Evening star., 1945-01-28
In Local
Music Circles

dSIllIlSCO COI MUSIC ledCu6TS ASSO-
citation, announces a lecture on The
Fallacy of Modernism" by DR.. Sig
mund Spaeth, widely known author,
lecturer and radio personality, to be
held in the Arts Club tomorrow at
$3.50 pm. A fee will be charged for
guests, but members will be ad-
mitted by card
DR.. Spaeth has written many
books and articles, is known as the
tune detective" and appears each
Saturday afternoon on the Metro
politan Opera Forum quiz.
The program for the music hour
to be held at 4:30 pm. in Barker
Hall, YWCA, will be presented by
the Gault String Ensemble, Ed
ward A. Carey, conductor. Ramona
Rockaway Palmer, soprano, will be
the guest artist in group of selec-
tions including songs by Rachman-
inoff and the aria "Alceste" from
Gluck's "Divinites du Styx." Piano
accompaniment will be by Rea
Winters.
The program by the string or
chestra will include selections by
Bach, Handel, Mozart, Grieg and
Mendelssohn Willis Gault, violinist,
will be heard in solos by Borowski
and Elgar. Marguerite Voge is
pianist to the ensemble.
A cello recital by David Soyer of
the Navy Band has been scheduled
for tonight at the National Gallery
of Art at 8 pm. Irving Owen will
collaborate at the piano. The art
lists will present two sonatas:
Brahms Sonata in F Major, Op.
SO" and Debussy's work in three
movements, consisting of Pro
logue," "Serenade" and Finale" Al
"Valse" by Alan Shulman will be
heard here for the first time The
remainder of the program will con-
sist of Hasse's "Canzona," the
Scriabin Borissowsky Prelude"
Bloch's Prayer" and Peppers Hun
garian Rhapsody
Gunnar Johansen, pianist, heard
here on several occasions, will give
a recital at the Howard University
tomorrow at $3.50 pm. The second
part of the program will afford an
opportunity to hear three of his
compositions, "Atonal Sonatina," !"
Second Sonnet" and Third So
nata' Other numbers are Mozarts
Fantasia in G Minor" Bach's Ron
do in G Major" Busoni's Ten Vari-
ations on Chopin Prelude and
Chopin's Sonata in B Minor"
In response to popular demand,
another band program will be played
on Wednesday by the Marine Band
under the direction of Henry Weber ]
second leader, in the Marine Bar
racks at 8:l5 pm. Two soloists will
be presented, Lester Remsen, trum-
pet, playing Holmes ''Slavonic Fan
tasy,' and Charles Owen, Xylophone,
being heard in Sarasate's Gypsy
Airs"
The program for the band will
consist of the overture to Weber's
"Euryanthe," excerpts from Gould's
American Symphonette, No g." Sc
lections from Rodgers Oklahoma, u
"Andalucia" and "Malaguena" from
Lecuonas suite "Andalucia," Fetras'
Moonlight on the Alster'' and Enes-
co.'s 'Romanian Rhapsody, No. g."
Mrs. Henry T. Parrett, soprano,
and Constance Russell, pianist, will
be presented in joint recital by the
Arts Club Thursday at $3.50 pm
Quinta Jensen Frey will accompany
Mrs Parrett.
Frances Nash, pianist, will be guest
artist and DR.. Glenn billiard Gunp
the guest speaker at the National
Symphony Forum Friday, $3.50 pm,
in the Phillips Gallery. The forum
is open to the public.
Oscar Shumsky, violinist of the
Navy Band Orchestra, will be heard
Friday at the Departmental Audi-
torium at $3.50 pm. in Glazounow's
Concerto in A Minor" Overture
and selected dances from Tschai-
kowsky's opera, Eugene Onegin,
together with Kalinnikow's Sym
phony, No. l." will complete the
program dedicated to Russian music.
Ezio PIMA, basso of the Metro
politan Opera, will make his only
appearance here in recital Sunday
afternoon, February II, at pm. in
Constitution Hall under the local
management of Dorothy Hodgkin
Dorsey.
The Baltimore Symphony Or
chestra, under Reginald Stewart,
noted conductor and pianist, will
make its Washington debut in Con-
stitution Hall Tuesday, February Is,
at $3.50 pm. Jascha Heifetz, world
famous violinist, will be the soloist
c. c. Cappel is manager of the
symphony.
Emo Rapee, musical director of
Radio City Music Hall, New York,
will bring his orchestra OF rs mu-
siscians and vocal soloists to Con-
stitution Hall Monday night, Feb
ruary IL, in program described
as Music for ALL"
The Chamber Music Guild is
planning to bring the Beethoven
String Quartet of Moscow and pre-
sent jointly with that group sew
eral famous octets in Washington
This is part of a reciprocal ex-
change in music.
Theodore Walstrum, vocal coach
and concert pisnist, Of New York
City, who is teaching at regular
intervals in Washington, will remain
over the week end and can be
reached all day tomorrow at his