Evening star., 1944-12-06
Symphony, Dr.. Kinder
Win New Acclaim in
New York Concert
BY CARTER BROOKE JONES,
Star Stan Correspondent.

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NEW YORK, Dec. 6.-The Metro
politan Opera House, filled last
night from floor to top tier, gave
sparkling setting that inspired DR..
Hans Kindler and the National
Symphony Orchestra to win new ac-
claim as they appeared for the
benefit of the Observation-Disclosures
Foundation.
1t was the orchestra's second New
York appearance in its history, and
this time it stirred an even more
sympathetic response than at It's
successful premiere in Carnegie Hall
nearly four years ago.
DR.. Kinder was chosen appropri-
ately to direct this concert that
concerned his native Holland, and
the program emphasized Dutch
music and musicians. Bernard
Wagenaar, the Holland-born COM
poser, had written a new compost
ton for the event-"Song of
Mourning" an orchestra lament for,
as the composer explained in a foot
note, Those Hollanders who were
murdered because they believed
that they had the right to resist
any attempt to throttle the free
dom of all other Hollanders."
Played for First Time Here.
The Wagenaar composition was
played for the FIRST time in Wash
ington last Sunday and here, as
there, 1t touched the crowd with its
chords of anguish. DR.. Kinder
summoned Mr.. Wagenaar from a
seat in the audience, and the COM
poser took bow from the pit.
One Of the two soloists was Eeon
Petri, the distinguished Dutch
pianist. He was called back MANY
times after he played the Liszt
Concerto No. o.
The other soloist was the noted
dramatic soprano, Helen Traubel,
fresh from a triumphant perform
ance in Tristan Und Isolde" the
night before. She sang the "Clar-
chen Lieder," from Beethoyen's
"Egmont, and for an encore gave
stirring account of the same COM
posers The Heavens Are Pro-
claiming"
Another allusion to unhappy Hol-
land, whose liberation at last is in
sight, came at the close of the pro-
gram, when DR.. Kinder performed
his own arrangement of two Dutch
tunes of the 10Th century-"In
Times OF Stress" and See How
Strong" These songs are as rugged
and fine as the Dutch character, and
the conductors setting for modern
orchestra emphasized their virility
apd depth.
The Minister of the Netherlands,
Alexander Loudon, and Mime. Lou
oon headed group OF prominent
visitors. DR.. Kinder followed the
opening Star Spangled Banner"
with the Netherlands national an
them. Many New Workers of Dutch
descent sat in the shrine of Amer
lean opera.
Benefits Van Loon Scholarship.
The occasion was the Van Loon
Scholarship Concert. and 1t enabled
the Observation-Disclosures Founda-
ton to raise substantial sum for
the exchange of students between
Holland and the United States after
the war. The fund Is a tribute to
the noted Dutch-American writer.
the late Hendrix Willem Van Loon
who, as the Benefit Committee ex-
planned. was the foremost inter-
prefer between the country of his
birth and the land OF his adoption. :"
Mr.. Van Loon, incidentally, was
a cousin of DR.. Kinder.
The National Symphony had
ample chance to display its prowess
last night. for the first half of the
program was entirely orchestral. 1t
was devoted to a Kinder arrange
ment OF two movements from a
Handel concerto and the Tschai-
kowsky Fourth SYMPHONY"
The critics and musicians in the
audience who heard Washington's s
orchestra here nearly four wears
ago seemed to feet it had grown
In tonal authority and many were
ready to rank it among the coun-
trys best symphonies. They spoke
OF its ability to maintain broad
musical outlines while bringing out
all the subtleties of colorful or
chestration.