Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-13

enceS IOr many years, i 90 nc
lights Of the year because It
seems to me that the diff
ferences Of quality Of Howard
Mitchell's programs are only
matters Of personal opinion.
Every program Is what one
expects from q first-class
symphony orchestra. There
fore, a word or two Of COM
ment chronologically.
Before the National Sym
phony holds forth in Con-
stitution Hall, however. the
New York Philharmonic
under Bernstein. back from
its triumphs in Europe, opens
the season on October IL, the
National Symptoms open
ing dates being October Is
and IA. Mr.. Bernstein will
conduct BARRIERS Second Es-
say" the Shostakovich NTH
symphony and the Beethoven
concerto for piano. violin,
and cello. AS Is his custom.
he will not only conduct the
concerto but play the piano
part. with John Corigliano
and Lazlo Varga as the solo
fiddle and cellist.
Menuhin Soloist
The National Symphony
opens with Yehudi. Menuhin
playing the Bartok concerto.
with the Washington pre-
miere of Ginastera's "Estan-
cia" and the first symphony
of Brahms completing the
program. The October 20 and
81 concerts will be the New
York City Ballet Cat the
Capital Theater). October ~
and 20 Gregor Piatigorsky
plays the Dvorak cello con-
certo, with DR.. Mitchell con-
Quoting the Haydn symphony
No. o. and Stravinsky's lie
Baiser de Ia Fee"
November brings three pair
Of concerts on the National
series. Soloist for the first Is
Philippe Entremont. the
young French pianist who was
q great sensation here two
years ago. He will play the
third Prokofief concerto. with
the orchestra filing out the
program with two works-the
world premiere Of Walter
Spencer Huffman's March,
Chorale and Variations" and
the Tchaikovsky sixth SYM
phony.
Then comes the Philadel-
phia Orchestra, under Or
mandy. as q visiting orches-
ira. The program comprises
the Stravinsky "Ode," the
first symphony Of Shostako-
yich. the Prokotieff suite from
'@The Love Of Three Oranges"
and Strauss Tod und YER
elsrung."
November "a and IS DR..
Mitchell and the National
Symphony return with Sym
phonic Dances" by Stevens,
commissioned by the Ford
Foundation, the fourth SYM
phony Of Schumann, EN-
Saga" Of Sibelius and Hinde-
mith's Mathis der Mailer"
Hindemith himself will be in
town March 6 to conduct his
own when Lilacs Last" II
negotiations now under way
do not fall through. This will
not be Q National Symphony
concert, but one sponsored
Jointly by the Institute Of
Contemporary Arts and the
Washington and Cathedral
Choral Societies.
BOstonians in December
To return to the National
Symphony programs - The
Boston Symphony under
Munich will be q guest In
December for the concerts,
the programs Of which have
not yet been announced. On
December % and %, the
National Symphony has as
its assisting artists the
Washington Hellenic Choral
Society, Of which George
Manos Is the director. Mr..
Manos showed last year in
his performance Of Handel's
"Joshua" that his group is
one Of the finest choral or
CARNATIONS in town and DR..
Mitchell was quick to engage
the society. Soloists in Ber-
lioz' wonderful Christmas
work "LEnfancei dd Christ"
are Frances Bible. mezzo;
Leopold Simoneau, tenor;
Jan Rubes, baritone, and
Martial Singher, baritone.
In January, the first con-
certs will feature Claudio
Arrau in the d minor con-
certo Of Brahms, together
with "The Mysterious Noun
tain" Of Hovhaness, and the
fourth symphony Of Vaughan
Williams. The second pair
will feature the symphony's
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