Evening star., 1937-06-12
Big Events
Offered by
Orchestra
Symphony S Season Is
Most Brilliant in
It's History.

GIVING friends OF the orchestra an
opportunity to make definite plans
for their concert-going next Winter,
the National Symphony Orchestra now
places on sale season tickets for its
1878 concerts in Constitution Hall
Subscriptions will be taken officially
beginning June Is, the last date given
old subscribers to retake their former
seat locations. While many new orders
have already reached the orchestra's
Office in the Woodward Building for
next years programs, Tuesday is the
first day it becomes possible to get
specific seat assignments.
Under the musical direction Of DR..
Hans Kinder, the orchestra will pre-
sent the most brilliant series of con-
certs in its history, for which the
worlds leading artists have already
been engaged.
Attracting particular attention Of its
followers are such special events as the
appearance with the orchestra Of the
Col w. de Basil's Ballet Russo de Monte
Carlo, which made a sensational sue
cess of its engagements with the Or
chestra last year, and Of the Vienna
Choir Boys, who will sing here for
the first time with symphony orches-
ira. Greatly anticipated also Is the
three concert festival of the music Of
Ludwig Won Beethoven, which DR..
Kinder proposes to present in Decem-
Der. Noted soloists and a chorus Of
200 will bring this series to climax
in . presentation OF the Ninth Sym
phony.
In no previous season has the Or
chestra been able to offer so many un-
usual presentations and at the same
time bring to its patrons SO brilliant
an array Of famous artists. Among the
season headliners will be Lucrezia
Bori, the Metropolitan Opera soprano,
in 4 farewell tour; Josef Holman,
pianist, in . concert celebrating his
f1ftieth anniversary as a concert artist; i;
Mischa ElmAn, master Of the violin;
Moriz Rosenthal. the little giant Of
the keyboard; Percy Granger, pia-
mist; Ruggiero Ricci, phenomenal
young violinHt: Richard Crooks, the
Metropolitan's greatest tenor; Ruth
Posselt, brilliant young violinist; Ru-
dolph CAM, pianist, and the Wag-
merriam Festival Singers, including a
quintet OF the worlds finest voices
Hilda Konetzni, Alexander Kipns,
Marta Krasova, Henk MORT and Joel
Berglund.
Dr. Kinder has also made arrange
ments for several guest conductors
and additional soloists, to be an
nounced later.
greatly expanded and the musical
offerings made more outstanding from
year to year, 1t Is still possible to en-
Joy the program for as little as 37la
cents a concert through a season
ticket, Mr.. Cappel pointed out. Popu-
lar prices, he said, are possible only
because the National Symphony Or
chestra Association Is non-proflt Or
ganization supported by the generous
contributions Of Washington music
lovers. Ticket sales alone do not sus-
tain the orchestra.
The National Symphony will again
divide its 20 Constitution Hall con-
certs into two series of programs One
series of IL concerts will be given, as
before, at pm. on Sunday after
moons. The other series, consisting
OF eight concerts, will be midweek
events. all OF which will be given at
night. In previous seasons part OF
the midweek concerts have been pre-
sented at late afternoon hour.
In addition to these regular con-
cents, there will be a special series Of
the students concerts DR.. Kinder has
made so popular in past seasons.
Orders for season tickets will be
filled at the Office Of the National
Symphony Orchestra, room l1l3, in
the woodward Building. and informa-
tion may be obtained either by calling
there or by telephoning.