Evening star., 1943-08-08
|WoodwindGrour
Gives Concert
In Open Air

The American Woodwind EnSem-
BILE will present the next concert
on the Starlight Chamber Music
Series in Meridian Hill Park, on
Wednesday at $50 pm. This en-
semble is combination of flute,
oboe, clarinet, bassoon and French
horn, and is truly described by it's
title for all five of the artists are
American born and for the most
part American trained also, since
its organization several years ago all
of the quintet's concert appear
ances have been in the Americas.
The f1utist, J. Henry Bove, is a
native of Philadelphia. He has had
notable career as soloist and in
ensemble playing throughout North
and South America. He was pupil
of Barerre and Boulanger, in Vienna
with Joseph Marx. AS a composer
he has enriched the wooAwind lit
erature and has written many songs
for which he also wrote the lyrics.
The clarinetist, Harold Freeman,
was born in Chicago where he dis
tinguished. himself as artist and
teacher before his successful New
York Recitals in Carnegie Hall and
Town Hall Mr.. Freeman toured
this country as soloist and ensemble
player before joining the American
Woodwind Ensemble.
Ralph Lorr, bassoonist, began
winning prizes at the age of l3. He
halls from ST Louis but received
most of his musical education in
Chicago. He founded the Musical
Art Woodwind Ensemble which
toured the country with outstand-
ing success.
Another member of the ALL
American quintet comes from Illi-
nois. Born in Wheaton, Mr.. Null
lenix, oboist, was a cowboy in his
early youth. He is as familiar with
six-shooters, bucking bronchos and
rodeos, as he is with Bach and
Beethoven. But he has found time
to study flute, piano and clarinet
besides oboe, his principal and IA
vorlte instrument. For many years
Mr.. MulleniX was member of the
famous Barrere WoodWind Ensem-
BILE. AS soloist and ensemble player
he has toured the United States,
Canada, Cuba and Mexico.
Henry CoWden, the French horn
player, was member Of the Bar
rere Woodwind Ensemble, which he
joined in 1929, which was also the
time MI. MulleniX joined that dis
tlnguiShed organization. Mr.. Puletz
was soloist with the Cleveland SYM
phony Orchestra under DR.. Rod
zinski for four years. He was So
loist with the Mexico Symphony Or
chestra under Carlos Chavez for
two seasons and was guest artist
with Arturo Toscanini on the lat
ter's South American tour two years
ago.
When asked why they call their
ensemble "Woodwind Players" in
otNeR VI "OCu SJu1llISJ, JIltS6
artists pointed out that, although
there was a great deal of worthwhile
music written for quintet of wind
players, there were also very fine
opuses for three, four, or even only
one or two Woodwinds. They ex-
planned that they did not care to
play arrangements. All of their pro-
grams consist of original compost
tionS.
Next Wednesdays program will
feature a work by MoZart-the Cas-
.sazione"-which probably has not
been heard here before because it
has only lately been discovered. 1t
Is written for oboe, clarinet, horn
and bassoon. For the same combi-
nation, the Woodwind Players have
programmed the Suite Miniature, J"
b. poldoWSki. These quartets will
be followed by Folk Songs" for wind
quintet by Alan Shulman. Another
quintet TO be played is the "Kleine
kammermusik, Op. "a" by the
noted contemporary composer, Paul
Hindemith. Two more modern
works will complete the program:
Three Pieces" for flute, clarinet
and bassoon. by Walter Piston. and
the "Trois Pieces Breve," by JACQUES
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