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Evening star., 1938-01-09
Concert Schedule
TODAY.

National Symphony Orchestra,
DR.. Hans Kinder. conductor:
Percy Granger. pianist. soloist:
Constitution Hall, pm.
y. w. c. A.. Minnie Volkmann,
soprano; Mae Allen Bradley,
contarlto, S pm.
Ruth Linger Fernsler. soprano:
Lille Garrett. alto; Justin Law
rie, tenor; Alex Mason. bass;
Gertrude Trautman. pianist;
Roosevelt Hotel, $50 pm.
MONDAY.
Gertrud Wettergren, contralto;
Ruda Firkusny, pianist; May
flower Hotel, 11:15 am.
Army Band. Band Auditorium, IL
and 6 pm
Navy Band, Sail Loft. Navy Yard,
ppm.
TUESDAY.
Philadelphia Orchestra, Eugene
Ormandy. conductor; Choral
Society, University of Pennsyl-
vania. Harl Mcdonald, conduc-
tor; Selma Amansky. soprano;
Constitution Hall. 8:45 pm.
De Koven's Robin Hood" Estelle
Wentworth opera Group,
Roosevelt High School, 8:15
pm.
Army Band, Band Auditorium,
4:30 pm.
Soldiers Home Band Orchestra,
$50 pm.
Marine Band, Marine Barracks,
3 pm.
WEDNESDAY.
Nine. Olga Samarof1- -Stokowski,
lecturer; Rosalyn Tureck, pian-
ist; benefit Georgetown Vista
tion Convent Alumnae Associa-
ton, 1900 New Hampshire ave-
nue., 4:30 pm.
Marine Band Symphony Orches-
ira, Marine Barracks, Albert
Schoepper, violin, soloist, 8 pm.
THURSDAY.
Washington Layman's Music
Course, Harriet johnson. lee
turer; Barker Hall, $3.50 pm.
Army Band, Band Auditorium,
$3.50 pm.
Soldiers Home Band Orchestra,
$50 pm.
Navy Band Symphony Orchestra,
Sail Loft, Navy Yard, $50 pm.
FRIDAY.
Friday Morning Music Club, Fam
ny Henbest. pianist; Ina Holtz-
scheiter, soprano; Domenic las
cone, flutist; Barker Hall, 1880
am.
Marine Band, Marine Barracks,
3 pm.
SATURDAY.
Army Band, Band Auditorium,
1880 am.
Soldiers Home Band Orchestra,
$50 pm.
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Symphonic
Novelty to
Be Played
Philad elphians,
Ormandy Leading,
To Appear.

THE third concert by the Philadel-
phia Orchestra, scheduled in Con-
stitution Hall Tuesday evening, under
the local management of the T..
Arthur Smith Concert Bureau, will
bring back Eugene Ormandy as con-
ductor and will offer q symphonic
novelty by Harl Mcdonald, which pre-
sents Selma Amansky, dramatic So
prano, as soloist, and brings the Choral
Society OF the University OF Pennsyl-
vania In the same work
Lucien Cailliet made his admirable
transcription OF Pictures at an Ex-
hibition" directly from Modesto Nous
sorgSky's original piano version. AL
though the manuscript Is dated June
%. 1874, the work was not published
until IL years later. The original set
OF 10 piano pieces was composed by
Moussorgsky as a tribute to the emf
nent Russian architect and painter,
Victor Hartmann, who died in 1873.
Shortly after his death, an exhibition
Of his water colors and drawings was
held at the Academy of Arts. St.
Petersburg. After visiting this, Nous
sorgsky set about translating certain
Of the pictures into terms Of music.
The program is as follows:
"Psssacaglia" Buxtehude
symphony No. g." for orchestra chorus
and soprano solo Mcdonald
Soprano solo Selma Amansky.
Chorus. Choral Society of the Univer.
si.y of Pennsylvania DR.. Harl
Mcdonald. Conductor.
1ntermiSSion.
Afternoon OF Faun" Debussy
Pictures at an Exhibition"
MousSoresky-Cailliet
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CONTEST WINNER
TO BE SOLOIST

THE washington Music Teachers
Association will sponsor a young
pianists' contest, the winner of which
will play with the National Symphony
Orchestra, it was announced yeSter-
day by Mrs Hugo Hesselbach, presi-
dent Of the association.
Through the cooperation Of Dr.
Hans Kinder, conductor Of the Ma
tional Symphony, the winner of the
contest will be soloist with the or
chestra at the final students concert
Saturday morning. March 10, in Con-
stitution Hall, according to Mrs. Hes
selbach. The concert IS to be the third
in the students series and will begin
at IL am.
The competition will be held in Feb
ruary before an out-of-town judge.
According to the eligibility rules con-
testants must not be over 16 years of
age and they must have prepared the
first movement of a concerto for piano
and orchestra. The contest is not
limited to pupils of teachers who are
members OF the Washington Music
Teachers Association. Mrs. Hesselbach
emphasized. However, there will be a
small entrance fee for the student Of
non members of the association.
No teacher may enter more than one
pupil in the contest. Further informa-
ton about the competition may be OBJ
tanned from Mrs. Gene Crist. chair
man of the Contest Committee, at
3O25 Newark street NV.
Evening star., 1938-01-09

Mrs. ToWnSend'S auspices. Mr.. Fir
kusny makes his bow in Washington
in the coming program. He is called
the greatest pianist Czechoslovakia
has ever produced and was warmly
sponsored by the late President Ma
Saryk of that country.
A T THE age Of this young artist
caused sensation by his ex-
traordinary musical talent. He became
pupil in the State Conservatory in
Brno at the age of g. At 10 he played
Mozart and Beethoven's coneertos
with the Philharmonic Orchestra of
Prague. Among his piano teachers
were Artur Schnabel and Alfred Cor
tot. Leos Janacek and Joseph Suk
trained him in composition. When
Firkusny was but youngster on tour
his playing aroused comments from
the press-hailing him as a second
Mozart. While in his teens, Firkusny
won Vienna, Berlin, Paris by his play
ing He appeared in the Augusteo. in
Rome, with the orchestra under Moli-
nari's baton. European tours followed
He has been honored by royalty and
enjoys the patronage and friendship of
the royal families of Great Britain.
Belgium and Italy.
Nine. Wettergren. who has become q
great fayOrite in America since her
debut last season, also enjoys royal
patronage. She has had the active
interest of the Swedish royal family
since she was young girl. She first
attracted the attention of the Crown
Princess Margareta. At that time the
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Debut Here
By Finnish
Chorus
University Singers
Offer Concert.
Cigna Visit.

THE Finnish University Chorus,
composed Of S. members Of the
student chorus Of Helsinki (Helsing-
fors) University, Finland tMartti
Turunen. conductor). will make its first
appearance in Washington Sunday
afternoon, January 16, at O'Clock.
in q concert under the management
OF Dorothy Hodgkin Dorsey. The
concert debut in Washington will be
can tour.
Journeying to the United States
under the honorary sponsorship OF
Jean Sibelius. noted Finnish COM
poser, and appearing at the invitation
and under the auspices Of the Inter-
collegiate Musical Council, the Finnish
University Chorus comes to this coun-
try indorsed by John Barbirolli, Walter
Damrosch, Werner Jansen, Serge
Koussevitzky, Eugene Ormandy. Artur
RodzinSki, Nicolai Sokolotf, Fred
erick Stock and Leopold Stokowski.
The Finnish Chorus reached Ameri-
can shores on December "a and has
already made three notable concert
appearances with the Boston Sym
phony Orchestra, under the baton of
Dr. KoussevitZky, two in Boston, where
the chorus will appear again today
for the third time. though unaccom-
panied, and once in New York, where
the chorus will appear again tomor-
row evening. without orchestral ac-
compartment.
The Finnish Chorus Is composed Of
members of the organization known as
the Student Singers Of HelSinki Uni
versity. the Finnish name Of which,
Ylioppilaskunnan Laulajat, is usually
abbreviated "Y. L." Organized i'll 1883
and for 25 years under the direction
of Heikki Klemetti. the reformer Of
Finnish choral music, the ~. L."
contributed much to the raising OF
Finnish choral music to the present
admittedly high level.
Many of Finland's greatest COM
posers have contributed their best
known choral works to the Helsinki
University singing unit, and Jean
Sibelius, honorary sponsor of the pres
ent tour, has dedicated his finest
choral music to the organization for
many years past.
In the spring of 1885 the chorus
made an extensive concert tour OF
Europe. The Intercollegiate Musical
Council, seeking to acquaint the stu
dent youth of all lands with the music
of other countries. invited the Finnish
singers to America.
The all-Finnish repertoire of the
Finnish University Chorus, while not
announced in detail, will consist OF
compositions by Sibelius, Genetz,
Gripenberg Haapalainen, Jarnefelt,
Kajanus, Kuula, Linnala. Maasalo,
Madetoja, Merikanto. Palmgren, Pesola,
Tornudd and Martti Turunen. the con-
ductor. In addition. the chorus will
sing number OF Finnish folksong
transcriptions.
Seats for the Washington concert OF
the Finnish University Chorus are
available at Mrs. Dorsey's Concert Bu-
reau, in Droop's, 1900 G street NV.
Gina Cigna, French-Italian prima
donna soprano of the Metropolitan
Opera Association, who appeared dur
ing the past week in Metropolitan per-
formances Of both Aida" and
Norma" operas in which she scored
her first vocal triumphs in this coun-
try, will make her recital debut in
Washington at Constitution Hall on
Tuesday evening, January l8, at $3.50
o'clock, under the local management
Of Dorothy Hodgkin Dorsey.
Evening star., 1938-01-09
BY ALICE EVERSMAN.

Several single records have been
lately released by the Victor Co. i'm
mortalizing the talent of brilliant
artists. Foremost among these are
recordings by two singers. Marian An
derson. contralto, and Militia Korjus,
coloratura soprano: two by pianists,
Alfred Cortot and Vladimir HoroWitZ.
and one by Jascha Heifetz, the noted
violinist.
Marian Anderson, who is perhaps
the greatest contralto before the public
today not alone as regards voice but
for artistry as well, has recorded the
lovely "Mainacht." by Brahms, and
Schumann's Der Nussbaum." The
tender and poetic beauty which she
brings into these songs seems to reach
and grip the listener She is an ideal
interpreter of German lieder with
simplicity of delivery. warmth of feel
ing and lusciousness of tone. Her die
tion is excellent and her understand
ing of that indetinable quality which
AAlohCS hSASA "AidC ~ 10. AS-
markable. She is accompanied as
usual by Kosti Vehanen.
In contrast to the type of the work
Of Miss Anderson is that of Miss Kor-
jus. who has duplicated her fame in
Europe during her stay in this coun-
try. Her voice is q real coloratura,
supple in its fioratura, but without any
unusual quality in its texture While
she uses it freely in agility passages,
she Is given to hard control when
ever the note is sustained. OF her
two numbers. both from "Lakme." the
20 Dourga Bionda, Proteggici" is the
most pleasing. although the famous
Bell Song" is given with brilliancy.
The recordings were made in Europe
with the assistance of the Berlin
State Opera Orchestra conducted by
Bruno Seidler- -Winkler.
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planned by Minnie Volkmann. soprano
She will be assisted by Mae Bradley
Allen, contralto, and Starr Preston
TeW, pianist and accompanist Men
and women are cordially invited to
attend.
The Friday Morning Music Club
will present Fanny Henbest, pianist,
and Ina HoltzscheiJer, soprano. at the
regular morning program Friday at
ll:3O AM, Barker Hall, Y. w. c. A.
Domenico lascone, flutist, will assist.
The Rubinstein Club will hold three
important rehearsals. Two will be held
at the Willard Hotel this afternoon at
2:45 pm. and Tuesday at II am.
The third rehearsal will be held at the
Mount Pleasant congregational
Church Tuesday evening at 7:45,
A song by Annie Elmore entitled
Always You," dedicated to the Duke
of Windsor, has recently been pub
lished. A copy of the song, sent to
the Duke, was kindly acknowledged by
him.
Helen Miller of the faculty of the
Washington College of Music has re-
sumed classes in piano and ear train
ing after a holiday trip to New York.
While in New York Miss Miller at
tended private addition for a recent
Mcdowell fellowship winner and lis
tened in on classes conducted by
Franklin Robinson. distinguished ex-
ponent of aural harmony. Miss Mil
lers next adult repertoire class will
meet at the college on Friday at 8
o'clock.
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''ROBIN HOOD" HERE
TUESDAY EVENING

THE outstanding 0peretta success by
the American composer Reginald
de Koven (who also was conductor OF
an earlier edition Of the National Cap
ital's Symphony Orchestra years ago. =,
Robin Hood" will be presented by
Estelle Wentworth at Roosevelt High
School Tuesday evening at SIS
o'clock.
This production, I'd be given under
the auspices of the Community Center
Department Of the District of Colum-
bia Public Schools, Is the first Robin
Hood" presented by Miss Wentworth,
although she Is recognized authority
on the traditions of light opera, and
Robin Hood" In particular, as she
personally has sung more than 400
professional performances In the lead
ing feminine role of Maid Marian.
She has well-known young WASH
ington singers in all the well-loved
roles. Ray Baine sings the title role
Harry Crow will sing the part of Friar
Tuck, Nina Norman Is Maid Marian,
Alice Brennan has Alana -a-Dale's "Oh
Promise Me- song; Melville Veitch will
be Little John, Virginia Weldon, An
mabel; Harry Yeide, viii Scarlet; Ed
mund Veitch, Sheriff of Nottingham;
Richard HILL Guy of Osborne, and
Maxine de Silvia IS Dame burden.
A chorus Of IS will give these soloists
good support and Miss Wentworth will
use the piano score for accompani-
ment. .
Tickets can be had at A. A. A. head.
quarters, and the newsstands of both
the Willard and Washington Hotels, :
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young contralto sang at country fes-
tival. Through Princess Margareta's
interest 1t was made possible for the
young singer to study at the Royal
Academy Of Music Princess Ingrid of
Denmark is also q sponsor OF Nine.
Wettergren.
THE program that these two Eu-
ropean artists will present at the
Mayfiower tomorrow morning will be:
chorsl @ prelude. Nun Komms der Heiden
Mr.. Firkusny
"Gis H,,A,i!, Mir Dein Hertz r'oxe Me Your
"JHnsirun Under Lsnds The T e. aafdsn SaHnaa"i
Under the Linden Wiis, TEfs"i, neter,on-B.r..r
It'll Majdae" c'Maydax'), e'e' sui e'se'
With. Peterson Berger
Nine. Wettergren.
"Etudes nn &C g Major and Fiat Major:
"scherzo B Fiat Minor. op. s5, No es''" 8"
Chopin
"An Die Musk" Schubert
,Wlomun& Schumann
Maria Wiegenlied' --- Reger
Caecllle ---- Strauss
Nine. Wettergren.
"Polka Flat" Smetana
''Silhouetta'' Dyorak
"Furiant' C'Dances czechs') smetsna
Mr.. Frrkusny
"Hur Skall Man Bruden Klada" CHOW
Shall One Dress the Bride'D
Oskar Lindberg
"Vad SOker Du Pa Stranden" ("What
Seekest Thou at the Shore').
Oskar Lindberg
''Saf, Saf. susa' Breeds. Reeds, Rustle").
Jean Sibelius
''Syarta Rosor" ("Black Roses"J.
Jean Sibelius
Nine. Wettergren.
At the piano: For Nine. Wettereren,
Fritz KitZinger.
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Honor MarcOni.

THE Office Of National Capital Parks
of the Department OF the Interior
announces that Verdi's Requiem" Is
to be given on July 20 in commemora-
tion of the first anniversary of the
death Of the renowned inventor,
Guglielmo Marconi. Besides the spon-
sorship of the Parks ONCE, the Schola
Cantorum, under the direction Of
Maestro Arturo Papalardo, will have
the support of the Marconi Memorial
Association of New York and the
Italo-American Lido Club of WASH
ington, D C.
Rehearsals are now being held every
Wednesday evening at $3.50 at the
Schola headquarters, suite 905, 1917
F street NV. and the invitation to
join this choral group of mixed voices
is extended to every music lover while
the training for this particular per-
formance will be free of charge to
those participating.
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Raleigh Recital.

X ObERT WEEDE, baritone Of the
Metropolitan Opera, will appear
here In recital at the Raleigh Hotel
ballroom on Wednesday evening, Feb
ruary 2. The recital will also feature
the popular Washington mezzo-
soprano. Clelia Fioravanti.
Mr.. Weede comes to Washington
following highly successful debut at
the st. Louis Opera.
He was recently featured in one of the
Sunday evening concerts sponsored by
General Motors and will again be
heard on a major radio broadcast on
Saturday when he sings in the Hit
Parade" presented by Lucky Strike"
The concert is sponsored by the
Conti-Berenguer concert management,
which has placed tickets on sale in the
Raleigh Hotel once and at Kits,
1880 q street.
Evening star., 1938-01-09
In Local Music Circles

"HE Right Rev. James E. Free
man. D. D.. Bishop Of WASH
ington, together with Dean c.
L Powell Canon Anson Phelps
Stokes and the Rev. Raymond L.
Wolven of the Washington Cathedral
will be In the chancel of the St.
Pauls Church, Rock Greek Parish,
this evening at o'clock, at which time
special service of lights will be given.
This service was prepared by DR..
Bohanan, and this occasion will mark
the twelfth consecutive year that it
has been presented at Rock Greek
Parish.
Special music appropriate to the
Epiphany season will be rendered by
the Rock Greek Choir of "a voices
Emily Coville and George F. Bayliss
will be the soloists. The service will
be under the direction of the rector,
the Rev. F. j. Bohanan, D. D.
The program for the music hour at
3 o'clock today at the Y. w. c. A.,
Seventeenth and K streets, has been
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privilege u IlcdTllk Illul. by tlllS Sill
gle gesture the radio has embarked
definitely on All altruistic mission Of
bringing the best music to every cor
No =. the land. fulfilling a destiny
which has been recognized from the
first as Serhaps the most powerful Of
all in e.evating the musical under
standing of the world.
Considering ToScanini at all for a
radio concert series meant having to
do only with the finest in music in
every sense. 1t meant definitely aban-
doning the idea that great music must
be Sandwiched in with popular music
IN order to gain the ear Of others
besides trained musicians Toscanini
could never be separated from the type
Of music he has given his life to fos-
tering. How would the radio audience,
the majority of whose members are
the musically uneducated. react to an
hour and half of this kind of music,
even with Toscanini's name attached
to it? This thought must have oc-
Cured to the committee planning for
these concerts, for, after all, those in
rural sections far from musical CEN
ters are the ones who have most re-
course to the radio for their enter
tainment.
There was no hesitation, however,
and as soon as the acceptance of the
renowned maestro was received, plans
went forward energetically to organize
and train an orchestra worthy of him.
They were under Toscanini's immedi-
ate training but one week before the
hrst broadcast. The description of
that first event as chronicled in the
New York papers was inspiring, for
1t proved that the dawn of a new era
Is at hand, one in which the radio
Will play most prominent part.
THERE was widespread sorrow when
Toscanini announced last year
that he would no longer direct any
orchestra in the United States. He
had for SO long been an inspiring
figure in the musical life of this coun-
try that it was almost inconceivable
that there would be none of his con-
cert directing to look forward to. That
ne was still needed here was generally
acknowledged, for in spite of the num-
ber OF fine and sincere conductors that
this country can now boast, Toscanini
had quality all his own.
This quality is exemplified in his
devotion to the spiritual nature of
music, and he meets its challenge with
the fine discernment of his own spirit
With him every note is lovingly taken
care of and allowed to express its
small message in the great whole. To
him also, there is infinite reason in
every degree of shading, and he has
stood for many years as the cham
pion of exact punctuation between
piano and pianissimo or forte and
mezzo-forte. These small essentials
are the very life of music to him.
and the only way by which its great
meaning can be conveyed to the wait
ing listener. In this busy age, when
few seem to have the time to devote
Evening star., 1938-01-09
QUARTET TO SING
AT THE ROOSEVELT

A QUARTET. composed of Ruth
Linger Fernsler. soprano: Lille
Clayton Garrett, alto; Justin LaWrie
tenor: Alexander L. Mason. bass will
present the regular evening program
at the Roosevelt Hotel this evening at
$50.
Quartet selections. duets and solos
will comprise the program: Winifred
Mccall Lawrie will be at the piano
George Ross, director of these con-
certs. will also present Gertrude Traut-
man, 9-year-old child pianist.
Evening star., 1938-01-09

to minutiae, he has brought back that
carefulneSS in detail which has been
responsible for all the old art the
world has inherited.
CONTRARY to general opinion,
good music. when presented with
truly human understanding in con-
trast to a scientists analytical process,
will reach the least musical individuals
to some degree. The trouble has al
ways been that there are SO few artists
who can transcend the technical or
the musicianly by that sublime intu-
ition which makes the circle back
from the heights TO the heart Of
humanity. We can count such mas
ters on our fingers. We will also find
their names known throughout the
breadth and length OF the land. Be-
tween them and their listeners there is
a meeting place because the art Of
one has reached that simplicity which
is the essence of greatness and which
makes greatness understandable to
the simple.
Toscanini Is not only still adding the
luster of his long years Of musical Serv-
ice to the musical circles Of this coun-
try through these broadcasts, but he Is
also continuing his great pioneer work
in making music clear to the masses.
Over the air he Is penetrating to the
smallest villages and to settlements far
removed from culture OF any kind. He
is assisting in breaking down resistance
to acquiring culture, which Is still 3
barrier to progress in certain sections
Of this vast country He is doing
through music what educators in other
fields cannot accomplish, and at the
same time is keeping alive that friend
liness and kindness of heart which
the sound of fine music awakens in the
hardest heart.
PEOPLE who have never heard OF
the great master composers are
now reading their names and Identify
ing them with some Of their works.
They are now deciding what they like
and why they like it. They are not
strangers ey more to those men who
carried the divine touch in their souls,
and who suffered in fulfilling the end
for which they were created. Perhaps
they are responding with finer bios
soming Of their own natures to that
subtle message which speaks from
music under great artists direction.
Naturally. this is not the first oppor-
tunlty sent out over the air for the
masses to hear great music, nor the
first occasion when famous conductor
held the baton. But these conductors
have not been Toscanini. with his Wis
ion Of beauty and skill in expressing it.
Already the N. B. C. stations have been
swamped with letters and telephone
calls of appreciation, and in New York
5000 more people than the hall can
contain have applied for permission to
be present. Is this not proof that the
country enjoys and wants the very best
in music?