The Washington times., 1935-12-12

night at the dance recital at
Roosevelt High School Audi.
torium almost as much as Gus
tard pies in the old movie come
dies. They were not reenacting
the Maxwell murder case; neither
was there a wedding; nor were the
actors deliberately throwing shoes
at the pianiStS, Mr.. LaSalle Spier
and Mr.. Henry Gregory, who were
playing their own compositions.
If the dancers had been throwing
at the composers, they would
doubtless have thrown posies.
The first shoe-throwing episode
was a part of the action of the
Last Knock" Emusic by LaSalle
Spier), in which a young artist,
hungry and discouraged, dreams
of food, clothes, money, prizes for
his work and a dream lover. Miss
Lisa Gardiner arranged choreo-
graphic pantomime which was
well acted by the cast.
Another shoe-throWing sequence
was included in a most convinc-
ing manner at the conclusion of
the Apache dance by Miss Gar
diner and Michael Nicholoff.
The dance was given to the &C
compartment of Henry GregorS
"Nocturne FantaStique."
Miss Mary Day. in giving an in
depreciation of an abstract num-
Der, "Valse Plaintive" MARY
Howe), was recalled to the stage
for a repetition of the waltz. A
number of other composers were
represented on the program which
was given to a full house.
The combination of original
dances arranged for the music of
local composers, which has been
presented several times year, is
becoming an established institu-
ton of Washington. In giving a
public hearing of these works, a
great service is being done to
American music. Now if a step
further might be taken by using
an orchestra to accompany the
dancers, it would result in set
up that would be even more at
tractive.
The theme shown above is an
other of the numerous themes in
troduced in each of the. move,
ments of the symphony No. l."
by Shostakovich. The theme
shown is given to the violinS, and
although of a secondary nature to
two others already published from
the first movement, it is used for
time and then dropped alb
ruptly.
This symphony will conclude
the concert of the National Sym
phony Orchestra, under the direc,
ton of DR.. Hans Kinder, this
afternoon at Constitution Hall at
4:45 o'clock.
The concert will open with
Funeral Symphony" GocatellD
Intermezzo from "GoyeScas" (Gra'
nados), and Waltzes from Der
Rosenkavalier" (StrauSs).
The young peoples music appre-
citation concert given by the U. s.
Navy Band Symphony Orchestra
at the Navy Yard Sail Loft yester,
day afternoon was attended by
several bus loads of school pupils
in addition to the many who came
by street car and private cars.
Lieut.. Charles Benter, director
of the orchestra, is arranging
these special concerts to include
works studied in the schools in
the music appreciation classes
Concerts are free to all and are
given each Wednesday afternoon
at 4 o'clock with the exception
of Christmas and New Year Day
School music teachers and parent
teacher associations are planning
regular trips by bus or cars for
the pupils of a number of schools
The program for next Wednes
day is as follows: "Natchez on
the Hill" (PowelD, I'm the Hall
of the Mountain King" from peer
Gynt Suite" (Grieg); THE Swan
(Saint-Saens) concert caprice
"Junella" (Kahn); ''Tambourin
Chinoise" (Kreisler) ; waltz, "Knus
perwalzer," from "Hansel and
Gretel' (Humperdinck); vocal
solos. Silent Night" and Joy to
the World" sung by Diane Chris
tenbery; a Yuletide fantasy