Evening star., 1938-01-30
DanrOsch to
Lead Local
Symphony
American Dean
To Direct for
Second Half.

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American conductors, will be guest
conductor of the National Symphony
Orchestra at its next concert on Sum-
day afternoon, February s, at o'clock
in Constitution Hall. Dr. Damrosch
will conduct the second half of the
program sharing the podium with DR..
Hans Kinder. regular conductor Of
the National Symphony who will be
in charge Of the first part Of the con-
cert.
The portion of the program to be
directed by the famous conductor,
most widely known in recent years for
his radio music appreciation hour on
the N. B. c. broadcasting chain, will
consist entirely of his own works. In
commemoration of Lincoln's birthday,
near which the concert date falls. DR..
Damrosch will present his abraham
Lincoln Song" setting for baritone,
chorus and orchestra of Walt Whit
mans stirring poem, 20 Captain, My
Captain"
Glenn Darwin, talented young Amer
ican baritone, will be soloist in this
work. A chorus of 200 Washington
singers, recruited from the Washing
ton Choral Society, Louis Potter, di-
rector, and the combined glee clubs
of George Washington University, DR..
Robert Howe Harmon. director, will
assist in the presentation of the COM
position. Mr.. Darwin will also sing
the three midshipmans songs from Dr.
! Damrosch's new opera. THE Man
Without Country" and chorus and
orchestra will present DR.. Damrosch's
transcription of Bach's prelude and
chorale, Elm Feste Burg"
On the rst half of the program
DR.. Kinder will conduct the orches-
ira in Gluck's overture to "Iphigenie
in Aulis" and 1.-The Fourth (Italian)
Symphony" Of Mendelssohn.
The second week in February will
see the Inauguration of the annual
series of students concerts, with the
presentation of the first program in
Central High School, Thirteenth and
Clifton streets NV, at $3.50 pm
Monday, February T. This years stu
dents concert series has been entitled
THE Old and the New in Music" and
will be comprised of three separate
programs.
Following its presentation at Gen.
trail, the first program, called From
Shepherds Song to Symphony" will
be repeated in three other high
schools-Western, Thirty-fifth and r
streets NV, Friday. February IL;
Mckinley, Second and T streets NE,
Thursday. February II. and Roose-
welt, Thirteenth and Upshur streets
NV, Friday, February 18. These
concerts all begin at $3.50 pm. The
second and third progams in the Sc
ries, called, respectively, From Rams
Horn to Wind Choir" and From
Woodpeckers Tap to Machine-Made
Rhythms," will be given at II am. on
Saturday, March S and March 10, in
Constitution Hail.
Reservations for students concert
tickets are being taken by music
teachers in all the grade and junior
high schools, while tickets are on sale
at the four high schools where con-
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National Symphony box Office in the
Julius Garfinckel & Co. store
Another series of concerts that has
attracted widespread interest is the
group of three programs called Chill
dren's Concerts for Adults" spon-
sored by the Music Committee of the
Junior Board of Commerce in CO.
operation with the Community Gen.
ter Department and the National SYM
phony Orchestra These concerts, an
innovation in the symphonic field,
will be presented on three Monday
nights, February IA, 81 and %, at
$3.50 o'clock in the auditorium Of
Roosevelt High School, Described as
Internal and informative adventures
in music appreciation" these con-
certs will be presented by DR.. Kinder
and the full Symphony Orchestra.
The audience will be invited to par
ticipate in songs, much as in the regu-
lar students concerts, but the pro-
grams will be selected with the adult
audience in mind.