Evening star., 1935-11-17
CHARM AND ORIGINALITY PREVAIL IN WEEKS MUSIC
Bori tossing
In Costume
At Recital
Prima Donna Coming
to Constitution Hall
Tuesday.

7 UCREZIA BORI, celebrated prima
- donna Of the Metropolitan Opera
and one Of the most distinguished
sopranos on the international concert
stage, will make her first recital ap-
pearance in Washington In two sea-
sons when she appears ut Constitu-
ton Hall on Tuesday evening ut $3.50
O'Clock Is the second attraction Of
Mrs. Dorothy Hodgkin Dorsey's eve
ming concert series at that auditorium.
Nine. Bori will be assisted at the piano
by Frederick Bristol.
The highlight Of Boris concert here
on Tuesday evening will be her ap-
pearance In costume, twice during the
performance. The first appearance
will be Is . French schoolgirl of the
eighteenth century, during the course
Of which Bori will sing o group OF
three French songs: lie Roi ct Il
fermier" (DaverD. Jean ne ment
pas" (by request) (Arnaud) and II
est vrai que Thibaut" (Gail). Later
she will appear in . Spanish gypsy
costume (also by request), singing
Fonts La Meta de Carmen" Peuella',
La Gitana de rumbo" and Turina'i
"Cantares."
Bori will open her program with q
group Of italian songs, an aria from
Bellini's Romeo and Juliet" "Scar.
latti's "se Florindo e fedele" and
vivaldi's I'm certo non 50 che" pass.
ing next to q group by Rimsky- Kor.
sakov ("Eastern Romance"D and
Debussy ("Mandoline" and Clair q.
Iune), followed by two arias from
Donizetti's opera, La Figlia del Reg.
gimento. "Convien partir" and "Cias.
cum 10 dice"
A group Of piano solos by Mr.
Bristol, Prelude" and "Ondine" BY
Debussy and "Capriccio" by Bortkie.
wicz, will close the first half Of the
program. Mr.. Bristol's second grour
Of piano solos will be 'Espana cani'
old Spanish melody. arranged b,
George Copeland: "Jeunes files az
jardin" CMompou), "voice Of Lir'
(Henry CowelD and Animated Con.
versation" (Wallace Kins).
Seats for the Bori concert are avail.
able at Mrs. Dorseys Concert Bureau
In Droop's, 1900 @ street northwest
and will be placed on sale at Con-
stttution Hall on Tuesday evening.
Lovers Of instrumental music are
promised q delightful concert at Con-
stitutton Hall next Sunday afternoon
at O'Clock, when Harold Bauer,
pianist. and Albert Spalding, noted
American violtnist, will give q joint
sonata recital under the auspices Of
Dorothy Hodgkin Dorsey.
The program will offer three sonatas,
Beethovenis &C Minor Sonata, Op. 80,
No. g.: Mozart's "B Flat Sonata"
and Cesar Franck's Sonata In A."
Next Sundays concert will mark the
first time that Bauer and Spalding
have met in joint sonata recital in
the Capital.
Although Harold Bauer Is known
as q pianist, he began his musical
career As violiniSt. changing TO the
piano at the age Of 80, at the sug-
eestion Of no less q master than
Paderewski. who, hearing Bauer play
the piano. urged him to think seri-
ously Of that instrument as q medium
Of artistic expression. Bauer allotted
himself the space Of three years to
attain concert status, making his debut
as pianist with the Berlin Philhar-
nonic Society. playing a Beethoven
and Saint-Saens concerto and the
List Hungarian Fantasy"
Making his American debut in 1901,
Is soloist with the Boston Symphony
Orchestra, Mr.. Bauer has appeared
since then with every orchestra Of
note in this country and Europe. as
well Is hundreds Of recital appear
ances. Although Of English parentage
and birth, Mr.. Bauer has become an
American citizen Of recent years.
Seats for the Spalding Bauer joint
recital are available at Mrs. Dorsey's
Concert Bureau, In Droop's, 1900 @
street northwest.