Evening star., 1941-07-19
Starlight
Music
Charms
Audience Proves
Effective Part
OfLandscape
By ALICE EVERSMAN.

Once again the Salzedo Concert
Ensemble gave Of its. art for the
enjoyment of patrons of the Star
light Chamber Music programs at
Meridian Hill Park. Playing an
entirely different group of selections
last evening, the artists continued
the informal character which they
brought so expertly to their first
program. And that this informallty
has appealed to the audience could
be determined from the spirit of
the applause. II there were any
vacant seat. it was not apparent and
the least desirable as well as the
best places were taken.
1t is rarity to find large crowds
Of people adding TO the picturesque
ness of any lanscaped but the au-
dience at Meridian Hill contrib
utes considerably to the effective
setting for the concerts. 1t will be
strange to view the rejecting pool
once more without the human
element, the colorful stage and the
strains of music. The orderly rows
of chairs and their occupants in no
way disturb the symmetry of the
| landscaping and their reflection in
the water of the pool gives another
| artistic touch TO the scene.
In this charming environment,
Marjorie Call Salzedo, Carlos Sal
zedo, JanoS Scholz and Rene lie
Roy played Old World music or
that Of modernists who have the gift
I nf o
sounds in nature Many of the num-
bers which made use of the two
harpS. the cello and the flute in
various combinations or singly, we're
arranged by Mr.. SalZedo. who again
demonstrated his versatility by ap-
pearing on the program as composer.
harpist and pianist. In the latter
capacity he served as accompanlst
for Mrs. Salzedo in Widor's Choral
and Variations, Op. "a" and for Mr..
LIE Roy in the air from Gluck's
"Orfeo" and Chaminade's "Fantasie."
Mrs. SalZedo is a harpist of dis
tinction. as her performance Of the
Widor work showed. There is a
sensitive poesy in her playing and
abandon in more impa ssioned pas
sages to which her abundant and
ripping technique lent itself with
gracious effect The variations are
grateful in their demands on the
harp, calling upon its many powers
for brilliant display and offsetting
the noble choral with its richer
sorority of color.
The harp, in the hands Of Mr.
Salzedo. knows no limitations. The
elegance of his style and the subtle
ty of his tonal gradations are the
acme of artistry to which he bring,
also an imaginative quality so char
acteristic of his writings, A lovely
"Chanson dams la mutt" and two
fantasies on folk tunes. Jolly Piper
and "Traipsin' Thru Arkansas,' '
showed the extent of his Imagination
in simpler vein. as did his finished
performance of them. In his ar
rangement of Ravel's "Sonatina" for
d harp, flute and cello, his broad vision
of tonal combinations found play
and this, concluding number Of the
program was also the most effective
The sonorous, plastic tone Of Mr..
Scholz found wider scope In the
adagio and allegro from Boo
cherini's cello Sonata o. g." in
which the accompaniment was
played by Mr.. Salzedo on the harp.
This excellent artist is guided by
genuinesness of feeling that makes
his performance of unusual worth.
So the audience thought when it
solicited an encore, Mr. Scholz then
: playing Faure's "Apres un Reve, -
with Mr.. Salzedo at the piano.
7 An atmospheric bit was introduced
into the program when Mr.. LIE Roy
played as encore Debussy's "SyrinX
with the lights turned off on the
stage. The sweet, mournful sound Of
the flute coming from out of the
/ darkness and fitting so well into the
( charm of the site held the listener
l spellbound Previously. in the
stately measures of the Gluck work
and the brilliant finale of Chami-
| nade's "Fantasie," Mr.. LIE Roy dis
played the range of his virtuosity III
/ highly artistic manner.
The program further included
Rameaus Piece en- Concert for
flute, cello and two harps and the
"Bourree' from Bacb's Sixth
French Suite" for two harps. Ed
I ward N. Waters, writer of the pro-
gram notes, again contributed to the
appreciation of the music by read
ing the explanations before each
number.