Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-10-20
Symphony
Offers Two
World Firsts
Season to Present
Two Washington
Compositions

Compositions
Two compositions will be given
their world premieres, and at least
nine their first Washington per-
formances by Hans Kinder and the
National Symphony during the Or
chestra's 10th season, which opens
Wednesday evening, November 6, in
Constitution Hall One of the works
will be played on the first concert,
the program for which DR.. Kinder
announced this week.
A composition which will be
played for the first time anywhere
during the coming season is SYM
phony by Arnold Cornelissen CT
Buffalo, N. Y. This is the first Of
Mr.. Cornelissen's works to be per-
formed by the National Symphony.
Other of his compositions. however,
have been done by the Metropolitan
Opera Co., and by the Chicago, De-
troit and Buffalo Symphony Or
chestras.
The second number which Is
scheduled to receive its premiere al
the hands of the National SYM
phony is a short work by Roy Har-
ris, the distinguished American
composer. The title of this compo-
sition is not yet known, and DR..
Kinder at the present time is
awaiting the arrival of the score.
Seven of the works which will be
given their Washington premieres
are the creations of American, and
two of these are by Washington
composers. Among the American
works is the well-known Pageant
of P. T. Barnum" by Douglas Moore,
which has been played by the Cleve-
land, N. B. c., San Francisco, Roches-
ter and other symphony orchestras.
The American Festival Overture
by william Schumann, also comes
in this category. The Schumann
work was introduced by Albert
Stoessel and the Chautauqua SYM
phony Orchestra this past summer.
Another American composition is
Traffic" by Carl Expert, well-known
Milwaukee composer. TRAFFIC" won
the N. B. C. award for tone poem
for symphony orchestra in 1882. and
was given its premiere the same
year at the Hollywood Bowl with
Frederick Stock conducting. Its
radio premiere was also given in
1882 with the N B c. Symphony Or
chestra under Eugene Goosens.
Since then it has had 16 major per-
formances in all parts of the coun-
try, including Chicago, Seattle, Mill
waukee, Cleveland. Rochester, Gin
cinnati. Detroit and Los Angeles.
Other distinguished American
composers whose works will be given
their first Washington hearing dur
| ing this season are Otto Luening,
two of whose sketches will be played
by the National Symphony; and
John Powell, who will be represented
by his overture, In Old Virginia"
in the repertory.
The two Washington composers
whose works The National Symphony
will play for the first time here
are Mary Howe and the late Ber-
tram Lincoln Shapleigh. Mrs. Howe's
work. Stars was introduced in
both North and South America this
summer by Stokowski and the ALI
American Youth Orchestra. Mr..
Shapleigh's tone poem. Mirage
is the first of the eminent COM
poser's works to be performed by
the National Symphony.
Not American. but with a brilliant
fame in this country, is Paul Hinde-
NTH, whose Mathis der Mailer" will
receive its Washington premiere
during the coming season. Hin.
demith originally wrote Mathis der
Mailer" as an opera and from it ex-
tracted the symphony which the Ma
tional Symphony will play. Another
composition from abroad is the
Bach-Vivaldi- d Antalf Concerto. an
arrangement for orchestra of the
Bacn transcription of a Vivaldi con-
certo.
Possibly another first time in
Washington is the Tchaikovsky
Third cPolish Symphony" One
of the rarely heard masterpieces of
the Russian composer. it perhaps
has never been played here before,
but Washington music records are
so fragmentary that it is impos-
sible to state this with complete
assurance
The Tchaikovsky Third SYM
phony' and William Schumann's
American Festival Overture" will
both be heard on the opening con-
cert on Wednesday evening. Novem-
Der 6. The complete program for
this concert, on which the dis
tinguished Russian pianist-com-
poser Sergei Rachmaninoff will ap.
pear as soloist. follows:
American Festival Overture" Schumann
SUITE, Saraband. Gigu. Badnerie."
Arcangelo Corelh
Concerto No. Rachmaninon
symphony No. in D Major"
Tchaikovsky
Seats for the midweek series,
which includes the opening concert,
as we'll as for the Beloved Mas
terpieces' and special series, are on
sale at the symphony box office in
kits Music Store, 1880 G street
NV.