Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-08-07

NaClOQdl symphony mas no more
than ended when announcement
is made of the programs to be
played on the entire Wednesday
night series of the winter. This
is decidedly an innovation for
with the exception of some pre-
mieres or specially interesting
compositions. no such complete
idea of what the audience of the
regular season would hear was
forthcoming until close to the
opening program. 1t seems that
Howard Mitchell, besides plan
ming and directing the Water
Gate concerts. has found time to
select each program for the i'm
portant winter series and even
to know what numbers each SOLO
list would present.
There may be changes. of
course, due to unforeseen circum-
stances. But the fact remains
that it was quite a feat to choose
the twenty programs OF the We'd
nesday series so far in advance.
While Mr.. Mitchell himself might
wish to have all that decided and
out of the way early, it is to his
credit that he was able to have
| the soloists, always laggards in
this respect, make up their minds
what they would play or sing.
Even so, few of them have made
any departure from the regular
repertoire.
Menuhin, Stern, TOmasOw.
Yehudi Menuhin will play the
Elgar violin concerto on the
opening night, October 26. This
will be the second performance of
the .Elgar here. Albert Spalding
having given it's local premiere
with the symphony in 1914. Isaac
Stern. on January II, will be
heard in the Bach violin Con-
certo in E major" and Ravels
"Tzigane," a rare hearing Of the
latter, and Jan Tomasow has pro-
grammed the Bach Concerto in
A minor" and Chausson's "Poeme"
for his solo appearance on No
vember %.
Among the pianists, Jacques
Abram has made an original
choice in Britten's Piano Concer-
to" for December 7. Earl Wild
will play the second and third
piano concertos by Rachmaninof
on the all-Rachmaninoff pro-
gram of December % and on Feb
ruary Is, Byron Janis will play
also the Rachmaninoff Concerto
No. g." Brahms Concerto No. i"
will be offered by Leonard Shure
on November 16 and Claudio Ar
rau his Concerto No. 2" on March
Il. Beethoven will be represented
when Benno Moiseiwitsch plays
his Concerto No. S" on November
2 and Myra Hess the Concerto
No. A. on January rs.
Guest Conductors.
The guest conductors. Sir
Thomas Beecham. George Sell
Ernest Ansermet and Dmitri Mi
tropoulos. have left the imprint OF
their musical personalities in the
works they will direct.
Sir Thomas. on November D.
has programmed two symphonies
the "Haffner," by Mozart. and
Brahms Third Symphony. An
other of his ballet suites made up
from Handel's music and called
Great Elopement" will be the
opening number and companion
ing these works are Delius' 1.-The
Walk to the Paradise Gardens
and Berlioz' March Heroique."
Mr.. Ansermet confines the Feb
ruary l program to three numbers
where Beethoven's Symphony No
81 and Stravinsky's "Petrouchka'
will enclose what is possibly the
first local hearing of Faure's pei
leas and Melisande."
Mr.. Sell is more conservative.
selecting for December Is
Smetanas "The Moldau," Strauss
Till Eulenspiegel," and Brahms
symphony No. L." all introduced
by .Weber's "Oberon Overture"
Mitropoulos ends the March 3
program with Mahlers Sym
phony No. l." following Mozart $
Magic Flute" overture and his
symphony No. &c."
Spice Put in by Mitchell.
Mr.. Mitchell, however, has given
still more thought to the char
acter Of the programs he will d.
rect and brings forward several
less familiar works to spice them
up. These include:
Dvorak's I'm Natures Realm
and Shostakovich's symphony
No. 6" for November 2.
! Hindemith's Mathis der Ma
Ter" and Vaughan williams va