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Evening star., 1938-03-20
Choral BODY
To Present
Passion
Choirs to Assist in
Presentation at
The Cathedral.
ONE OF the outstanding musical

ONE OF the outstanding musical
events Of the year will be the pres
entation by the Washington Choral So
ciety, Louis A. Potter, conductor, OF
the magnificent Passion According
to st. Matthew" by J. 8. Bach, on
Monday might, March %, at 8 o'clock
in Washington Cathedral. The 200
voices of the choral society, augmented
by singers Of the Washington Chapel
Of Latter Day Saints, choirs of CAL
vary Methodist Church and Takoma
Park Presbyterian Church. will be di-
vided into the first chorus and the
second chorus. which are Of equal i'm
portance in the presentation Of this
mighty choral work
A fine group of Washington soloists
will add variety and keen interest to
the performance. with different voices
assigned to the various characters, as
the Evangelist, Jesus the Christ. the
Apostles Peter and Judas. PLATE, the
high priest, Pilates wife and the wit
nesses. Solo parts have been assigned
by Conductor Potter to six women of
whom one Of them. Mary Apple, will
come down from New York City. where
she has been doing choir and concert
work for the past two years, to sustain
the leading contralto part.
Two leading soprano soloists of the
city, Emily Coville, solo soprano at
Rock Creek Church. and Helen Howl
son. soprano of the Church of the
Covenant. will have important solos
in The Passion" and the three other
soloists will be Bertha Morgan. con-
tralto, Of Calvary M. E. Church:
Florance Ludy, soprano. of Keller Me-
mortal Lutheran Church. and Mrs. AL
bert w. Volkmer OF Takoma Park Pres
byterian Church.
The male solo voices are equally out
standing. and are william Hayghe
tenor; Winfrid Smith. tenor. of the
Church Of the Covenant: Sam Cotton
OF st. Johns Episcopal Church. on La
fayette Square; Charles Trowbridge
Tlttman, basso, who will return here
from singing the part Of Jesus in the
"St. John Passion" with the Schola
Cantorum, in New York City. to par
ticipate in the st Matthew Passion" :"
Other narrative and dramatic roles
will be sung by Harry Yeide. basso. a
former member Of the Bethlehem Bach
Chair; John L. Stinson, baritone. OF the
Takoma Park Presbyterian Church;
George Stonebraker and Merle Gates
Of Calvary NJ E. Church.
Lyman McCrary will be the organ
list, Villa Semple the pianist, and 80
members Of the National Symphony
Orchestra will form the orchestra
The Cathedral officials are making ar
rangements to take care of a large
audience. The public is invited to be
present.
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STOJOWSKI RECITAL
AT SULCRAVE CLUB

SIGISMOND STOJOWSKI, who will
- give piano recital at the Sulgrave
Club Thursday evening. March 81,
under the auspices of Norman Frauen-
helm. is recognized as the most rep
resentative pupil of Paderewski who
has Endorsed him as the authoritative
exponent of his method and style.
.As composer, the name of Stojowski
has for many years been a household
word among performers and students.
His Chant d'Amour," like Paderew-
skis "Minuet," had long been uni
versally played on two continents.
His Symphony" has been performed
in America by the New York Philhar-
monic and Boston Symphony Or
chestras. his symphonic Rhapsody"
by the New York Symphony Orchestra
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panied on the piano by Alexander
Clayton.
The Trio Classique will give recital
Friday, at $3.50 p m, in the music room
of the American Pen Women at the
Grafton Hotel, Connecticut avenue and
De Sales street. The trio is composed
of Arturo Papalardo, pianist; Hendrix
EsserS, violinist, and Emile Simon,
'cellist.
The Trio Classique Is devoted exclu-
sively to the Interpretation Of chamber
music work of the great masters orig
inally written for this instrumental
combination. At Friday evenings con-
cert they will play the Brahms Trio
in B, Op. g.; the Dvorak Trio in B.
nat, Op. 21; and "Morceaux Espag-
nola." q Spanish work containing an
interesting "bolero" movement, by
Brenton.
The B. Y. P. U. Chorus of the Jeru-
salem Baptist Church will give reci-
tai featuring gospel and spiritual songs
at the Vermont Avenue Baptist Church
on Friday, at $3.50 pm, under the
auspices Of the Social Service Depart
ment Of the Vermont Avenue Baptist
Church.
The Takoma Park Presbyterian
Church Choir, under the direction Of
Iottie L. volkmer, with Elizabeth b.
Jackson at the organ, will present q
program of Passion music at q 4 o'clock
vesper service this afternoon. The
soloists will be Mrs. ]. Frank Rice,
soprano; Mrs. Volkmer, contralto; C..
Wilfrid Smith, tenor; J. L. stinson,
baritone. The public is cordially in
vited.
A program was given in the lounge
Of the Washington Sanitarium We'd
nesday evening by the Fowler Broth
ers' Male Quartet. The members of
the quartet are: George Fowler, first
tenor; Wylie Fowler, second tenor;
Winfield Fowler, first bass, and Henry
Fowler, second bass.
At the regular meeting of the WASH
ington Alumnae Club Of Mu Phi Ep-
silon, held at the home Of Lola Orr
last Monday, the present officers,
headed by Vera Neeley Ross, were re-
elected. Olive Mellinser Of II Chap
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kind and effects will be gained
through kissing, humming, laughing
and tongue rolling, with occasional
choric defamation with orchestral &C.
compartment. The voices will Be used
in the same manner customary with
instruments and the effect to be aimed
at is a vocal symphony with an in
strumental background.
The chorus will be made up Of 40
voices, to be trained by John F. VIII
hanson, who will be in Harrisburg
for that purpose, while. the orchestra
will comprise 100 men under the d.
rection of George King Raudenbusch.
There will be no solos, but Pennsyl-
vania folk tunes Of that period will be
incorporated into the themes. Both
Mr.. Williamson and Mr.. Raudenbusch
have manifested great interest in this
new form of symphony, half OF which
has already. been written by Mr..
Shure.
IHE historical story of "Girty's
Gulch" is highly romantic. 1t
concerns the notorious outlaw, Simon
Girty, who, although Swiss born, set
tied in this country and threw in his
lot with the Indians. He resisted the
invasion Of the white settlers and
fought long and successfully with the
Indians to keep them out of their little
territory. Romance came to Simon
Girty when he saw the daughter Of one
OF the white settlers, Edith Plunckett
and fell in love with her only to find
that his notorious career made all ac-
quaintance impossible. However. he
disguised himself as an Indian chief
and pretending to be ILL., gained admis-
sion to the fort of the settlers and
eventually was able to kidnap the lady
and carry her off to his domain among
the Indians. For many years she re-
manned hidden in spite of intensive
search by her parents until a Quaker
preacher, aiding In the search, was
able to reach the Indian camp dis
guised as a merchant and there found
her. He finally persuaded her to re-
turn with him and they were making
their escape in a canoe when Girty
discovered them and shot his wife.
Girty lived to an old age, rearing his
son. who afterward married an Indian
princess. But as he grew older, Girty
began to repent Of his ill-spent life
with its many murders and passed
many days In prayer for forgiveness of
his crimes. One day. alone in the
woods, he fell on his knees in suppli-
cation to the Lord when a passing
white settler discovered him and shot
him in the back. thereby bringing to an
end rebellious spirit in the civiliza-
ton OF his country.
1t is in stories of this kind. with
their dramatic import, that the source
OF American music lies hidden. Here
is material for an opera as well as
the symphony which Mr.. Shure has
uniquely conceived and there are
doubtless many other tales Of the same
KIND from which to gain material
1or national music. Mr.. Shure has
contributed considerably in the past
70 adapting American subjects to
music themes and this new work of
MS Will be a valuable addition to the
small list of such endeavors
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Immediately following the World War.
HIS IF Major concerto" the fifth, was
composed in 1896. after its author
had become acquainted with the ex-
otto sights and sounds of the Near and
Far East. Certain Iriental themes in
the second movement have led to the
application Of the nickname "Afri-
can" to this concerto. Saint -Saens
himself played the solo part at the
concerto's premiere in Paris in gala
conert which celebrated the 5Oth
anniversary of his public debut. Equal
in brilliance and effectiveness to other
Salnt-Saens works, has suffered un-
deserved neglect. Francis Garziglia
will conduct during the performance
Of the concerto.
The familiar e Minir Symphony" of
Tchaikovsky, written in 1888. is the
second of the three remarkable works
in symphonic form that have formed
the basis of the Russian composers S
reputation. The work was written, so
he claimed, to prove to himself and
others that he had not written him.
self out" Oddly enough. the COM
poser at first thought very disparag-
ingly Of the symphony, but after sew
eral years grew to like it again. And
even Brahms. no great admirer of
Tchaikosky's music, stayed an extra
day in Hamburg to hear the first re-
hearsal and declared his liking for all
except the last movement of the
symphony.
The overture to "Abu Hassan" Is one
of the most delightful works of Carl
Maria Won Weber, pioneer in the COM
position of German romantic opera.
It prefaces q one-act work, first per-
formed in 1911, which is a successful
example of the gifted composers lively
wit and exuberance of spirit.
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CRECOR, COMPOSER.
in SERIES OF TALKS

HENRY GREGOR, Washington
composer. who recently has been
made member of the faculty of
Miami University in Miami, Fla,
where he and Mrs. Gregor spent the
winter will present the first in a
series of eight music talks on the
subject of Music Yesterday and To-
day in the auditorium of Phillips
Memorial Gallery, Twenty-first and Q
streets NV, Tuesday evening at $50
o'clock.
Later, beginning April 4, Mr.. Greg
or will present an afternoon series
under auspices of the Junior League
OF Washington. including six talks
on Modern Music and Its Tenden-
cies."
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orchestral suite. Animal Pictures"
He will also appear as piano soloist in
Saint-Saens' rarely performed Fifth
Concerto in F Major (Opus l03)." The
two remaining numbers on the pro-
gram to be conducted by Mr. Ganz
will be the overture to Weber's opera.
"Abu Hassan." and Tchaikovsky's
Fifth Symphony"
One Of the most versatile and re-
markable figures in American musi-
cal life today. Rudolph Ganz is max
ing his second appearance with the
National Symphony. Washington
music lovers will recall that he pre-
sided as guest conductor on the
podium for several Of the summer con-
certs given by the orchestra in 1885.
HE WAS born in 1877 in Zurich,
Switzerland. Versatile even as a
boy. he stepped before his first au-
dience not Is a pianist or conductor,
but as 4 cellist. That was five years
before he appeared, at the age Of II,
with the Municipal Orchestra in
Lausanne as soloist in Beethoven,s
&C Minor Piano Concerto" After
study with teachers in Strasbourg and
Berlin, where he was a pupil of
Busoni. he made his Official debut
with the Berlin Philharmonic Or
chestra in 1899, performing the re-
markable feat of playing three con-
certos.
Four months later he reappeared
with the Philharmonic, this time to
conduct his own symphony in E.
Shortly thereafter came an offer to
head the piano department of Chicago
Musical College, where he taught for
five years. In 1906 he appeared as
piano soloist with the New York SYM
phony Orchestra under Weingartner
and during the ensuing years firmly
established himself as one of the
worlds great pianists. In 1921 he was
invited to appear as guest conduct tor
Of the st. Louis Symphony Orchestra
and his success led to his engagement
As permanent conductor there for a
period Of six years, during which he
revitalized the tagging symphonic en-
semble. He resigned to return to Chi
cago Musical College, this time as
president of the institution.
HIS own composition, Animal Pic
- u
tures," which he will introduce
here, Is typical Of his lively humor
and vivid Imagination. The suite,
consisting of 20 brief sketches de-
scriptive Of the entire ZOO, from flea
to elephant. was originally written for
piano and later orchestrated. The
individual titles Of the pieces are "The
Donkey" "Capering Kittens" "Alli-
gators Promenade" "Ga!loping
Horses" "Bumslebees," "Chipmonks,"
Elephants Out for a Walk" "The
Polar Bear Swings Along" "A Squir-
REL" THE Lion," ''Monkeyshines
Around the Organ Grinder" "Fleas,"
"Crickets," 1.-TWO Bears Behind Bars"
young Eagles Pow-wow," There
Goes the Big Snake" Birds, !" "Chick-
ens," Listening to the Cuckoo" and
'The Grand Parade"
CAINT-SAENS was one of the most
unique personalities in musical
history remarkable eclectic whose
life spanned the years from shortly
after Boethoven's death to the period
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Concert Schedule
TODAY.

TODAY.
National Symphony Orchestra,
Rudolph CAM, conductor and
soloist, Constitution Hall, 4
pm.
Juanita Claxon, soprano; Chris
tine Kelly, pianist, joint re-
cital, Roosevelt Hotel, $50 pm.
Lenna Orr Gauss, contralto: i
ChaGles Gauss, pianist, Y. w.
c. A., 5p.m.
Basil Toutorsky, piano recital, /
1901 Sixteenth street, 3 pm.
MONDAY.
d. Sterling Wheelwright, organ
recital, Church Of Christ, Lat
ter Day Saints, 8 pm.
Navy Band, Sail Loft, Navy Yard,
2 pm.
Army Band, Army Band Audi
torium, 6 pm.
TUESDAY.
Kristen Flagstad. song recital,
Constitution Hall, $50 pm.
Henry Gregor,' lecture. Music
Yesterday and Today" Phillips
Memorial Gallery. $50 pm.
Navy Band Symphony Orches-
ira, N. Taglialavoro. pianist,
soloist. Sail Loft, Navy Yard,
$50 pm.
Marine Band, Marine Barracks,
3p.m.
Soldiers Home Band Orchestra,
$50 pm.
WEDNESDAY.
The Combined Glee Clubs Of
Middlebury College, Pierce
Hall, 8 pm.
Mary Apple, song recital, Mount
Pie sant Congregations
Church, $50 pm.
D. Sterling Wheelright. organ
recital, Church of Christ, Lat
ter Day Saints, 8 pm.
Marine Band Symphony Orches-
ira, Marine Barracks, 8 pm.
THURSDAY.
Helen Belt, violin recital, Arts
Club. evening.
Army Band. Army Band Audi
torium, $3.50 pm.
Soldiers Home Band Orchestra.
$50 pm.
FRIDAY.
Friday Morning Music Club,
Naomi Hewitt, cellist: Mary
liant Couch, Helen Campbell
Williams, pianists; Christine
Church, soprano; Barker Hall,
1870 am.
Trio Classique, Grafton Hotel,
$50 pm.
st. Thomas Choir. Caroline
Macklin Hughes, soprano, solo,
ist, Lenten program, ST.
Thomas Church. 8 pm.
D. Sterling Wheelwright. organ
recital, Church Of Christ, Lat
ter Day Saints. 8 pm.
Marine Band, Marine Barracks,
3 pm.
SATURDAY,.
Army Band. Army Band Audi
torium, 1880 am.
Soldiers Home Band Orches-
ira, $50 pm.
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Flagstad's
Voice tOBe
Heard Here
ToGive Full.Length
Recital Tuesday
Evening.

K IRSTEN FLAGSTAD, reigning
prima donna of the Metropoli-
tan Opera Association and one of
the greatest Wagnerian sopranos ever
to grace the stage of that world
famous opera house, will be heard
here in full-length recital at Con-
stitution Hall on next Tuesday eve
ming at $50 o'clock, under the man.
agement Of Dorothy Hodgkin Dorsey.
This will mark Nine. Flagstads only
Washington appearance Of the 1878
season, and the fifth and final at
traction Of Mrs. Dorsey's evening con-
cert series.
Ever since her spectacular debut
with the Metropolitan during the sea-
son of l934-5, Nine. Flagstad has been
one Of the greatest attractions in
Metropolitan Opera history. Pos
sessed Of glorious voice, a superb
physique and matchless enthusiasm
for her art, Nine Flagstad has re-
vived the golden age of song at that
opera house and has duplicated, on
the concert stage, her tremendous
operate triumphs. Nor has the screen
remained unaware of Nine Flagstad's
art, as was attested by the recent
production of The Big Broadcast of
1885," in which the great Norwegian
diva appeared in q Wagnerian scene
that brought her voice to millions to
whom she was but a name.
Nine. Flagstad, who will be accom-
panied in her recital by Edwin Nc
Arthur, will open the program with
the aria: "Ah. perfido!" from Bee
thoven's "Fidelio,'' while her second
group will consist of Brahms Won
ewiger Liebe," 20 wusst ich doch den
Veg Zuruck" and so whilst du des
Armen' and Strauss "Allerseelen. u
"1ch TRACE meme mime and "Caci-
lie"
After the intermission Mr.. Nc
Arthur will play the Bach-Taussie
"Toccata and Fugue in D Minor" the
Schumann Romance in F. Sharr
Major and the Moszkowski Caprice
Espagnole."
Nine. Flagstad will begin the second
part OF her program with five Griee
songs; Der gynger en- baad' "a Boat
Rocks To and Fro"). En- svane" "a
SWAMI, "Og jeg vii ha en- hjerten.
skjaer' c"And l Shall Have a True
Love-. Med en- primulaveris" C'Witt
a Primrose') and TAX for dit raad'
t'Thanks for Your Counsel"). In he,
fourth and final group she will sing
two famous arias, both from Tam
hauser': 'Elizabeth's Gebet" anc
"Dich theure Halle"
Seats for the Flagstad recital NAV
be obtained at Mrs. Dorsey's Concert
Bureau. in Droop's, 1900 G street
NV. or at the Constitution Hall box
Office after Z o'clock Tuesday evening
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Lawrence, Kans., was q guest Of

ter, Lawrence, Kans., was q guest of
the club.
The program consisted OF 4 discus
sion Of modern and ultra-modert1
music presented by Fannie Mae Hen
best and Sylvia Meyer, with Illus
trative numbers on the piano by Mar
guerite Tolson, Ruth Bradford and
Mrs. Henbest. Mary Burnett and
Vera Neeley Ross each sang q group
Of modern songs. Charlotte Klein
gave 4 short discussion of compost
tions for the organ, and recordings of
ultra modern symphonic numbers were
presented.
Cathreen Carrico gave . full recital
at Oldnelds School, Glencoe, Nd,
last Friday evening, March 4, before
. large and enthusiastic audience.
Christopher Tenley was the accom-
panist.
National Park College on March Z
and March II presented two programs
of music from the piano classes Of
Fannie Helner, director Of music, and
from the voice classes Of Ruth Nc
Cormick. The following students took
part in the recitals: Katharyn
Murphy, Ruth Heylmun, Mae Tilliie
Baldwin, Jane Henderson, Martha
Bowers, Sue Williams, Alice McClus-
key, Ruth Farrell, Betty Bevan and
Ruthe Jacobs.
The Phoebe Hearst P. T. A. Chill
dren's Chorus, Esther Linkins, direc-
tor, augmented by some OF Miss Lin
kins' studio chorus, will sing at the
Phoebe Hearst P. T. A. meeting to-
morrow evening. Judy Conklin and
Bob Brengle will each contribute q
group Of solos. Mrs. Hugh Dram will
accompany the singers.
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REVIEWS OF
RECORDINGS
BY ALICE EVERSMAN.

Both the Victor and the Columbia
Phonograph Cos. have relea,ed re-
cordings of some of the finest of Mo-
zart's works this month. The Victor
has chosen the Concerto in D Minor,
K 466,' played by the Vienna Phil
harmonic Orchestra, With Bruno Wal
ter in the dual role of piano soloist
and conductor, while the Columbia
has recorded the Symphony No. 40
In G Minor, K. $50" by the London
Philharmonic Orchestra, under the
direction of Sir Thomas Beecham.
One could not wish for a better
synopsis of Mozart's great talent than
what these two sets OF records afford.
Merely in listening to these two con-
trasting works one marvels anew at
the utter inexhaustible quality of his
genius as we'll as his tremendous skill
IN the manner Of developing his mate
rial SO that each seems the culminat-
Ing point of composers power. There
Is also to be found here the domina-
ton OF mood which Mozart experienced
SO profoundly, yet which he turned
INTO music of immortal quality.
In the concerto, Bruno Walter fol-
lows 1turbi in the feat of being soloist
and conductor at the same time.
There is no evidence, however, that
ne Is fulfilling two roles, for the
orchestra plays with smoothness and
spirited exactneSs. Mr.. Walter shows
pianistic gift Of great brilliancy and
exceptional power. Although the sonor-
1ty OF his tone precludes him from
being an ideal Mozart player, he re-
creates with finesse the youthful fire
and the somewhat melancholic beauty
which is Mozart's mood in this work.
The symphony, on the contrary, is
gayety itself, with rush of good
spirits that never slackens. The Sec
ond OF the last great trilogy of SYM
phonies which concludes with the
Jupiter" all three of which were
written in the space Of six weeks, it
is rich in fantasy, marvelously abun-
dant in thematic treatment and con-
tinuous in its inspirational strength.
The London Philharmonic, gives a
CPSAulu AcduAle VI ~, VlI64 ana pulS-
ing with fire and color.
In both recordings small orchestra
Is used. but on the whole the SYM
phony fares better. both as to clarity
and emotional brilliancy. on the disks.
These albums of two Of the finest ex-
amples Of the work Of the composer
who was the first to develop the con-
certo and symphony form are splen-
did contributions to the recorded Mo-
Hart literature.
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Hotel Program.
TUAN1TA CLAXON, lyric SC

TUANITA CLAxON. lyric soprano
y and Christine Kelley, pianist. will
be heard in joint recital this eve
ming at $50 in the north ballroom
of the Roosevelt Hotel.
Miss Claxon's engagement is by pop
ular request. She will sing some old
Italian songs of the 10Th and 18th
century, also German, French and
English numbers.
Miss Kelley, protege of Marie
Louise Continho, will include in her
program numbers by Mendelssohn,
Chopin and Debussy These concerts
are given under the direction Of George
F. Ross.
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Choir in Tribute.

FRIENDS and former associates of
Edward P. Kimball. concert or
ganist at the Washington Chapel of
the Latter Day Saints until his death
q year ago. will gather tonight at
the chapel at o'clock for q memorial
service.
Mr.. Kimball had played 1,001 re-
citals in Washington and was secre-
tary of the Rotary Club. Favorite
hymns composed by Mr.. Kimball and
the Tschaikowsky motes. How Blest
Are They" will be sung by the chapel
choir he founded. now under the di-
rection of D. Sterling Wheelwright, or
ganist and chapel director.
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Sonata by Club.

0N FRIDAY the Friday Morning
Music Club will present Boell-
mans Cello and Piano Sonata" with
Naomi Hewitt cellist and Mary liant
Couch pianist. There will also be
songs for soprano, by Christine
Church and piano solos by Helen
Campbell williams. The meeting will,
- usual, be held In Barker Hall at
1850 Am.
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Bach Compositions.
compositions Of Johal

II AMAAAAH compositions OI JOlAHN
Sebastian Bach, for organ. violin
and voice, will compose tomorrow
nights recital, offered to the public
without charge, at the Washington
Chapel. Sixteenth street and Colum-
bia road. at pm. The customary
program preview" at 7:45 PM, given
each Monday by D. Sterling Wheel
wright. chapel organist, will be de-
voted to- brief review Of the con-
tributions Of Bach. whose 253d ami
versary is observed tomorrow. Edna
c. Wheelwright, soprano, will sing
MY Heart Ever Faithful" and David
w. Tolman and Max G. Lloyd, vio-
linists, will play the largo movement
from the Concerto in D Minor for
Two violins."
Evening star., 1938-03-20
RECITAL AT CHURCH
BY MISS APPLE

A SONG recital by Mary Apple,
Washington contralto, will be
given on Wednesday evening At $50
o'clock. in the Mount Pleasant Con-
gregational Church. This is Miss
Apples first concert appearance here
following a two-year period OF in
tensive study in New York with Flor
ence VESSEL. Claude Robson will
accompany Miss Apple.
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Music at Studio.
THE Dmitrief1- -Gnoocheff Studio

Piano and Dance will present
Alexander Sklarevsky, pianist, in a
concert on Thursday at $50 pm. at
5612 Connecticut avenue. Mr.. Skla-
revsky is we'll known concert pianist,
having given recitals in Washington,
Baltimore and New York
Several other studio activities have
taken place at the school during the
last few months. Tatiana GnoOcheff
presented her pupils in an informal
dance demonstration Sunday, March 8.