The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1933-11-10
SUNDAY MARKS
LOCAL DEBUT
Of: PRODIGY

Sunday afternoon at 4 o'clock
the National Symphony Orches-
ira will present its second Pop"
concert of the season at Constitu-
ton Hall. Besides presenting one
Of the most astonishing child
prodigies of the last several years,
Conductor Hans Kinder has
arranged q most unusual and
varied Program, as follows:
Overture, die Geschopfe DIES
Prometheus," Beethoven; Con-
certo in E minor for violin and
orchestra, Allegro appasSionato,
Andante, Allegro vivace, MendelS-
Sohn, GLORIA Perkins, soloist);
Dream Pantomime from "HanSel
and Gretel," Humperdinck; two
dances from La Vida Breve," de
Falla (by request; entr'acte from
"Khovantschina," Moussorgsky;
'Khovantschina," by Moussorgsky:
Polonaise from christmas Eve"
Rimsky- Korsakov.
Although the SoloiSt is but 10
years old, she has already played
three times with symphony or
chestras in New York city. Her
appearance here Is her Washing
ton debut. She will play a SOS, 900
Amati violin, lent by an anony-
nous musician.
She is a pupil of Louis Per.
singer, teacher of those two other
"child prodigies" of few seasons
ago-Yehudi Menuhin and Rug
gerio Ricci. The next Sunday
concert, on November 20, will
present Edward johnson as the
SoloiSt.
Eugene Ormandy, famous con-
ductor Of the Minneapolis Sym
phony Orchestra, will conduct the
Philadelphia Symphony when that
great orchestra plays here on
Tuesday evening, November 81, at
Constitution Hall under the local
management of the T. Arthur
Smith bureau. The doors of the
hall will be closed at 8:45 to late
corners.
The program will comprise
Brahms First Symphony, in C
minor; Molinari's transcription Of
DebuSsy's "L'Isle oyause";; Ravel's
::'Le Tombeau de Couperin," and
Enesco's First Roumanian Rhap-
sody.
Ormandy was a child prodigy.
his father having dedicated him
to musical career from the time
he was first able to distinguish
musical notes. He won his mas
ter'S degree in music at the age
OF IA, and was conductor of the
famous Capitol Theater orchestra
in New York, as well as a radio
9avorite, before summer appear
ances with the Philadelphia Sym.
phony at Robin Hood Dell won
success for him that led to his Sc
lection by the Minneapolis orcheS-
ira.
The piccolo, tuba and tam
BOURNE will all be played as solo
instruments next Saturday at the
first students concert of the year
in Central High School audi
forum. The concert will begin
at II a. m.
Manager c. c. Capped, of the
orchestra, urges that everyone
who intends to attend this entire
students series of four concerts
obtain season tickets at the or
chestra's box office in Gar
finckels. Tickets can also be OBJ
tainedd from school music
teachers.
The program will be: Over
ture, "Euryanthe" (Weber); dem
onstrations of the rare symphonic
instruments; four selections from
the "Nutcracker Suite (Tschai-
kovsky); harp solo, lie Bon
Petit Roi d'Yvetot" (Grandjany) {;
""The Whirlwind (Salzado), Miss
Sylvia Meyer; tuba solo, Rocked
in the Cradle of the Deep"
(Knight), Thomas Mullikin;
''Largo" (HandD, Men of Har-
1ech" welsh air., Ride of the
Valkyries" (Wagner).
Final events in the two-week
musical institute here will be
held today and tomorrow. There
will be three meetings today
under Mr.. Zanzig's direction at
Young Women's Christian Asso-
citation, Seventeenth and K
Streets, for Girl Reserves, at 4
p. M; Friendship House, 1926
Virginia Ave. for boys clubs and
girls clubs, at 7::30 p. M; and a
Family night" program at $3.50
O'Clock at Birney Community Gen.
ter, Nichols Ave. and Howard st.
s. E.
Another children'S program will
be given tomorrow morning at
II o'clock at Howard Playground,
Fifth and w. SITS. N. w., open
to all boys and girls in the vicin-
ity. The final session of the
music institute, conducted by