The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-11-19
KINDER OFFERS
MYRA HESS AS
N Ext SOLOIST
Tibbett and KreiSIer to
Appear Here
BY WILLIAM NEWMAN

4ACS III NOlSIlGuLlOu Hal uIlQ6I
Hans Kindler's baton, announces
Nine. Myra Hess, eminent Eng
Ush pianist. as soloist this week
She has been assigned the third
concerto for piano and orchestra
by Beethoven, which gives DR.
Kinder an opportunity to feature
Won Buelow's famous three BIS
Of music-Bach, B thove n
Brahms. This might be revised
to read Bach, Beethoven and Sow
erby, thus getting America into
the picture with the latter's fine
piano concerto, which, so far, only
Boston and Ann Arbor have
heard. However, European artists
rarely come to this country to play
American music.
BRAHMS SYMPHONY
DR.. Kinder prefaces the con.
certo with Edgar T. Paul's trans
cription Of the Bach C minor
organ Prelude and Fugue. Thus
the concert acquires a contribu.
tory American accent, Mr.. Paul
hailing from Baltimore. The sym
phony will be the Brahms Sec
ond. in D, sometimes called "ro
mantle"
Tibbett and Kreisler are the
weeks distinguished visitors. The
great American baritone sings in
Constitution Hall tomorrow after.
noon a program devoted to Irish
songs, German lieder and Russian
and American songs. The Vienne
violinist-should he now be called
German?-offering a typical pro-
gram built around the Bach
Chaconne for unaccompanied VIC
lin and representating, Tartini,
Beethoven, Mozart, Debussy, Rim
sky-Korsakow and deFalla-K reisler,
comes to the same hall Tuesday
evening.
BALLET ON DECEMBER 6
The Mordkin Ballet, which
comes to the Rialto Theater De
cember 6, will introduce to Wash
ington the only prima ballerina
this city has given to the world.
She is Patricia Bowman. In her
fours years at Roxy Theater and
Radio City she has addressed an
aggregate audience Of II million,
Mordkin gives her art the setting
its admirers believe it deserves.
The Mordkin company Is almost
entirely American, but their
repertoire is Russian and so is
their art. Mordkin was himself
the colleague of Pavlowa, and is
remembered by many as her as
Sociate.
Mercado's Tipica Orchestra, of
Mexico, brings the music of the
South American nations to Con-
tinental Hall, Mono day night.
Dances, serious and popular songs
and the orchestra of many native
instruments, promise entertain
ment Of distinctive quality.
MARINE PROGRAM
The U. s. Marine Band, Captain
Taylor Branson, conductor, re
sumes its mid-week symphony con.
certs Wednesday with program
built around the seventh Bee
thoven symphony. Band programs
will be heard on Wednesday at
2::30 and Friday at 3 p. m. All
concerts take place in the Marine
Barracks Auditorium.
Evangeline Tully, soprano, Of
fers the recital program tomorrow
evening at the Roosevelt Hotel,
listing on her program songs and
arias by Mozart, Korngold, Rein,
Schumann, Rachmaninoff, Rim
sky-KorSakow, Ronald, Farley and
Puccini.
The Gertrude Clark Whittall
Foundation, which donated the
Stradivari instruments to the Ii
brary of Congress, announces a
series by the Budapest and Cor
don String QuartetS, December 8
to 10. Certain seats in the Cool
idge Auditorium have been
equipped with instruments to aid
the hard of hearing. These and
all other seats can be procured at
Garfinckel & Co.'S box office, SerV-
ice charge Is cents.
ALL-WAGNER PROGRAM
Milton Schwartz, Jeno Sevely,
Ralph Hirsch, William Brennard
and George Feher will present a
Haydn quartet and Schubert
quintet at the Phillips Memorial
Gallery Monday afternoon, at 5
under auspices Of the Washington
Chamber Music Society.
The Philadelphia Orchestra, Eu-
gene Ormandy, conductor, an
nounceS an a1l-Wagner program
for Tuesday evening, November
20, in Constitution Hall.
Mrs. Vincent Hilles Ober, presi.
dent of the National Federation
Of Music Clubs, and Olin DowneS,
music editor New York Times. will
be guests of honor at the D. C.
Federation luncheon next month.
The Lovette Choral Club sings
Wednesday evening at $50 in the
Hotel Grafton Lilly Garrett,
contralto, and Irene Lerch,
pianist, will be heard by the Fri
day Morning Music Club at II
A series of ballet programs
featuring the National Ballet in
musical settings prepared by
Washington composers begins De-
cember is, in the King.Smith
playhouse Margaret Eckloff,
resident soprano, assisted by NAL
ton RoYce. has been engaged for