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more elevated tastes should take to
Orson Welles' latest Mercury Thea
ter production on records. Mac
Beth" with Orson in the title role
and Fay BANTER as Lady Macbeth.
This version is abbreviated Shake
speare confined to nine discs. but
the producer has shown again his
skill in editing Shakespearean dra-
ma. AS much blood flows here as
you'd find in any staged Macbeth
and the Mercury cast reads
its lines with the requisite gusto
while dark orchestral effects help
cast atmosphere on the whole dire
proceedings. One of Decca's best Of
ferings in the symphonic line this
season is the Detroit Symphony's re-
cording of the weIl-uSed William
Tell Overture" Conducted by Vic
tor Kolar, this music is presented
on two l0-inch discs in a beautiful
album.
Here are two Victor three-disc
sets to make the scene around the
Christmas hearth bit cozier: Alex
ander Richardson. at the organ in 13
carols, among which are 1--WE Three
Kings" Star of Bethlehem" Holy
City," God Rest You, Merry Gentle
men," and the Victor Chapel Choir,
Emile Cote directing, singing IA old
English carols such as Good King
WenceslaS," Deck the Hail." Holly
and the Ivy" Both collections are
excellently presented. On single
discs you can't go wrong with Kate
Smiths straightforward Holy
Night" with "Adeste Fideles" on the
reverse, and Fred Feibel's Offering on
the organ of the same. The Stras-
bourg Cathedral Choir, under the
celebrated Able Hoch, are absolutely
flawless on their 12-inch Columbia
record of three ancient French
carols. Conclusion on a lighter note:
The happiest of new Yule tunes,
Down in Toyland Village" played
by Teddy Bear and his Wonderland
Pals, Emil Renan doing a swell turn
with the lyrics. ]. w. STEPP.
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POPULAR Records

Don't look now, but there are only
II days left in which to do battle
with that grim throng known as the
Christmas shoppers. On the premise
that at least 20 of your friends own
monographs. the following list OF
several varieties of worthwhile re-
corded material is submitted to as
sist in the shopping grind that re-
mains ahead.
The Yuletide, of course, still be-
long to children, and on the release
lists of recent months may be found
numerous articles especially pre-
pared for the little tornadoes. Co.
lumbia, for example, offers a Vernon
Crane presentation, Mike, the
Tough Little Tug Boat" which not
only holds entertainment appeal but
points out a good moral lesson.
Through the same firm comes THE
Adventures of Bubbles and Squeak" "
a pleasant music-story of two frivo-
lous rabbits. Decca offers two likely
sets: For Children" hodge-podge
of tunes such as Donald Duck, ?"
Ferdinand" whistler and His
Dog; nine others, some played by
band and others by popular orches-
tras; the other album five discs
is comprised of Christmas songs
played and sung in due turn by
Harry Reser's and Dick Robertson's
orchestras, and the Men About Town
and Frank Luther. Foremost on the
Bluebird roster are The 500 Hats
of Bartholomew Cubbins," Singing
Games" played by the popular Chill
dren Next Door; Mother Goose
Rhymes" in song versions. All of the
latter are put out in decorated enve-
lopes.
Many are the adult hearts that
will be broken. if records aren't
forthcoming on the 25th. The follow
ing should make nice appeasers:
Decca's album mo. y of eight
Stephen Collins Foster melodies is
truly ideal in it's own right, with
Fosters most beloved songs played
faultlessly by Harry Horlick and
Salon Orchestra. Here you will find
Beautiful Dreamer" "Old Ken
lucky Home" Il Dream of Jeanie," !"
"Old Black joe" In the same "old-
favorite" vein. Columbia's set of
Barber Shop Melodies" sung by the
Flat Foot Four, will surely attract
inveterate barber shoppers. Rather
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Grand Opera Guild
To Sing Carmen

The Dorothy Remington-William
Webster Grand Opera Guild will
present a performance of Bizets
Carmen" with a cast of so singers
at the Community Center auditor
ium, Sixteenth and @ streets NV.
tomorrow at $50 pm.
The title role will be sung by
Floreine Hurley contralto. who
made her professional debut two
years ago with the Chicago Opera.
Company at the.Rialto Theater III
Washington singing the role of
Maddalena in "Rigoletto." The bal
ance of the cast includes John Seate,
George Mattingly, Eleanor Brad
burn, Agnes Boggs, Ruth Thompson,
John Brutton, Daniel Veihmeyer,
Phil Rosenberg and Fred Wacker.
The performance is under the per-
sonal direction of Dorothy Remine-
ton and William Webster. Carl
Lausch is assistant director of the
guild.
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Association to Give
Three Concerts

A plan to bring to music lovers a
minimum of three concerts at min
imum cost has been inaugurated by
the Washington Concert Association.
Heading corps of 40 workers are
the following officers: President,
Nine. Luella Melius; vice presi-
dents, Mrs. Martin A. Dowd, Ella
Merrill, John L. Cook; secretary, Alta
Leonard; treasurer, Margaret Falvey;
membership chairmen, Mr.. and Mrs.
Robert Gardner; publicity chairman,
John L. Cook.
Through the interest and CO.
operation of Mime. Luella Melius
of New York City, the following
three attractions are to be offered
this winter: Fray and Braggiotti,
Friday, January IT; New York Opera
Trio, Monday, February IT, and
Littlefield Ballet, Friday, March Z.
The series is to be held in the
Wardman Park Theater. The men,
bership is to be limited to 500 sub
scribers this first season. Single ad-
missions will not be sold at the door.
BY adopting the membership plan
no guarantorS are necessary. The
money raised is deposited in local
bank, and used for local expenses
and artists fees only.
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Symphony Conducts
Student Contest

The National Symphony Orches-
ira, in cooperation with the Wash
ington Music Teachers Association,
announces contest for violin STU
dents, the winner to appear with the
National Symphony Orchestra in
the last student concert on March
29 in Constitution Hall.
Contestants shall not have reached
the age of 16 when the concert takes
place. The composition to be per-
formed is one movement of a con-
certo not to exceed IS minutes in
length, including orchestral inter-
ludes and cadenza The compost
ton may be cut to fit this time limit,
if necessary. Teachers of contestants
must be members of the Washington
Music Teachers Association. Name
of teacher and pupil, age of pupi
and concerto movement to be played
should be sent as soon as possible
to LaSalle Spier, 2235 Bancroft place
NV. Additions will take place
March /.
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Orchestra
To Enlarge
School Group
National Symphony
Presents Bigger
Series Here

Plans for the most ambitious
series of students concerts in the
National Symphony Orchestra's his
tory were announced this week by
Hans Kinder, conductor Of the or
chestra. More concerts will be given
in more schools throughout Wash
ington and vicinity during the 10th
season of the students concerts.
DR.. Kinder said.
Beginning with concert at Alice
Deal Junior High School on Fri
day, January 10, Is concerts will be
played in II different schools-one
more concert than has ever beeh1
given during one season and two
more schools than have ever been
used. This expansion of the stu
dents concerts program, DR.. Kind
ler pointed out, enables the educa-
tional service of the National Sym
phony to reach more effectively all
students in the Washington area,
and it was made possible through
the cooperation Of the Board Of
Education, DR.. E. N. C. Barnes and
his staff and the heads of the vari-
Gus private and paroachial schools.
Three programs will be played by
the National Symphony on the STU
dents series The first will be given
atm addition to the Deal School
Maryland University for the school
children of Prince Georges County
on January Is; at Western High
School on January 16; for Arling-
ton County students at Washington
and Lee High School on January
II; at Mckinley High School on
January %; for Negro students at
Armstrong High School on Janu-
ary "a, and for the students Of
Montgomery County, Md, at Be-
thesda on February 81 or %.
The second program will be pre-
sented at Eliot Junior High School
on March l3: at Woodrow Wilson
High School on March IA; at Gen.
tral High School on March II; at.
Anacostia Junior-Senior High School
on March 10; at Western High
School on March 20; for the stu
dents of Arlington County on March
"a, and for Negro students at Arm
strong High School on March 25.
The third program will be played
at the final concert, which, accord
ing TO custom, will be given in Con-
stitution Hall on March 29
With the exception of the final
concert in Constitution Hall, which
will begin at II m, all concerts are
scheduled for 2:30 pm. and will be
given during school hours.
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Recital to Be Given
By Miksa Merson

Miksa Merson, prior to his concert
at Town Hall in New York in Janu-
airy, will give recital in the Textile
Museum in the residence of Mr.. and
Mrs. George Hewitt Myers at 233O
S street NV. tomorrow evening at
$50. Mr.. Merson's concert is Spon-
sored by many prominent Washing
tonians including DR.. Hans Kinder
Frances Nash and Mary Howe. One
of Mrs. Howe's compositions will ap-
pear on the program.
Mozart's "Phantasie, Liszt'S Fan
TASTE and Fugue on a Bach Theme .
Chopin's Sonata" Howe's STARS,
Bartok's "Sonatina," Ravels soma
tina" Albeniz's "EvOcation" and
"Triana" and Liszt's "Rhapsodie No
12,' will be Mr.. Merson's program
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Howard Presents
Hazel Harrison in
College Concert

For the second concert of the
Howard University series, Hazel
Harrison, pianist, will be presented
on Tuesday at Andrew Rankin Me-
mortal Chapel, university campus,
at $50 pm.
Miss Harrison. who was born in
Laporte, Ind, had the advantage
of long period of study under
the best teachers, first in Chicago
and later with Egon Petri in
Europe. She won the Rose Granger
scholarship in a contest offered by
Percy Granger at the Chicago Mu-
sical College and made her European
debut with the Berlin Philharmonic
Orchestra at the Sing Academy.
She was also soloist with the Min
neapolis Orchestra under Eugene
Ormandy.
One of the six outstanding colored
women to be honored by the Chicago
University in 1929. Miss Harrison
has played extensively throughout
the South. the East and Middle
West, having concertized in the
principal cities of the United States
and Canada.
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StOkOWski
To Feature
ShOstakOviCh

Leopold Stokowski will bring the
"Sixth Symphony" of Dmitri
Shostakovich, in his program in
washington Tuesday at 845 pm, to
form the second part of the second
program in the regular series here
of the Philadelphia Orchestra.
Already, with the American Youth
Orchestra which he organized and
whose trip to South America last
summer Mr.. Stokowski practically
subsidized from his personal funds,
he presented Shostakovich's Fifth
Symphony here September 20.
This new Sixth SYMPHONY"
had its first performance outside
Russia by the Philadelphians in ex-
actly the program Washington will
hear Tuesday, led by Stokowski in
Philadelphia in November. Mr.. Sto-
kowski contrasts this work with the
preceding as follows:
I'm his Fifth Symphony Shosta-
kovich painted in tone the inner
and outer experience of an artist S
life. In his Sixth Symphony he
has become more individualistic. 1t
is in three parts instead of four,
and the first part is the slow move
ment, the second the scherzo and
the third has more the character
of the usual first movement. These
three parts are strongly contrasted
and are remarkable for the firm
ness of their melodic outline. rhythm
and musical character. In each
symphony Shostakovich shows him.
self to be more of a master, ever
growing, ever expanding, in his
imagination and musical conscious
ness"
Tuesday night the first half of
the evening program will be de-
voted to three selections: Beetho-
ven's third overture to ''Leonora, -
Brahms Variations on a Theme
| of Haydn" and Death OF Sieg-
| fried" from the last of the operas
in the famous Ring des Nibelun-
gen. of Richard Wagner-'Dle
Goetterdaemmerung.'
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Junior Program

Inc second monthly recital of the
season of the junior division of the
District of Columbia Federation of
Music Clubs, Margaret Smith. presi-
dept, will be held at pm. Saturday,
in the fourth floor assembly room of
the Y. w. c. A. at Seventeenth and
K streets.
The recital Saturday will consist
of numbers selected largely with the
Christmas thought. In addition,
there will be several two piano num-
bers, and new song, The Advent y
by local composer, Karl Holer, with
words by Mrs. M. E. Brown of the
District of Columbia, will be sung
by Marjorie Reed, accompanied by
Josephine Forbes. Others appearing
on the program are Peggy Ann
Ernst, Betty Ernst, George Cole
man, Marion Greene, Anita Fomi-
maya, Charlotte Hoover, Patricia
Taylor, Roy Clark, Virginia Baker,
Robert Bowman, Jean Hoffman,
Audrey Dixon and Augusta Cassidy.
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Choral Group Aids
British War Relief

The Choral Group of the Takoma
Park Womens Club will hold
public concert under distinguished
patronage at the Foundry Methodist
Church on Wednesday evening Tor
the benefit of the British War ReIef
Winifred Thomas Clark, chairman OF
the Concert Committee OF the
Womens Welsh Club of Washington,
is in charge of the program.
In addition to the Choral Group,
the Mount Vernon Quartet and the
Clements String Quartet will par
ticipate. Soloists include Mrs. Kelly
Tatum, soprano; David H. Manley,
tenor; Erbin Thomas, baritone, ana
Winifred Thomas Clark. The pro-
ceeds will be forwarded to the British
War Relief Society to provide mobile
kitchens needed in Great Britain.
The high light of the concert will
be the presentation OF Little Log
Cabin" composed for and inscribed
to the Choral Group by R. Deane
Shure, Washington composer. organ
ist of Mount Vernon Methodist
Church. The poem to the above
work was written by Clarence Dan
Blachly, local poet.
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Concert Schedule

1OudN.
Don Cossack Russian Male
Chorus. Serge Jaroff, conductor;
Constitution Hall. 4 pm.
Constance Russell, piano re-
cital, Women's City Club, 5 pm.
Orpheus Octet, Roland Bond,
director; Priska Kaspar, pianist,
assisting: Grafton Hotel Stu
dios, $3.50 pm.
Y. w. c. A. Sunday Music
Hour, Anita Shade. lecturer;
Mary ST. Claire Thomas, So
plano; pm.
Baltic American Society musi-
Gale, RENO Luoma, pianist;
Nine Oily Kukepuu, soprano;
Bronius Nekrasas; 24OO Six
teenth Street NV, 8 pm.
Tomorrow.
Miksa MerSon. piano recital;
1880 S street NV, $50 pm.
E. William Bracket, organ
recital: st. Johns Church,
IeOTSelOWH, BID pm.
Carmen" Dorothy Reming-
ton William Webster Grand
Opera Guild; Jewish Communi-
ty Center, $50 pm.
D. Sterling Wheelwright, Or
gan recital; L. D. S. Chapel,
pm.
Tuesday.
Philadelphia Orchestra, Leo
pold Stokowski, conducting;
Constitution Hall, 8:45 pm.
Hazel Harrison, piano recital;
Howard University, $3.50 pm.
Wednesday.
Choral Group, Takoma Park
Women's Club, British war re-
lief benefit: Foundry Methodist
Church, evening.
Cantata, when the Christ
Child Came" Theodore Schaef-
fer, conductor; First Presby-
terian Church, $3.50 pm.
Marine Band Symphony Or
chestra; Marine Barracks, 8:15
pm.
D. Sterling Wheelwright, Or
gan recital; L. D. S. Chapel, 8
pm.
Thursday.
Betty Baum, pianist; Adelaide
Van Wey, contralto; joint re-
cital Pierce Hall, $50 pm.
Marine Band; Marine Bar
racks, 2:30 pm.
Army Band; Army Band
Auditorium, 2:30 pm.
Friday.
Friday Morning Music Club,
Lois Abernethy, Helen Grimes,
pianists; Lily Garrett, contral-
to; Anita Schade, reader; Bar
ker Hall, 11:30 am.
D. Sterling Wheelwright. Or
gan recital; L. D. S. Chapel,
8 pm.
Saturday.
Washington Sinfonietta, Van
Lier Lanning, conductor: De-
partment of Labor Auditorium,
$3.50 pm.
The Messiah Washington
Missionary College Oratorio
Chorus; George w. Greer, di-
rector; Columbia Hall, 8 pm.
Federation of Music Clubs
junior recital; Y. w. C. A., 8
pm.
Army Band; Army Band
Auditorium, 1870 am.
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Schumann PROGRAM

On Friday the Friday Morning
Music Club will present an all
Schumann program. Lois Aber-
nethy will play the first movement
of the piano concerto, with Helen
Grimes at the second piano, and
Lily Garrett, contralto, will sing a
group of songs from the Frauen
Liebe und Leben cycle. This pro-
gram is in commemoration of the
'Liebe Jahr" of Robert and Clara
Schumann. Comments will be made
by Anita schade, reader.
Evening star., 1940-12-08
Review of Recordings
By Elena de Sayn.

To celebrate the diamond jubilee
Of Sibelius, the famous Finnish COM
poser, who is regarded by many as
Beethoven's true successor carrying
further the latter's ideas and style
the Columbia Recording Co. has is
sued the composers Second SYM
phony in D Major"
While for the past 40 years ST.
belius has been supposedly elaborat-
ing upon Beethoven's objectives
nothing could be more dissimilal
than the styles of the two men: ST.
belius breaking all existing tradi-
tionS from the beginning while Bee
thoven long reflected his predeces-
sors and his time. 1t seems, how
ever, that both have one point ir
common, that of interpolating a ma
tional dance tune into their SYM
phonies and making a whole move
ment of it.
! Grandeur, so characteristic O1
many of Sibelius' works, is the key
note of this particular one. firsl
/ heard on its native soil in Helsinki
! Space does not permit to go into
details of its somber beauty and the
I occasional sweetness of its melodies
! developed with such individual skill
In several instances the symphonic
effects such as the triumphant out.
/ burst at the end, suggesting some
/ thing great and glorious, can be
/ identified with methods applied ir
"Finlandia" and other major works
To this passage John Barbirolli. a.
/ the head of the Philharmonic SYM
/ phony Orchestra of New York, lends
particular impreSsiveneSS. Through
out the opus Mr.. Barbirolli never
loses sight of the whole while busy
/ ing himself with its details, and thi:
trait, recently developed, always
makes for comprehensiveness and 6
ready assimilation on the part ol
+ the listener.
Unusually Well Done.
Charming and dainty by contrast
appears Grieg's Per Gynt Suite
No. l." This number by another
Nordlc composer, which for many
years enjoyed a universal popu.
larity. finds an unusually good pres.
entation in the hands of the Londor
Philharmonic Orchestra, under Sil
| Thomas Beecham. The lovelineS!
of the melloWneSs of the woodWind:
in the Morning" mood is matched
only by the engaging rhythm of the
strings in other sections. "ASra
Death" "Anitra's Dance" and the
bizarre grotesqueness of the bas-
soon in the last part entitled In the
Hall of the Mountain King" fol.
lowed by sonorous crashes of Gym.
balls, belong to those musical ia.
/ vorites we never tire of.
! In addition to the releases men
toned above, the Columbia Co. pres
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Sinfonietta Opens
Its Concert Series

The first public appearance Of the
Washington Sinfonietta. under the
direction of Van Lier Lanning, will
take place Saturday at $50 pm. in
the auditorium of the Department
of Labor. The concert will be under
the auspices of the U. F. w. A. of
the Department of Commerce. The
program will include Beethoven's
'Prometheus Overture" and Second
Symphony" Vivaldi's Concerto
Crosse in D Minor" two chorales,
Bach-Lanning, and Weber's over
ture, "Oberon.' There will be no
admission charge.
The Washington Sinfonietta was
organized last year by so profess
sional and proficient amateur musi-
clans. Some of its members have
played with the Minneapolis SYM
phony. the National Orchestral As
sociation of New York. the National
Symphony Orchestra and the Chi
cago Civic Orchestra. Other mem
bsrs are from the Curtis and Juil-
lizard Schools
AHi' baiiiilils, ulItClOr OF Jne Sln-
fonietta. has placed the orchestra
at the disposal of the community.
Conductors, composers, soloists and
laymen may try out their ability
with the orchestra. Composers may
submit their compositions for a
hearing and they need not be in
finished form. In this manner
familiarity with the orchestral unit
may be had. Soloists and conduc-
tors are also at liberty to try out
with this group designed for this
purpose.
Rehearsals are held in the audi
torium of Central High School every
Thursday evening and are open to
the public.
Evening star., 1940-12-08

His particular way of reaching the
ordinary public is through his truth
and depth. The sincerity of his ma
ture which speaks through his music
has been recognized by every one
fortunate enough to meet him per-
sonally. He loves to be with con-
genial friends yet maintains an
This popularity was noted in his
youth by those who knew him and
who felt that he hardly dwelt on
this earth. His sensitive, delicate
nature, his vivid imagination, and
his high ideals were all concen-
trated and given expression in his
music. His originality had almost
a bizarre turn in his younger days.
so that his friend Kajanus was wont
to say that Sibelius was "like the
rest of us when we are drunk"
Holds to Detachment.
Love of solitude and detachment
from extraneous living has given his
music a mystical quality that speaks
to the sensitive souls of all nations.
Although much of his music was
inspired by the NEUROLOGICAL litera-
ture of his country for which he has
created a musical speech of great
potency, it is what he has found
from mystical communion with 1t
that so powerfully impreSses the lis
tener. 1t has been said time and
again of his music that it is gloomy
and dark, but only those who have
not the ability to penetrate deeper
into it could so describe it. For he
has drawn out from the darkness
and gloom strange and powerful
forces, almost primeval in their
strength. He has given voice to a
quality of feeling not at Ill identified
with our present civilized state, but
which harks back to that long-ago
when all emotion of whatever sort
was given strong and deep express
sion by strong men and women. In
its descriptive quality or its poetic
expression Sibelius music speaks to
the hidden nature of man, to senti-
ments unused, perhaps, yet imper-
ishably part of his better char
acter.
In speaking of his music, Sibelius
told Rosa NeWmarch. whose inter
esting account of her friendship
with the composer has contributed
to a better understanding of him ::
Musical inspiration is like the chill
drenS game of Word-taking and
Word-finding. A spiritual force (call
it God throws down to one a hand
full of letters - message-and a
voice says make what you can of
this Alas. we cannot always make
the best of it, That Sibelius has
known how to make the best of it,
with his own talent is the reason for
the wide celebration of his diamond
jubilee today, celebration in which
all music lovers give homage to the
greatest composer of this day.