Evening star., 1938-08-14

conductor Of the National Syl
Appearances as soloists Of Care
and RENO LuomA. young Finnish piani
summer series will be played tonight
Willem van Hoogstraten. who ms
here last Wednesday night, will con-
duct III: second and final program at
the Water Gate tonight. RENO Luoma,
who made . sensational American
debut in Town Hall, New York City.
last spring. will be soloist on this pro-
gram in LISTS Piano Concerto In
E-fiat."
Compositions to be conducted by
Mr. van Hoogstraten include Berliozs
"Benvenuto Cellini' overture. De-
bussy's Afternoon Of q Faun," Delius'
"On Hearing the First Cuckoo in
Spring." Brahms IL "Lebeslieder"
waltzes. in an arrangement for orches-
ira recently completed by DR.. Felix
Gunther and given It's world premiere
at Lewisohn Stadium concert August
;, the Mottl arrangement Of Gretry's
music from "Cephale and Procris" and
the furiant and polka from Vein
berger's opera, "Schwanda."
only 1s years old, RENO Luoma
was praised by New York critics
for his tone, his virtuosity and his
command OF clarity at high speeds"
on the occasion of his Town Hall
debut, which included the playing Of
Chopin's b Minor Sonato," lengthy
group OF Chopin and Liszt etudes and
some major Bach items. An engage
nient to play the same concerto he will
play At the Water Gate with the famed
Chicago Symphony under Frederick
Stock is the most important recogni-
ton that has come to him in this
country to date. Last spring he was
invited to give q musicale at the Fin
nish Legation and was heard at that
time by many music-loving Washing
tonians.
The Wednesday program will bring
DR.. Kinder back to the Water Gate
for the final concert OF the season and
will witness the presentation Of two
groups OF dances OF Spain by Garcia
Goya, rated as the outstanding inter-
prefer OF the Spanish dance today.
Included In her first group will be
Dance No. l from de Falla's La Vida
Breve," Albeniz's Tango in D Major,
and Granados' "Rondalla Aragonesa.' y
The second group will consist of the
intermezzo from "Goyescas," by Gren-
ados; "Malaguena Gitanilla," by Lecu-
ona, and "Fado Blanquita," the dance
OF q Portuguese fisher girl, by Retana.
DR. KINDLER's portion Of the pro-
gram will include Glinka's over
ture, Russian and Ludmilla." De-
'bussys Clair de Lune," Adolf Lotter's s
"Moto Perpetuo" and Wagner's Die
Meistersinger' overture.
Following his custom Of the winter
season Of making his last concert q
request" program. DR.. Kinder is
inviting the summer audiences to make
their choice of q symphony they would
like to hear on the flnal program.
The choice must be made between
Cesar Francks ID Minor Symphony"
and Schuberts Unfinished SYM
phony." Letters containing votes should
be addressed to DR.. Kinder. I'LL
Woodward Building, and should be
turned in before tomorrow night.
For the dance program by Senorita
Goya, which will come Immediately
after the intermission. the orchestra
will be rearranged on the Water Gate
stage to give the dancer ample room
for her choreographic masterpieces.
Special lighting effects will be worked
out for the performance.
Part Of the enjoyment and color OF
this famous dancers presentations lies
in the beauty and richness Of her au-
thentic costumes, each Of the six
dances requiring . change Of dress.
Celebrated for her virtuosity, with the
castanets and for her extraordinary
heel work"-one Of the most dificult
and tantalizing features Of the Span
ish dance-Senorita Goya has been
acclaimed the finest Spanish dancer
Of the present time.
Famous for her dance recitals on the
Continent, she has won q similar repu-
tation in the United States in the past
few years in q number of tours that
have taken her across the country
several times. Ordinarily accom-
panied by harp and piano for her pres
entations. Senorita Goya expressed
herself as delighted to be able to
present her dances to = Washington
audience in her first public appear
ance here with orchestral accompani-
ment. Her only previous recital in
Washington was at . White House
musicale two years ago.
TON1GHTs program will be the
last Of the Government nights
at the Sunset Symphonies." with large
groups Of employees from the Depart
ment Of Justice, the State Depart
ment and the War Department in
special blocs Of seats.
Tickets for this weeks concerts are
on sale at the National Symphony
box ofice, Julius Garfinckel d Co
store, the A. A. A. Ticket Bureau
End 1T the Water Gate after IL am.
on Sunday and $50 pm. on Wednes-
day.