Evening star., 1943-07-11

Lists s., &,
New Artists ,ass a:s,s
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This Week
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This weeks Sunset eymplaaaase-Is
by the National eymphony OschesAn5
tra feature three artists, two q whon1o
are appearing at the Potomac Weswsi {
Gate for the f1Yst time. Alec TesMseo
pleton, pianist and entertainer e1sQr
'traordinary, win make his Water
Gate debut tonight, with the xsld
chestra under the direction Of etansdo
ley Chapple, British-born conductor
and former assistant to Kousse- r
vitxky at the Berkshire Festival. eorf-
Few musicians have done more tod
take music out of the realm of the ;
esoteric and make it completely en'ec
joyable for the layman than has,
Alec Templeton. The background
Of the composer of Mr.. Bach Goes.
to Town" Is, however, completely n
posed his first piece at the age Of <sn
won the British Broadcasting Corp.
prize for composition ut II andi7
acquired the degrees OF Icentiatah \
OF the Royal Academy Of Music and
associate of the Royal College oeh
Music shortly afterward. Then hs''
set out like q medieval minstrel
through England, France, Holland
and Germany, playing the masters
both seriously and satiricaIy and
vocally mimicking famous figures
and fads. The sensation he created
wherever he appeared was an tndi-f .
cation Of the reception he was To,
receive when he made his debut at
the Rockefellers' Rainbow room IN o
1886. Since then through his nu-
merous radio broadcasts and public
appearances Mr.. Templeton has be-
come . definite and well-lovsd part
Of this country. At the Water Cats
he viii appear both as soloist with !
the National Symphony In the Liszt
Concerto No. in Z Flat" and as
entertainer, doing the limitations
the inproviSations and the satires
that are the basis Of his fame. The
orchestra, under Mr.. Chapple, viii
play the Beecham arraneement Of
''Handels The Faithful Shepherd"
the Haydn symphony No. 90 IN Z
Fiat" and Rimsky- -KorsakovS Ca.
pficcio Espagnol."
On Wednesday night Igor CORN,
radio and concert baritone, will Be
the soloist, taking the place Of the
previously announced Donald Dick
son, also popular As baritone on the
radio, who was unable to obtain air
or rail passage from the West Coast,
where he makes weekly broadcasts.
Charles O'Connell, director Of art
lists and classical recordings for RCA
Victor, viii be the guest conductor
Of q program celebrating Bastille
day.
Mr.. Gorin, whose Water Gate
debut was made . year ago before
one Of the largest audiences Of the
season, was formerly star baxitons
Of the Csechoslovakia State Opera
and arrived In this country only q
few years ago. Immediately taking
out his f1rst citisenship papers, he
became . United States eitiaen In
June, 1859. Since then he HIS been
festured soaoist on many Of radios
leading programs, at the same time
establishing himself aS Q concert
and recording artist OF distinction.
Because this concert falls on Bas.
tile Day, Guest Conductor O'Con-
nell is dedicating it to France, which
1t IL hoped viii soon again be one Of
the United Nations. 1t Is fitting
that Mr.. OConnell make this dedi-
cation since there IL French blood
in his veins-on his mothers side !
he is q descendent Of Marechal Mac.
Mahon, one-tims President Of the
French Republic; and, In happier
days, he WAS himself made Omcier
de fInstruction Pubhque Ia PAca.
dsmie Francaise by the French gov
eminent, . title that carries with 1t 4
the decoration Of the Palmes Aca.
demique. Mr.. O'ConreH has pro-
grammed ~The Marseillaise," Dvo-
rak's Symphony No. 5 IN Z Minor"
Debussy's "Clair de Lme," Franck,s
piece Herdque," and eight Russian
folk dances by Liadov.
Mr.. Gorin Will be heard Ia the pro-
logue to Leoncayallo's opera "Pasi.
acci," the '"Toreador Song" from
Bizet's Carmen" and q group OF
songs accompanied by the orchestra,
The celebrated Spanish artist,
jose Iturbi, will be the guest con-
ductor Of Fridays concert. Long
known rs one OF the greatest piano
virtuosos, he has appeared here
only once in the capacity Of or
chestra leader when he directed ths
Philadelphia Orchestra In Consti-
tuition Hall on March -. 1895, being
the soloist of the program As well.
He Is the permanent conductor OF
the Rochester Philharmonic and has
many guest conducting appearances
with the major orchestras to his
credit.
Iturbi has recently turned movie
star and will shortly be seen In
M-G-M's AS Thousands Cheer"
both Is pianist and conductor. For
the Friday concert he has pro.
grammed Brahms symphony No.
T." Wagner's "Rienzi" overture =
Liszts Hungarian Rhapsody No.
f." the tntermeSSo from Granados'
"Goyescas" and his own "Soliloquy."
Fellan Garxia, wen-known pianist
and teacher, Will present the first
program OF his own newly devel-
oped piano recordings In the Gar
den of the Arts Club, Thursday
night at pm. The Transmission