Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-07-14
ideal WEATHER
ASSURED CONCERT
Construction Crews Will
-
/, Have Stage Ready for
Opening Tonight.

Ideal weather Is In prospect 1Or Clle
program of the Summer concert series
by the National Symphony Orchestra
to be held at 6 o'clock tonight aboard
d Navy barge anchored in the Po-
tomac River near the Arlington Me-
mortal Bridge water gate. The
Weather Bureau last night said in
dications were for fair. cool day.
Construction crews worked in shifts
all during the night to complete the
huge sounding board, which will act
rs a giant megaphone to throw the
sound toward the audience. which will
be seated on the parkway near the
river, in chairs on the roadway
through the upderpasses of the bridge
and on the terrace of the Lincoln
Memorial The shell, so feet wide
and 40 feet deep. is constructed in
the shape of a half globe. The most
modern amplification equipment has
been installed to insure the audience
the best tonal qualities of the Or
chestra.
Tickets Are Available.
Those persons who failed to buy
advance tickets for the concert to-
night will be able to purchase their
tickets at two booths at the entrances,
C. C. Capped, business manager of
the orchestra. said.
Under the SEATING arrangement, the
entire audience will be formed into
fan, spreading out from the sides of
the barge No seats will be outside
the range of the circle. For those
persons who buy tickets for the con-
crete steps of the Memorial terrace,
cushions will be provided by attend
ants The orchestra management has
asked that persons holding tickets for
the seats along the parkway enter by
the lower roadway and those who will
be seated in the upper tier of seats to
enter by the Lincoln Memorial plaza.
DR.. Hans Kinder, musical director,
will take the IS members of his or
chestra aboard the barge this morn
ing for a final dress rehearsal to &C
custom them to the new surround
ings and also to test out the acouS-
tics. This is the first time a concert
OF this kind has ever been attempted
here and it is also the first time the
National Symphony Orchestra has
presented Summer concerts.
To Be Gala Occasion.
The opening concert will be a gala
occasion in Washington music circles
and is expected to attract the city's
great and near-great alike. The con-
cert will be opened by DR.. Kindler'S
arrangement of Wagner's Die Meis-
symphony in D Minor" as second
selection. These two selections will
comprise the first half of the pro-
gram. with Voices of Spring" by
Strauss; "Perpetuum Mobile" a mu-
steal witticism). also by Strauss:
, "Wiegenlied." by Brahms and an
overture, "Solennelle 1912" by Tschai-
kovsky. Will complete the latter suite.
Dr. Kinder said last night that his
musicians are in excellent form and
are showing a fine spirit Of co-opera-
ton and determination to give Wash
ington their best during the series.
He expressed himself as well pleased
with the performances of the per-
sonnet during the rehearsal period.
Everything will be in readiness be-
( fore noon today Capped said. All
seats will be placed during the after
noon. The chief usher of Constitu-
ton Hall, who has been handling con-
, cert crowds for years, will see to it
that there is minimum Of confusion
In seating the expected large audi
ence. Several policemen will be sta
toned around the concert site to
direct traffic and to keep down noises
which might interfere with the per-
Torrance.
Water-to-Shore Program.
In addition to the good music to
be made available by the orchestra,
those who attend will be given an
opportunity to see something novel in
the way of a concert stage. 1t will be
q water-to-Shore program. The idea
Is believed to have been taken orig
inally from the ancient Egyptian
. entrepreneur who first used a floating
:. barge moored off the Niles banks as
q platform for his musicians and
similar idea was used by the Roman
emperors.
The floating shell is the first of its
kind to be erected in the United States
and is the product of F. E. R. A. work.
ers furnished by Commissioner George
e. Allen. Several such shells have
been built by relief workers, but here
tofore they have been erected on land.