The Washington times., 1935-08-06

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40 voices under the direction Of DR..
w. Scott Mayo, gave a highly ap-
preciated program Of Negro spirit
uals last night at the Sylvan Thea
ter. Again and again were they
called on to repeat various selec-
tons.
The chorus, singing entirely
from memory, marched on the
stage to the strains of cheer the
Weary Traveller" (Burleigh), and
left at the conclusion Of the pro
gram singing steal Away to
Jesus"
Working up to the spirited Good
News" (Deet) at the end Of the
first part, DR.. Mayo repeated Good
News" as an encore. Listen to the
Lambs" was characterized by
some fine and close harmony. The
opening strains of Swing Along"
Cook were sung at a terrific
speed, b. the slower parts made
an even greater contrast.
DR.. Mayo sang the solo part OF
Done Found My Lost Sheep"
(Hall JohnSon), and repeated the
number to the delight Of the au.
dience. A most effective exit was
made with the spiritual STEAL
Away to jesus" as the chorus
walked off the stage the music
died away in the distance and the
lights dimmed signalling the end
of a most enjoyable program
which was all too short.
Dance Numbers
For the first time in the Sun.
set Symphony" series, there will
be included dance numbers by
Miriam Winslow and her company
of four dancers. Rudolph GS>1z,
who made such a profound i'm.
preston Sunday night at the
Watergate concert, will continue
as guest conductor Wednesday
night.
Mr.. GAM has arranged the first
part of the program to present
Glinka's overture to Russian and
Ludmilla," and the powerful Sym
phony No. s." by TschaikowSky.
The second part of the program
will be devoted largely to the
dance, with the orchestra accom-
panying the dancers.
Two years ago Miss WinSlow
founded the present dance group
which will appear with her. The
entire group are native New Eng
landers. Miss Winslow is an artist
pupil Of Ted Shawn and has
studied abroad as well.
In contrast to the stately and
gay symphony No. g. (Beetho-
ven) played Sunday night under
the direction of Rudolph CAM,
the Tschaikowsky Symphony No.
S" is melancholy. To simply state
that the symphony is melancholy
would create a wrong impression
for the quality of the melancholy
expresses a beautiful human emo
ton, brett of ugliness and hate
fulness. It has an appealing sad
ness and a mystical loneliness. It
glows in a rich dark color much
as highly tempered steel must be
tried in the flame.
The first or Andante movement
is in E minor; the clarinets state
a gloomy phrase, two measures Of
which is shown above, with a
driving force of stirring life and
deadly depression, creating a sort
of mesmeric mood. The fragment
of the second theme shown
above is introduced also by the
clarinets in a change of rhythm
like the stealthy pace of a huge
and menacing creature.
The infection Of the theme as
the other woodwindS and strings
take it up, is ever upward; there
is struggle: the crushing masses
Of tone are hurled back and forth
from the different sections of the
orchestra. There sounds q war
cry, resentment, defiance. as If
the spirit in the moment Of fail
ure had made an heroic effort
which results in a frenzied burst
of energy told with pure lyrics.
Swift moving episodes follow
each other: the struggle Is re-
newed; bruised wings beat against