The Washington times., 1938-11-12

agement feels their reengagemeft
justified.
They will add to the program
PergoleSi's "Stabat Mater" Schu-
bert's setting of the Twenty-third
Psalm and the same masters
"Serenade," being supported in
these numbers by the orchestra
The first half of the program
Is to be entirely orchestral. DR..
Kinder announces the ''Leonora"
overture. No. 6, of Beethoven, a
Corelli suite and the highly dra-
matte Strauss tonepoem, Don
Juan"
CURTAIN RAISER
Tomorrow's concert is a mere
curtain raiser for the National
Symphony'S activities next week.
The orchestra will support the
Ballet Russo de Monte Carlo in
two programs on Wednesday and
Thursday evenings. These famous
visitors announce three novelties
-"Gaite Parisienne," to music by
Offenbach; Massines choreo-
graphic Interpretation of Beetho-
ven's Seventh Symphony, and "St.
Francis" by Hindemith.
The music of the celebrated
German moderniSt is regarded as
uncongenial to the Nazi regime;
so though the composer is al
lowed to live in his native land his
art may not be represented there.
A meeting in Italy between Mas
sine and Hindemith resulted in
their present collaboration.
TONE PICTURE
MaSSine imagines the Seventh
Symphony as tone picture of Gre
alton, of mans fall, of his even
tual destruction, typical Slavic
approach to life that Beethoven
gave no indication of sharing.
Others have regarded it as the
most cheerful of the Beethoven
nine, the lovely, melancholy allie
gretto movement excepted. How
ever, the tragic Slavs will have
their way with 1t, interpreting the
opening movement as the divine
activity exercised in Creation"
the second as the not always
kindly "earth," the third as de-
picting the sky" and the finale
as a prophecy of OBSTRUCTION"
The Hindemith ballet shows the
progress of a wealthy young Ital-
ian patrician from profligacy to
piety in five scenes. It will be in
teresting to observe both the Rus
SLAMS and Hindemith in piouS
mood.
Other items on the Russians
two programs include "L'Epreuve
Glamour" choreography by Fo.
kline, music by Mozart; Lac des
Cygnes," music by TschaikowSky,
and lie Bleu Danube" music by
Strauss.
PETRI CONCERT
Egon Petri, distinguished Euro
pean pianist. will open the con-
cert season at Howard University
Tuesday evening. His program
lists a Mozart sonata, the Chrom-
attic Fantasy and Fugue of Bach,
presumably in the version of
Petri's teacher, Feruccio BuSoni,
brief works by Brahms. the Pre-
lude, Aria and Finale, of Franck,
and the "a PreludeS of Chopin.
The eminent Lawrence Tibbett,
foremost baritone of the Metro
politan, first opera star to make
a success in Hollywood, sings in
Constitution Hall, Sunday. Novem-
ber 20. He is to be followed by
Fritz Kreisler, world-renowned
violinist and composer, on Tues
day. November %, in the same
auditorium.
MEXICAN ORCHESTRA
On Monday evening, November
81, in Continental Hall, the Tipica
Orchestra, of Mexico, will give a
program of South American or
chestral music designed especially
for this ensemble of strange in
struments. Songs, operatic and of
the people, dances and instru-
mental solos make the event of
varied interest.
Henriette Begger Plum, Danish
mezzo-soprano, will present a pro-
gram of Italian classics, German
Lieder, and French and English
songs tonight at the Hotel RooSe-
welt The U. S. Army Band,
Capt. Thomas F.. Darcy, leader,
plays in the War College audi
torium, Thursday at 3 p. m. and
Saturday at 1870 a. m. The
Piano Teachers Forum announces
a recital in the music room of
Central High School Thursday
evening HARLAN and Carlton
Meyer will be heard in piano
numbers at Friendship House this
afternoon at o'clock . The Bal
tic-American Society will be en-
tertained at International Stu
dents House next Sunday after
noon by Alexander Wesley-VaSi-
liauskas, eminent tenor, and Mrs.
Sola Holmen, soprano, of Wash
ington.
The Bartered Bride. Smetana's
immortal comic opera that made
such a hit when first presented
in English at the Metropolitan
two seasons ago, is to be done in
the expert translation of JoSepha
Chekova when Joseph Bentonelli
brings his group of Metropolitan
stars to Constitution Hall in Feb
ruary.