Evening star., 1942-06-14
Music
Notes
Sunset Symphonies
Open Water Gate
Season Tonight

With a program dedicated to the
United Nations the National SYM
phony Orchestra, under the direc-
ton Of Hans Kinder, will open its
sixth season Of Sunset Symphonies"
at the Potomac Water Gate at $50
o'clock tonight.
AS a special feature Of tonight's
concert the National Symphony, in
cooperation with the ONCE of Civil
ian Defense and. the once OF Facts
and Figures. will present what its
author calls IAN informal pageant"
as a part of the ofiicial observance
OF United Nations Flag Day. Two
eminent representatives from the
American theater-Bert Lytell and
Richard Hale-will provide the COM
mentary for the script, which was
written by the distinguished play
wright, Maxwell Anderson. 1t has
been produced personally by Melvyn
Douglas, stage and screen star, who
enlisted for its presentation the
services of 27 members of the United
States armed forces. as well as those
Of Mr.. Lytell and Mr.. Hale.
Because the District of Columbia
is to have an all-night blackout on
Wednesday, the second Water Gate
concert, scheduled to be given on
that evening, will be played a day
earlier instead-on Tuesday evening,
beginning at 8:30 Margaret Speaks,
the popular radio soprano, will make
her second appearance with the
National Symphony on this occasion.
This concert will mark the first of
four guest-conducting appearances
that Guy Fraser Harrison, conductor
OF the RrocheSter Civic Orchestra
and associate conductor of the
Rochester Philharmonic, will make
at the Water Gate this summer.
On Friday evening, Maria Gam
barelli, the lovely premiere danseuse
Of the Metropolitan Opera Com
pany, will make her first appear
ance with the National Symphony,
which again will be under Mr.. Har-
riSon's direction. Gambarelli, whom
PavioWa called my logical success
sor," will be seen in five dances to
music ranging from ST Saens' The
Swan" to Gershwin's Rhapsody in
Blue"
For his musical tribute to the
United Nations tonight DR.. Kinder
has programmed music created in
Russia, England, the United States,
Cuba Czechoslovakia and his native
Holland. Opening and closing the
concert will be works by two of
Russia's greatest composers - the
popular symphony No. in F Mi
nor" by Tschaikowsky, and Rimsky-
Korsakovs "Capriccio Espagnol."
In between will come Cigars ''Pomp
and Circumstance" England; Sme-
tanas "Furiant" (CZechoSlovakia):
10Th century Dutch tune, See How
Strong" in an arrangement by DR..
Kinder: "Dirge," from MacDowell's
second Indian suite UNITED States, :,
and "AndaluSia, by Lecuona Cuba &.
First soloist to appear on the
Water Gate concerts this summer
is Margaret Speaks. who for the
second time within year will be
heard with the National Symphony.
Miss Speaks will sing the aria
"Depuis lie Jour-" from Charpen-
tiers Louise; Molloy'S Kerry
Dance" and Strauss Tales From
the Vienna Woods" Under Mr.. Har-
rison's direction the orchestra will
play Mozart's symphony No. 40 in
G Minor" Beethoven's "Leonore
Overture No. g." a Bohemian dance
suite by Smetana in an arrange
ment by Harold Byrns, and LISTS
Les Preludes."
For the purely orchestra portion
of Fridays concert Mr. Harrison has
programmed Rimskv Korsakovs
"ScheheraZade Suite" Glinka's ov-
erture to Russian and Ludmilla"
and Ballet Suite by Gluck- -Mottl