Evening star., 1942-08-09
Music
Notes
Fine Programs Mark
Closing Week of
Starlight Series

With the appearance OF two out
standing concert groups at Meriulan
Hill Park this week the Star1gnt
Chamber Music series will end Its
second and most successful season
of outdoor concert presentations.
Originated last year by G. G. Cap
pel and managed by him this year,
the series is currently sponsored
for the first time by the Elizabeth
Sprague Coolidge Foundation in the
Library of Congress. The comblna-
ton has been eminently successful
both in terms of talent and general
administration.
The first concert of this week will
be a return engagement tomorrow
night at $50 by the trio composed
of Antonio Brosa, violinist; c. War
wick Evans, cellist, and Gunnar
Johansen, pianist. On Thursday,
August l3, also at $3.50 pm, the
final starlight concert of the sea-
son will feature Ralph kirkpatrick,
leading harpsichordist, in his sec
ond Washington appearance and his
first appearance here with his en-
semble.
For their concert tomorrow Brosa,
Evans and Johansen will play COM
positions by Beethoven, Mendels-
sohn and Dvorak The program
will open with Beethovens Trio
In B Flat Major, Op. 97"; Men
delssohn's contribution will be Trio
IN D Minor, Op. 49," and the clos
ing piece will be Dvorak's "Dumky
Trio, Op. 90"
The three artists who constitute
tomorrow nights concert group and
identify themself as the University
Trio" are all outstanding solosists
as, we'll as accomplished chamber
music performers.
Although Ralph Kirkpatrick will
be making his first starlight ap-
pearance on Thursdays concert, his
audience will not be made up en-
tirely of strangers. On previous
| Washington appearance he won en-
| thusiastic followers with his mastery
of the ancient harpsichord. Assist
ing him on this engagement will
be Frances Blaisdell, flute; Lois
Wann, oboe, and Elias Carmen,
baSsoOn
Young and attractive, Miss Blais-
dell is also a musician of remark
able talent and deserves special
mention. A native of New Jersey
she first began to study flute al
the age of 6. Her teachers have
included Ernest F. Wagner, George.
Barrere, and in Paris, Marcel Moyse
In the short time since she grad.
uated from the Juilliard School o.
Music she has had many distin.
guished appearances, including thos.
with leading symphony groups
flutist to Lilly Pons, appearance
with the Musical Art and Gordor
String Quartets, soloist on leadinl
noteworthy presentations.
fitzpatrick, one of the finest ex
ponents of the harpsichord, is ais
a native, having been born in Leo
minister. Mass. A year before hi
graduation from Harvard in 1893
he became interested in the harpsi
) chord, won the Paine Fellowship
and went to Europe for furthe
study. He made his first recita
appearances in Germany, Austri
and Italy. Returning to this coun
try in 1888, he appeared in concert.
and for the past few years has beel
director Of the Williamsburg Festi
; walls of early chamber music a
Williamsburg, Va, in the Governor
Palace there.
The program for Thursdays con
cert is as follows:
) Sonata In 3 Major Hand
5 Flute and Harpsichord.
, "ANemande la Tenebreuse,"
Les Ombres errantes,"
e Les Barricades misteneuSes' - Couperi
lie Rappel des Oiseaut.
"Rigaudon."
!, "Musette,"
: "Tambourin" Jean Philippe Ramea
Harpschord
! SONATA TX In Minor Carlo Tessaril
. Oboe and Harpschord.
, SONATA III in r Major
Johann Ernst Gallial
Bassoon and Harpsichord.
Variations. All! Vous dirai-je. Maman." !"
e Mona
n Two Lessons Domencio scarlat
= Harpsichord.
= Trio Sonata in Flat"
George Frederick Hand
F1ue, Oboe. Bassoon and Harpsichord.