Evening star., 1948-12-12
Trade Board 10 Confer
With Symphony Heads
On Financial Support

Board of Trade and the National
Symphony Orchestra Association
will meet this week to consider fu.
ture financial support for the Ma
tional Symphony, 1t was learned last
night.
Chief topic will be the orchestrss
summer Water Gate concert series,
which this year was financed with
Board of Trade help. In addition.
however, the meeting scheduled for
Friday, is expected to go into the
entire picture of orchestra backing.
The meeting will be important
in determining how much the WASH
ington public will be asked to give
in the symphonys next fund drive,
slated for February.
Request for the talk, it was
earned, came from the Board of
Trade, after symphony officials had
inquired as to whether the trade
body's help could be expected for
next summers Water Gate series.
Businessmen Absorbed Deficits.
Last summer, n prominent 'busi-
nessmen, lined up under Trade
Board leadership, paid off q Sc, 9,228
deficit accumulated by the outdoor
concerts. These underwriters had
promised to pay any debt up to
$4,000.
Trade Board leaders are known
to fear, however, that such a feat
may not be possible second time.
They believe the orchestra should
campaign for O fund large enough
to include the summer concerts.
Symphony officials agree with this
in principle--in several past years.
they have so planned the season.
but they are worried about seek
ing too large a sum. Last winter.
without the Water Gate, they had
to ask for s165 900, and this goal
was not exceeded until October.
Must Buy Music Library.
With rising costs and the same
decline Of audiences felt through.
out the entertainment industry, the
orchestra may be hard put to con-
tinue with even that amount for
next year. In addition, with the
resignation of Conductor Hans
Kinder next March, it will be forced
to find funds to replace the loss of
his $4,000 music library, since it
must either rent or purchase new
music. Up to now. DR.. Kindlers
music has been available practically
rent-free.
Meanwhile, the orchestra last
night announced that DR.. Kinder.
whose intention of ,resigning was
announced less than two weeks ago.
will lead only eight more concerts
in Washington
The first will be at 4 pm. this
afternoon at Constitution Hall, with
Pianist Eugene Istomin as soloist.
At $50 pm. Wednesday he will lead
a performance of Mahler's Sym
phony No. 2, "The Song Of the
Earth" and his remaining programs
will be next Sunday, January 5
and 26, February % and AZ and
March Is. w. The January 26 concert
will be with a small orchestra and
PIANIST Myra hess.
Mitchell to Conduct.
Howard Mitchell, newly desig.
mated successor to DR.. Kinder, will
lead concerts on February 2, Is and
20, and will share the poditlm with
Conductor Louis A. Potter of the
Washington Choral Society on JAM
uary 16. Mr.. Mitchell also will con-
duct series of six Students Con-
certs, opening January II at Con-
zaga High School, and the re.
naming Neighborhood Concerts
sponsored by The Star. The third
of these will be at pm. Thursday
at Mckinley High School.
In addition, there will be these
guest conductors: George EnesCo,
January 10 and %: Howard Han
son. February Is, and Walter Hendl.
April 3.
Next month DR.. Kinder will
conduct two concerts of the Phila-
delphia Orchestra in its home city,
and In March he will sail for Europe
to lead concerts In Switzerland.
Sweden, Germany and other coun-
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