Evening star., 1946-04-14
When the Symphony Goes on our

striving was reached. Since its incep-
ton, the Anthracite Community Concert
has endeavored to bring a symphony
orchestra to Pottsville. 1t has been
nearly 80 years since the people Of Potts
vile have been able to hear a SYM
phony concert at home"
Children Enjoy
Orchestra's Program
There have been many such "firsts"
for the National Symphony but perhaps
the most satisfying has been what 1t
has meant to children. Every seat In
the school auditorium was filled and
seats had to be put in the aisle for the
1,500 children attending the first stu
dents concert in StateSville, N. C.-the
kind of concert Washington school chill
dren have been getting from their
National Symphony for years In Lam
caster, Pa, 1000 youngsters gathered in
the high school for what the reviewer
described as never to- be forgotten
experience, something which their
parents never dreamed of only gen.
Grafton ago"
In the files of the National Symphony
are clippings telling their own story of
the success of the orchestra's tours
Newspapers too small to boast music
reviewer in towns too small to get much
music asked professors from nearby
schools or directors of local music groups
to write the reviews.
They tell of communities long starved
for music and so insistent on encores
that at one stop, DR.. Kinder finally
said:
You have been wonderful audiences
to play to; I know there is a housing
shortage, but don't any of you havs
homes?"
In Savannah, 'the audience came
away with a feeling of having expert
enced something fresh and stimulating
In the musical world" Morristown,
N. j., found the orchestra deeply mov-
ing" Norwich, Conn, professor wrots
that DR.. Kindler's Interpretation of the
exacting minor symphony of Sibelius
was a distinguished one and takes its
place with the best performances in this
day of musical awareness."
In Spartanburg, S. c., applause was
thunderous and prolonged" The or
crestra played for the first time last
season in Schenectady, N. Y, but, pre-
dicted the reviewer, it will not be the
last. The Newburgh, N. Y, reviewer
commented that the emotional expe-
rience of the people of Newburgh has
been greatly enriched"
Tour Reviews Reflect
Audience Enthusiasm
After hearing the National Symphony
play at Haverford College, the reviewer
from Philadelphia said he hoped the or
chestra would appear soon in Stokow-
skis old bailiwick. The organization,
wrote the reviewer, has something def
mite to offer with its finely drilled en-
semble and its contagious enthusiasm"
Through all the reviews-the esoteric
ones that talk of Dr. Kindler's mas
terry Of attack and precision of phrase
ending as well as the ones that tell
simply Of gratitude for good music
there runs one consistent note, the
boundless enthusiasm of audiences.
Toward the end of the orchestra's
Southern tour. one reviewer commented
that DR.. Kinder has carried the Capt.
tails symphony from local popularity to
national recognition and his tour has
been a triumphant one
Words like those. Dr. Kinder and his
musicians feel, compensate for all the
billiards, the day coaches, the bowling
babies, the dimly lighted halls
Those words mean that to thousands
of people Washington boasts something
besides cherry blossoms. the Capitol and
the White House. They know at first
hand that Washington has its National
symphony Orchestra.