The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-09-03

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The Water Gate concert, sched-
uled for last night has been post
poned until tonight at 500 o'clock
on account of rain. The same pro
gram as announced for last night
will be given tonight with DR..
Nikolai Sokoloff conducting.
This is the third time that rain
has caused a postponement. Last
summer no Water Gate concert
was postponed on account of rain
although one concert was given to
a small audience because of rain
in the afternoon. However, this
summer there are three concerts a
week running a couple Of weeks
later while last summer there
were but two concerts a week for
a shorter season. The liabilities
of weather interference this sum-
mer are thus about doubled over
the chances of last summer.
The third and final outdoor
concert of Latin-American music
Of the present season will be pre-
sented next Thursday evening at
8 o'clock in the Aztec Gardens Of
the Pan American Union, with
DR.. L. s. Rowe, director general
Of the union, as host.
The United States Marine Band,
under the leadership of Capt.
Taylor Branson, will render the
instrumental portion of the pro
gram and the guest artist will be
Francisco Tortolero. lyric tenor OF
Mexico.
From 9:15 to 10 p. M. the pro-
gram will be broadcast over the
blue network of the N.B.C. and
by short wave to all the republics
of the American continent through
the Schenectady General Electric
Company station, the WeSting
house Electric and Manufacturing
Company station at Pittsburgh
and the Bound Brook station Of
the National BroadcaSting Com
pany.
Tschaikowsky's symphony No
g." commonly referred to as the
"Pathetique," plumbs the depths Of
despair as probably no other major
symphonic work. The expression
of any art is limited to those sub
jects that will tend to uplift SO
ciety. Murder cannot be the theme
of a song; no church would sing
a hymn concerning the Devil.
TSchaikowsky's frequent use OF
the gospel of despair would Ger,
tainly border on the edge of the
bounds of constructive art. In
the "Pathetique Symphony" there
is not even the relief of an ending
that contains some germ OF happi'
ness.
The themes shown yesterday
from the first movement, are
songs of pathetic beauty. The sec
ond movement is based on the
above shown dance-like themes,
played in the hating rhythm OF
five beats to the measure. This
symphony will be heard at the
Water Gate concert Sunday night
DR.. Nicolai Sokoloff conducting.
It is no small wonder that peo
pie get tired of the constant repe'
tition of popular songs on the
radio when one considers that in
the year 1885 the most popular
song, when I Grow Too Old to
Dream" was performed 29,161
times-not far from 100 times a
day. How long would Mendels,
sohn's Spring Song" remain
popular if given that many rendi
tons in year?
With practically all musical
activities of any note ending with
August, the Hippodrome Opera
Company continues merrily on in
a sort of between-season series in
New York city. These perform
ances have furnished opportuni
ties for deserving young singers to
gain experience in this country
and are proving of great value in
furnishing grand opera at a movie
price.
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