
Don Giovanni" has been entirely over
looked and the overture to lie Nozzi di
Figaro" and Die Zauberflote" played
only once within the last 10 years. Thus
a young person Of q years has never had
an opportunity to hear these selections
unless they are given over the radio,
nor an adult music lover the enjoy
ment of several hearings. The visiting
orchestras bring repetition Of GER
tain numbers and seem to have the
same idea in mind when making their
selections This does not quite meet
the present need and, in fact, have
been the means OF keeping orchestral
music a highbrow art unintelliglble to
the majority.
This artistic angle must rest on the
shoulders of the conductor and be met
by him alone Mr.. Kinder has gone
about the plans for the Winter with
thorough understanding that comes
from his specialized training. Being
primarily an artist himself the artistic
urge to create is predominant. Being
an artist, he is anxious to pass on to
others the knowledge of which he is
master. To this understanding and to
further interest in the new musical
evolutions. is due the possibility of hear
ing the "Polonaise" of TschaikoWsky'
Eugene Onegin," played on last Sun
day's program for the first time in
Washington. and the modern Iron
Foundry of MoussoloW on Thursdays
program There is to be a first per-
formance of the dances from de Fallas
"I, amour Sorcier' and Carpenters
"Patterns" with its piano obbllgato,
which was given two weeks ago by the
Boston Symphony, on the future pro-
grams together with revival OF some
Of the old masterpieces. There IS
courage necessary for such an under
taking for it means giving out at an
unusually low price which is the pres
eat Symphony Orchestra's average. the
results Of thousands of dollars invested.
Mr. Kindler'5 answering stand Tor
beauty and art and desire for growth
will accomplish it this Winter. 1t
remains only for the public to cooper
ate to the fullest that these ideals may
survive.
CONDUCTOR KINDER has now
under his hands a body OF men
who second his ambitions and aid in
carving out his ideas. He is fortunate
In having as concert master a man
whom Arthur Nikish, the most famous
conductor of his day. called "the volcano