Evening star., 1941-01-05

41l1o al OCl llOoll dG I " N1OSh III lll'
under the direction of Hans Kinder,
regular conductor of the organiza-
ton, will give the fourth concert in
the Beloved Masterpieces series.
The program will feature the
Brahms Third Symphony in F
Major" which the orchestra will
record for Victor late this month.
On Friday afternoon at 2:3O
o'clock, in Alice Deal Junior High
School, the National Symphony will
give the first in this seasons series
of students concerts.
In addition to the featured
Brahms Third, this afternoons con-
cert will be composed of several
favorites of National Symphony
patrons: The overture to Smetana's
The Bartered Bride" St. Saens'
lie Rouet d'Omphale," Ravel's Pa
vano" (Which is familiar to nom
classicists as the rather lovely swing
tune, The Lamp Is Low, and ex-
cerpts from Boris Godounov" by
Moussorgsky, arranged for orchestra
by DR.. Kinder.
Reflect Career.
The three of his own works which
Stravinsky has chosen to present
on Wednesday evening Che will also
direct the orchestra in TchaikovSky'S
symphony No 2 in C Minor') could
hardly give a clearer idea of the
composers career, for "Scherzo
Fantastique," "Jeu de Cartes" and
"L'Oiseau de feu" are definite mile
stones in the Stravinsky develop
ment and success story.
The "Scherzo Fantastique" was
first performed in a Siloti concert
on February 6, 1909, before an audi
ence which happened to include the
greatest talent scout of the century,
Serge Diaghilev of the Ballet Russo.
Something about the work captured
the impreSarios fancy, and he i'm
mediately commissioned Stravinsky
to orchestrate Chopin nocturne
and waltz for his forthcoming pro-
duction of Lies Sylphides." Pleased
with the adaptation, Diaghilev wired
Stravinsky to compose completely
new work for the Ballet Russe'S 1910
season.
First Modern Ballet.
The result was "L'Oiseau de feu,"
the first modern ballet. THE Fire
Bird" inaugurated not only dag
hilev's custom of commissioning
entire ballets, but it also set
the precedent of the composers
consulting both the choreographer
and the decor artist during the
course of composition. The pre-
miere of "L'Oiseau de feu" showed
the perfectly functioning collabo-
ration of Stravinsky, the choreog-
rapher, Fokine, and the scene
painter, Golovin. For years "L'Oi-
seau de feu" remained a favorite
of balletomanes and it spread Stra-
vinskys name across the world.
"Jeu de Cartes" (Which the Bal
let Russo presented here earlier this
season under the title of Poker
Game") is one of the half dozen or
so works which Stravinsky has pro-
duced in the last decade. Nothing
could be less like the history-making
Rites of Spring" than this charm
ing little ballet, which some say is
the high point in Stravinsky's cur
rent effort to sound entirely unlike
himself.
It will be noted that Adele Mar
Gus, young American pianist and
Stravinsky protege, who had been
scheduled to appear as soloist on
the program, will not be heard at
this time.
The program of the Students
Concert on Friday afternoon at
Alice Deal Junior High School will
include the overture to Weber's
Der Freischutz," slow movement
from Haydn's Surprise symphony,
minuet from Mozart's Don Clio
vanni," polonaise from Rimsky-
Korsakov's christmas Tale" med
ley of Stephen Foster melodies, Fos-
ter's JEANNE with the Light Brown
Hair" (song), finale from Tchaikow-
sky's Fourth SYMPHONY" and the
Star Spangled Banner" This pro-
gram will be repeated on Thursday,
January 16, at Western High School,
and on Thursday, January %, at
Mckinley High School. The con-
cert will be directed by Francis
Garzia, assistant conductor Of the
National Symphony Orchestra.