Evening star., 1936-01-19
Conductor Comments
On Symphony Program
DR.. Kinder Shows Spirit of Music to Be Pre-
sented by Orchestra in Concert on
Thursday Afternoon.

best to these Celebrations on the
chorale The adaptation for orches-
ira of the short but poignant work
is by L. Calliet of the Philadelphia
Orchestra.
The adagio from the "Toccata in c
Major" is another of the high spots in
the literature for this instrument 1t
has noble melody of the widest posi-
Bile span. 1t continues in one broad
arch from the start 10 the finish. 1t
is as organically perfect in its develop
ment as that of bud which naturally
grows into blossom and full flower.
The concerto is one of the numerous
works which Bach has written for a
combination of solo instruments and
string ensemble. Among these it takes
a deservedly high place. 1t is in three
movements, with a joyful. manly al
legro for the start. and an adagio for
the solo instruments alone. For the
last movement it has a fugue in which
again the solo numbers have long
stretches by themselves. and which
is worked out toward an imposing
close.
Carnival of the Animals" Saint-Saens
IT IS only few years that the
Carnival of the Animals" has been
available in its entirety. Saint-Saens
tfor a. to me. unknown reason) pre-
felred to have this perfectly enchant-
ing work not published until after his
death And as he grew to ripe old
age the died in 1921 when 86) it was
loss to the generation just before US.
The only excerpt which he allowed to
be heard is the well-known Swan"
The entire suite shows Saint-Saens
at his best-witty, perfect in form,
charming from melodic point OF view,
often brilliant The subtitles of the
different short compositions which
compose the work indicate the mean
ing, and Saint t-SaenS' amazing mastery
OF orchestral color never leaves any
doubt which particular animal he
means to portray. Even in the case
where he includes 'pianists' in his
ZOO. we cannot be wondering about
what his ingenious and extraordinarily
amusing musical description means. 1t
is al. in all one of the French masters
most successful efforts. and will be
played not only because of this, but
also in commemoration of the COM
poser's recent Tooth birthday
The artists in both the Bach and
Saint -Saens will be that charming
piano couple. Bartlett and Robertson,
who, notwithstanding that their first
visit occurred less than three years ago
are by now favorably known to most
musical audiences in the United States,
and especially to the Washington
public.
Enesco belongs to the dialect COM
posers. His music is imbued with. but
also limited by, the musical speech of
the Rumanians, and in the case of his
"Rhapsodies" by that of the Rumanian
gypsies. 1t is curious how each of the
gypsy tribes has strongly marked idio-
syncrasies which are ever recognizable.
The Spanish are completely different
from the Hungarian, the Russian and
the Rumanian, as these in turn are
again different from each other.
The characteristics of the Rumanian
gypsies (strongly evident in this work.
are sudden changes from major to
minor and vice versa, an augmented
sixth in their scale. twirling around
one note with two notes above and one
below. and a seemingly never-ending
| increase of excitement.