Evening star., 1942-06-28
Miss Dragonette
TOBe Featured
By Symphony
Radio and Concert
Soprano to Sing
Popular Songs
By Alice EverSman


The announcement that Jessica
Dragonette, famed in radio and on
the concert stage, will be the soloist
with the National Symphony on
Wednesday evening will be the high
light of the Water Gate concerts
this week to many. The popular So
prano will sing a group of favorite
songs such as Fosters Come Where
My Love Lies Dreaming" and Cad
mans Prom the Land of the Sky
Blue Waters" in addition to a more
classical group including Bach's
"Priere," Alvarez's La Partida,"
Debussy's Beau Soir" and Chami-
nade's LITE" Encores that every
one wants to hear undoubtedly will
round out completely satisfying
program.
This concert will be directed by
Sir Ernest Macmillan, who will
conclude his three guest appear
ances en- that night. He will con-
duct this evenings program, when
two violin soloists, Benno Rabinof
and Orrea Pernel will play the Bach
Double Concerto" The overture to
Rossinis Barber Of Seville" De-
bussy's Petite Suite" Mendelssohns
italian" symphony and Symphonic
Miniature" will be played by the
orchestra.
For Wednesday evening when
Miss Dragonette will be the soloist,
Sir Ernest will present several nov
elites as the orchestral part of the
program. One will be his own work,
Two Sketches for String Orches-
ira" Suite Cotillon" by Benjamin
and Williams "Marche Solenelle"
will be others placed with Beetho-
vens Symphony No. g." almost a
novelty in itself, since it is heard
so seldom.
An all-American program on Fri
day night, with Herbert's music
featured, will be conducted by
Charles O'Connell, whose several
guest appearances here have made
him a favorite in Washington. He
brings with him two singers from
the Baltimore opera, Elwood Gary,
tenor. and Mary Ida Bowen, So
prano, both of whom have sung here
before. Miss Bowen will be heard in
italian Street Song" and Kiss Me
Again" Mr.. Gary in Thine Alone"
and I'm Falling in Love" and the
two together in the duets Noon
beams and ITO the Land of My
Own Romance"
Mr.. O'Connell has chosen the
Water Gate for a world premiere
of Harl McDonalds "Bataan" and
will keep the spirit OF the program
up to the spirit of the times by ir-
cluding Salute to Our Armed
forces an arrangement of service
tunes by Bodge.
Starlight Concerts
The Pro-Arte String Quartet
promises an entirely different pro-
gram tomorrow night, its second
consecutive appearance on this SER
les. The lovely work of Haydn's
known as the Lark" Quartet, but
officially registered as Quartet in
D Major, Op. ga, No. So will be the
first number offered, followed by
Schubert's equally lovely Quartet
in A Minor, Op. 90" Both these
| works show the composers at the
height of their powers, in which
gift for melody predominates. The
one chamber music work that par
ticularly belongs to America. since
it was written here, in Spillville.
Iowa, and glorifles national themes,
is Dvorak's Quartet in F Major. o..
96" with which the program will be
concluded.
There will be no concert at Meri-
dian Hill Park on Thursday in the
Starlight series. On the following
Monday. however, the American
Ballad Singers. a most interesting
choral group which tries to preserve
American Folk songs from Colonial
days to the present time, will be
heard with its distinguished con-
ductor, Ellie Siegmeister.
| Chamber Music Guild
The Chamber Music Guild an
nounces two special features for its
next concert in Dumbarton Oaks
Gardens at $50 pm. Tuesday. The
first will be the appearance Of
Nicola Mascona, famous Greek
basso of the Metropolitan operas as
soloist and the second, the first per-
formance of a string quartet on
Greek melodies by Theodore Podnos,
dedicated to the King of Greece,
who recently accepted the dedica-
ton.
Mr.. Mascona's numbers have not
been announced but they will prob
ably be in keeping with the Greek
feature of the program The Guild
has endeavored to present works
from different nationaGties at each
of its concerts and the fact that Mr..
Podnos' quartet will be given it's
premiere and the popular Greek
basso will be guest artist indicates
that Tuesdays concert will be mostly
Greek in character although it will
open with the Smetana String
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