The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-08-24

another series of ovationS appe ar
ing as guest conductor of the
Washington Summer Concerts AS
ISOLATION Orchestra. If many OF
those present came with the ex-
pectation that DR.. Strube would
give q concert OF as light music
as on his previous appearance this
summer, they may have been dis
appointed.
The program DR.. Strube Sc
1ected was sufficiently attractive
from the melodic standpoint, how.
ever, as to be of interest to even
those who have entirely neglected
their musical education. His three
encoreS, "HumoreSque" (Dvorak)
''Spring Song" (Mendelssohn) and
"H garian Dance No. 6"
(Brahms), were more in keeping
with the former program.
DR.. Strube gave careful atten-
ton in bringing out the rich Or
cheStral celebration and expression
in the Wagnerian selections to
which the audience responded with
heartfelt appreciation. These ex-
cerptS may well be heard frequent.
ly as it is only with repetition that
one may begin to appreciate the
depths of meaning in them.
The tender phraSing of DR..
Strube'S "Nocturne" SandWiched
in between the wild revels of
Delibes' Finale to sylvia" and
the impish humor of the third
movem TENT (pizzicato), from
TSchaikowsky's Symphony No. 4,
made a series of pleasing contrasts
that carried the interest OF the au-
dience at high pitch. Following
the popular waltz, Wine, Woman
and Song q. Strauss, DR..
Strube brought the concert to a
delightful climax with Often
bach'S overture to "OrpheuS in
the Underworld"
The Washington Summer Con.
certS Association Orchestra will
respond to the baton in the
hands of Wheeler Beckett
Wednesday night at the Water
Gate. Goldmark's Rustic We'd
ding Symphony will be heard at
this time.
The Rustic Wedding Sym
phony," is a symphony in gen.
eral sense, as it is divided into
five parts. While each movement
may be designated with descrip-
tive title that would lead one to
expect it to be clasSed as SYM
phonic suite, yet the music does
not follow any obvious program
hence the general classification
as a symphony.
The theme shown above from
the first movement (Wedding
March,, is used as the basis for
series of variations played in
varying moods and tempos Near
the end of the movement is a
fugal use Of an oboe chorale that
suggests the solemn tones of
church organ; and the movement
ends with return to the march
theme
A late afternoon rain Saturday,
evidently frightened many of
those who held rain checks from
the postponed concert of the
night before. The three guest
conductors, Lieut.. Charles Benter,
DR.. Walter Bauer, and Siegfried
Scharbau, were each in their turn
given liberal applause from the
audience; and each responded
with encoreS.
Lieutenant Benter gave delight
full reading of the "Afro-American
Symphony" wv. G.. StilD, al
though working under the handi-
cap of an insufficient number of
extra" instruments called for in
the score. While the work is
short for symphony, it will
doubtless become better known to
concert-goerS in the near future
Lieutenant Benter gave this work
its premiere last winter with his
Navy Band Symphony Orchestra.
Following the Strauss waltz,
The Beautiful Blue Danube"
Lieutenant Benter responded to the
wishes of the audience with a
shorter Strauss work, "Perpetuum
Mobile" DR.. Walter Bauer, in
presenting the overture, Flying
Dutchman," CWagner); "Gopak,"
(MoussorgSky), which was re-
peated as an encore; and Nor
wegian Rhapsody No. g." (Svend-
SEM, earned his share of ap-
plauSe by his interpretations.
The new ending of Siegfried
Sharbau's musical setting to the
Pettengill poem, THE Dome of the
Capitol" made an ending with a
rousing climax more in keeping
with the closing lines of the
poem. Edwin Steffe, baritone, in
singing the extensive work, dis
played careful diction and pleas
ing tonal quality. Having heard
the work sung by tenor and a
baritone, we are firmly convinced
that real dramatic basso con-
tante voice alone can give the
finishing touch to the patriotic
number.
The U. s. Army Band, under the
direction of Capt. Thomas F. Oar
cy, will give the following concert |
tonight at 1880 o'clock at the
World War Memorial: March,
Law and Order" (Alford): "Sla-
vonic Rhapsody No. 2" Friede-
MANN; Norwegian Folk Dance
No. 2" (Grieg): saxophone solo,
"Juliana" (Gurewich), played by
Eugene Hostetter; march, THE
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