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Evening star., 1960-06-05

gold and silver, some in duco
on composition, others in oil.
An Oriental influence is
also diScernible in Mr.. La
Rue's work; he spent some
years in Japan and was i'm
pressed with its arts. "RaS-
homon Gate" and "Kabuki"
are among the Japanese
subjects he has translated
into Pollock like paintings.
Mr.. La Rue has a gift for
titles, which indicate a wider
variety of inspirations, than
would the technique per Sc.
The Oriental influence is
more apparent in such paint
ings as Solo," a narrow
vertical panel with white
threadlines on black, suggest
ing calligraphy.
His second technique is a
semi representational one
leg. Three Fish") in which
the subject is heavily out
lined in black, which has a
stained glass compositional
effect, without the brilliant
cOlOr These naintinpS ore
not as good as the abstract
expressioniSt works.
Ralph Fast'S so exhibits are
well thrown bowls, platters,
vases and other pots with
interesting glazes, mostly in
a light gray and blue, color
range. Oriental influence is
discernible in his decorated
pieces.
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at Harrigan's. Oil paintings,
water colors and prints
should be ready for hanging.
(Handling fee. 81 per entryO
Inquiries may be made at
the Gallery, 1925 Wisconsin
avenue NV, AID. 2-6340.
y 4
The d. C. Recreation De-
partment, in co = operation
with National Capital Parks,
will present an outdoor art
fair next Thursday through
Sunday [June 9-12) on the
grounds south of the White
House, Fifteenth and E
streets NV, where registra-
ton will be held next Thurs
day between 8 am. and 1880
pm.
Artists living within 25
miles of Washington are eli
gible to enter original oil
paintings, watercolors, sculp-
ture, graphics, ceramics and
china painting, with an
entry fee of 75c per item for
professionals, SOC for anna
teurs and juniors, and 25c
for children under IL. There
will be prizes in all cate
gorieS.
Evening star., 1960-06-05
MUSIC PROGRAMS

PAUL oLEFsKY, cello; Emma Endres-
pm. Sonata in A, Opus 90, Beetho-
ven; Suite Italienne, Stravinsky; +;
Sonata in F. Opus 90. Brahms.
THE NORTH SINGERS, Edward G.
SSfea YMe2 sreftSf p% oeist9 STeistA Street Street
scipio, SOPRANO; David Eisby, bari
tone: Louis Baker, tenor; Lucille
G: Clark piano. Program Of choral
THE DMITRIEFF STUDIO: A Piano
SSiS CSnsertS raogt,. Hour DmitriefI Studio, bS
Mentis, Louise Kinnear, MurieI
HON, Marilyn Shull, Willis Ben
nett. Tamara Dmitrieff. Music Of
Mozart, Weber, Beethoven.
NoRTHMINsTER PRESBYTERIAN
CHURCH -CHOIRS, Donald Miller,
director. Northminster Presbyterian
OLSON, organ; Betty Thompson and
Clara O'Dette, sopranos Richard
Levitt, countertenor: Mallory Walker,
tenor: Earle THOMPSON, bass. Veni
Sanete Spiritus' Dunstable; Whit
Part l, III of The Messiah, Handel
UNITED STATES MARINE BAND, 1t.
Col, Albert SchOepper, conductor.
WaterRate, $50 pm. Soloists:
Stanley Mover, cornet; Carl Melton,
piecolo; william Laverick and Peter
Tanner; ISI o,vr, peircussigrists. oir March Of
Die Fledermaus, Strauss; Selections
from Flower Drum Song, Rodgers:
Dance of the Hours. Ponchielli:
March from symphonic Suite. VIII
ssGaSd sssmS; GoT6Oy sOT60y , Rhapsody Gould;
Goldman; Through the Air. Damn;
The Worried Drummer, Schreiner.
Evening star., 1960-06-05
Ceremony Marks
Birthdute of
Jefferson Davis
By the Associated Press

Ceremonies commemorating
the birthday of jefferson Davis
were held in the Capitol yes
terday.
Representative Grant, Dem
ocrat of Alabama, was chief
speaker as the Washington
chapter of the United Daugh-
ters of the Confederacy hon.
ored the Confederate leader.
Mrs. Mccall lines of Washing
ton placed a wreath at the
statue of Davis in the Capitors
Statuary Hail.
Another wreath was placed
by DR.. Charles c. Tansill, for
mer commander of the Sons Of
Confederate Veterans, Wash
ington and Maryland division.
The ceremonies were held
one day after the anniversary
of Davis birth.
Mr.. Grant said, mo nation
ever did so much with so little
as did the South in the Civil
War"
1T may be recorded by his
torians," he added, that the
War between the States was a
lost cause. In arms. yes, but in
memory. it was a cause which
Jefferson Davis believed to be
just in that the individual
States had a right to peacea oily
withdraw from the Union"
Evening star., 1960-06-05
NEW OPENINGS

NEW FACES IN WASHINGTON
ART; Franz Bader Gallery; 1908
g street NV. Current through
June 80
SEVENTEEN ARGENTINE PAINT
ERS. Pan American Union. Cur
rent through June IA.
TENNESSEE ART LEAGUE EX.
HIBITI0N. Natural History Mus
cum foyer, 10th street and Con-
stitution avenue NV. Today
through July 4.
GROUP SHOW OF NEW PAINT
INGS. The Artists Mart, 1851
Wisconsin avenue NV. Current
through June 80.
PAINTINGS BY SHELDON oDLAND.
Collectors Gallery, 1925 Wiscon-
sin avenue NV. Current through
Jure 10.
PAINTINGS BY ALMA THOMAS.
Dupont Theater Gallery, 1882
Connecticut avenue NV. Cur
rent, indefinite.
PRINTS BY ROUAULT. Fantasy Gal
lery, 1865 Connecticut avenue
NV. Current through June 80.
4TH ANNUAL EXHIBITION. Port
Tobacco Art Guild at the Charles
County Court House. La Plata,
Md. Next Sunday, from lO:3G
AM. to $50 Pm.
PAINTINGS BY AUDREY SALKIND.
Roma Restaurant 3419 Connecti-
cut avenue NV. Today through
July.
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TODAY'S GOOD
MUSIC DIAL

500, WASH-FM (97.1 Mc.)-
Masterworks.of Music. Mo-
Zart's Piano Concerto No.
rs in c Major.
$500, WGMS AM-FM $50 Kc.
and 103.5 Mc.)-The Royal
Instrument. Bach's Organ
Concerto in E Flat.
1905, WGMS AM-FM $50 Kc.
and 1898 Me- - Sunday
Morning Symphony. Ravel's
The Tomb of Couperin.
11:00, WASH-FM (97.1 Mc.)-
Music of Distinction. vi
valdi'S The Four Seasons.
2:05, WGMS AM-FM $50 Kc.
and 1885 Me- Philhar-
monic Concert. Philadelphia
Orchestra, Eugene Ormandy
conducting. Brahms SYM
phony No. l in C Minor.
$500, WASH-FM (97.1 Mc.)-
Sunday Symphony. Ravels
Daphnis and Chloe.
4:05, WGMS AM-FM $50 Kc.
and 1895 Mc.)-Ballet The
ater. Chopin's Les Sylphides.
500, WMAL-FM (107.3 Me-
-Corcoran Gallery Concert.
Bach'S Toccata in G. Major.
1880, WMAL-FM (1O7.3 Me-
Concert Stage. Gersh-
wins Rhapsody in Blue.
$500, WMAL-FM (tGs:3~Mc.0
Opera Stage. Smetana's
the Bartered Bride, COM
plete.
500, WGMS AM-FM $50 Kc.
and 1885 McD-National
Gallery of Art Concert.
Sally Macarthur, pianist.
Works by Haydn, Chopin,
Poulene and Schumann.
900, WASH-FM (97.1 Mc.)-
The Opera House. Mas
cagni's Cavalleria Rusti-
cana.
10000, WGMS AMIN $50 Kc.
and 1885 McD-Archive
Hour. Monteverdi's L'Orfeo.
Act I and II.
1901, WDC-M usic til
Dawn. Dvoraks Symphony
No. 4.
Evening star., 1960-06-05

Clark, 2219 California street
NV.
i
Marie H. BuncOmbe of 3784
Hayes street NE, a Howard
University graduate, has been
awarded an Opportunity Eel
lowship for 1860 by the John
Hay Whitney Foundation, to
work for a Ph.D. in English at
Stanford University.
= 4
Beverly L. EIsOn of Washing
ton, a senior in liberal arts at
Colby Junior College, New Lon
don, N. H., has been selected
to the Student Library Com
mittee for l960-61. Her parents
are the Rev. and Mrs. Edward
L. R. Elson, 3O01 Forty-fourth
street NV.
Evening star., 1960-06-05
Young British

An exhibition of more than
80 paintings and drawings by
8 Young British Painters"
at the Ores Gallery, 1929
Twentieth street NV.
through next Saturday, is
concluding an American
circuit under auspices of
The Smithsonian Institution
Travelling Exhibition Service,
and will return to England
from here.
Each artist shows from 2
to Z works, practically all of
them abstract eXpreSsionist.
Although identified as British,
there is nothing national
about these paintings, which
could have been done by
abstract painters here or
anywhere in Europe. Some
of these artists were repre-
sented in the British show
at Jefferson Place Gallery in
February, 1859, among them
Peter Lanyon, who is prin-
cipal of st. Peters Loft
School in st. Ives, Cornwall.
Mr.. Lanyon's abstract trans
lations of his reaction to
landscapes have ELECTED
ecstatic comments from
avant-garde critics.
Sandra Blow utilizes many
unpromising materials in her
collage paintings: Prayed and
ragged burlap, also a coarser,
sleaZier net, sand and gravel,
strips of worn damask table
linen, attached to the canvas,
sometimes over painted areas,
again painted after applica-
ton.
William Scott has large
black and white still life
paintings, one suggesting two
black flags patched with
scraps of white and vermil-
lion; and large black and
white drawings of nudes,
which recall children's
sketches to those of us unable
to perceive the eSoteric
virtues in such exercises.
(Open Tuesday through Sat
urday, II to So
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Painters Pointer

Martha Moffett Bache has
a solo exhibition of 10 oils in
the Arts Clubs reception
rooms through next Thurs
day. About two-thirds are
miniatures around SKA inches,
as carefully composed as the
% large paintings. Nearly all
are representational; but a
few clean-cut distractions
demonstrate her interest in
occasional experim e n tai
painting.
"Harbor Town" over the
dining room mantel is out
standing. Also shown are a
few of her many award-win-
ming paintings: Avenue
Flowers" and Early Market
ing" colorful street scenes
with figures. Seaport and har-
Dor scenes are perhaps her
favorites. judging from the
number shown. Most of them
are bright in the summer sun,
but a few are somber, such. as
"Harbinger," with a storm
blowing up.
Mrs. Bache, called by her
fellow members of the Arts
Club a painters painter"
had sound art training at the
University of Michigan, Pratt
Institute, Brooklyn, and the
Art Institute of Chicago. She
has also taught art in several
cities; and has been an oc-
cupational therapist in mill
tary hospitals.
A few years ago, Mrs. Bache
introduced the Silent Auc-
ton Bid Box" at exhibitions,
which has been nationally
adopted, as it brings artist
and buyer together informal
lV increasing calps
Evening star., 1960-06-05
BY JAMES G. DEAN
Star Record Critic

Beethoven would not be
wearing his familiar grim
visage if he could count the
samples of his wares now ac-
cessible to record buyers.
Currently there are 38 do
meStically available editions
Of the fifth symphony, for
instance. (Half of them
can be had in Stereo0 And
that is just a prime case. Ap-
parently the S. o. P. in re-
cording studios is: If in doubt
(and if you've already made
the 1912 overture) do Bee
thoven.
The collector with Stereo is
the greatest beneficiary of
recent lengthening of the
list, for most of the additions,
Of course, were planned to
take advantage of the new
recording medium. And the
stereo owner, of course, will
be anxious to take advan-
tage of it, too.
AS far as the current Of
feringS are concerned, the
stereo-equipped Beethoven
fan would do well to proceed
with some caution, however.
AS in the rest of the roper
toire, the stereo-makers are
feeling their way. There is
a good deal of variation quail
itatively, in the present list
ingS.
Walter Landmark
Bruno Walter has done
stereo versions of the nine
symphonies for Columbia
the only conductor so far to
complete the list. They
therefore constitute some
thing of a landmark. The
readings are cultivated, the
recorded sound generally
rich. Unfortunately a studio
orchestra, rather than the
Philharmonic or some other
f1rst-rank permanent organi-
zation, was employed, and it
sometimes sounds somewhat
thin.
The Walter ninth, to sin
gle out the most important
item, is impressive, particu-
larly the first three move
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was sold the first few days.

was sold the first few days.
Mrs. Popenoe has worked
in many media, but for the
past two years has devoted
herself to the creation of
these mosaics, combining
enameling, ceramics, stained
glass and metalwork. A be-
wildering number of ma
terialS are involved. Some
panels have shapes cut from
clay slabs, glazed and set in
cement. In Eden" pieces
of stained glass were glued to
crinkled aluminium foil, and
the tree trunk was made of
chopped floor tile. The birds
in Heavenly Bodies" were
formed in thin metal by the
repoussee technique, on a
background of cut stained
glass. Pebbles and marble
tiles, shells and driftwood,
magnesite, fabrics, old but
tons and beads are among the
materials utilized.
This probably sounds very
heterogeneous: but the COM
plete works have unity, rich
color, varied textures, and
Byzantine or medieval Ital-
ian feeling. the latter REIN
forced, no doubt, by six weeks
in Italy and Yugoslavia with
her husband last autumn.
Mrs. Popenoe is a native
New Yorker, still in her twen-
ties. She obtained a thorough
education in schools and uni
versities Of 4 States, has
taught art, and has exhibited
extensively.
Evening star., 1960-06-05
NEWS OF MUSIC
Summer Fare Ahead:
Sings, Operas, Bonds

"Pique Dame" is an opera
which should have great ap-
peal to all who like the
TchaikovSky symphonies and
concertos. Written between
the fifth and sixth symphony,
the opera, based on the IA
nous short story by Pushkin,
shows the Tchaikovsky or
cheStra at its best-rich in
color. elemental in rhythm,
brooding or triumpant-and
wonderfully seductive vocal
lines. There is also an excel
lent ballet worked into the
Story-an entertainment for
the Empress Of Russia.
The story of "The Queen
of Spades" is direct and
melodramatic, and the sit
uations are extremely effec-
tive. From the first per-
formance in 1890 the opera
has been one of the most
popular in the Russian roper
toire, and it has been given
many times in Germany and
France. Since there is moth
ing in the show that would
seem to restrict it's appeal to
the home folk, and since the
music is the pureSt Tshaikov-
sky, it is remarkable that
the work has never had a
success in America. The
Opera Society believes the
reason to be that it has very
seldom been produced here
that ID has had no chance
for a success.
Mozart's "Idomeneo" has
also never been popular in
this country, although in my
opinion it is one of the great
est creations of its composer.
The reason for its limited re-
clame is probably that its
plot is neither tragedy nor
comedy, but a kind of
Stereotyped spectacle known
as opera seria," based on
conventional adaptations of
Greek mythology. The opera is
more spectacle, perhaps, than
drama. The music is so diff
cult to sing, now that our
artists prepare themselves
for quite different roles, that
casting is somewhat of a
problem. especially since a
leading part was written for
a caStrato.
So much for the society's
productions in October and
February; the show to be
given in April is something
different. Everybody who de-
lights in opera has seen Gar
men," but in this country it
is customary to give the work
with heavy recitatives added
to the score after the COM
poser'S death. While these
conventional recitatives may
make the work seem more
like ordinary grand opera,
they rob it, in the opinion of
many, of it's lightnesS, the
speed of its action, and the
bite of Merimee'S human
story. Carmen" therefore
will be given with the recita-
tive replaced by the original
spoken dialogue. Operagoers
will hear all of Bizet's music,
however, and an odd rumor
I have heard in town that
the Opera Society is cutting
the "toreador" song has no
basis in fact.
Evening star., 1960-06-05
Mosaic Wall Panels

Anyone who fails to visit
Laura Popenoe's exhibition
of wall panels at the I. F. A.
Galleries, 1928 Connecticut
avenue NV. before it closes
next Saturday, will miss the
most unusual and interesting
collection presented there
this season. Nearly half of
the show of over 80 panels
Evening star., 1960-06-05
TUESDAY

yAsHINGToN PRO MUsIcA. Wolf
gang Schroeder, director George
Soloists: Lee Meredith and Eleanor
Merrick, sopranos; Norman Mcneil,
bass; Roger Miller, Richard Arm
strong, ROnny Freeman, tenorS; {;
Anne Hammond, organ; william
Peterson, harpsichord. Cantate
Lomino, Schultz: Wo wilt du hin,
wells Abend is, Krieger: Herr, nun
lasst du deinen Diener, Buxtehude: I:
Motet VI: Lobet den Herrn. Bach
Ellie mich. Gott zu erreten, Schultz.
Cantate Domino. Buxtehude; Lobe
den Herren, Distler: Singet dem
Herrn elm neues Lied, Distler.
Evening star., 1960-06-05
Two at Lees

Paintings by Howard La
Rue and ceramics by Ralph
Fast are at the Lees Gallery,
1909 Mt. Vernon avenue,
Alexandria, through June 13.
(Open l to 6 daily.)
This is Mr.. La Rue's first
one-man show. His % works
fall into two main catego-
ries: the majority are abs
tract expresSionist, revealing
the influence of Jackson Pol
lock. Mr.. La Rue's tangled
threads" are done in bright
colors, white and black, also
Evening star., 1960-06-05
Art Opportunities

The annual juried group
show at Harrigan's Restau-
rant, 729 Ninth street S.W.,
managed this year by Col
lectors' Corner in George
town, will open next Sunday,
to remain through July 3.
Today and tomorrow are en-
try days, 10 am. to 8 pm,
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TODAY

SALLY MACARTHUR, piano. Nationa
Gallery of Art, 8 pm. Sonata No
q: o.: E nat, Haydn: Nocturne in r
D fiat. Opus 27 No. 2; PastoralC
and Toccsta, Poulenc; Carnival
Opus 8, Schumann.
GEORGE OSMOLOVSKY, violin,
Henry kingman, piano. Barker Hall
YWCA, 4 pm. Sonata No. g.
Handel; Andante, Menuetto, Largo
Bourree, Bach: Romance in r
Beethoven: Mazurka. Wieniawski,
AIT Wien, Godowsky: Havanaise,
Saint=Saens; Spanish Dance No. s,
SaraSate.
ANNE F. BYRNE, organ. Washington
Cathedral, Immediately following
the 4 pm. service Choral varia-
tons on the Veni Creator, Duruf1e:
Prelude and Fugue in C minor,
Bach: Arioso, Sowerby; The Filters,
Dandrieu The Hen, Rameau;
Sonata III, Mendelssohn.
Evening star., 1960-06-05

2017 I street NV. through
next Thursday. (Open daily,
IL to S.
The show includes water
colors and photographs in
colorS and black and white,
of completed commissions,
as well as examples and
swatches Of textiles, wall
hangings and space sepa-
rators of unusual combina-
tions of materials; full-scale
details such as gold columns
and decorative overdoors and
overmantels, consoles and
candelabra, antique furni-
ture, and objects made by
Mr.. Greer, tiles and colored
glass or plastic mosaics
through which light streams,
and many other decorative
materials.
The illustrated interiors
are individual, contemporary
in feeling (but not slavishly
so in details) comfortable
and livable looking. They are
happily devoid of Shin-crack-
ing oddities and metal-pipe
austerity.
Has Won Awards
Mr.. Greer was educated for
his profession at George
Washington and Pennsyl-
vania Universities and the
Pennsylvania Academy of the
Fine Arts. He has been an
editorial writer and art critic.
Thirteen years ago he es-
tablished John ]. Greer As
sociates, Inc. in Georgetown.
His designs have fetched
awards.
He is a member of the
American Institute of Dec
orators, on whose advisory
committee he recently served,
and the Washington Arts
and University Clubs. He also
finds time to be active in
civic groups.
Some visitors to this eX-
hibition will probably be-
come discontented after view
ing these spacious and chic
interiors, and will hurry home
and start throwing things
away. (This reviewer did,
Evening star., 1960-06-05
NEWS OF MUSIC
By DAY THORPE
Star Music Critic

Wnlle we re waiting IOr Lle
Cultural Center to make
something new of our hot
weather music habits, we can
get along very nicely this
year with more of what we've
long been used to. However,
the Washington music lover,
tantalized by the Cultural
Center's prospectus, finds it
difficult to restrain his ma
tural impatience until it is
built. Freedom lovers, on the
other hand, can hardly wait
for the Freedom Wall. Why
don't the two groups combine
their efforts and resources
and agitate for a joint Struc-
ture that will meet all the re-
quirements - Freedom Wall
With a Roof?
Meanwhile we can sing ora
torios, attend operas, and
listen to service bands. To-
morrow the Cathedral Choral
Society's public read
throughs start with a re-
hearsal and performance
of Brahms. ''DeutSches Re-
quiem." The plan, highly
successful last season, is
an invitation to anyone
who wants to sing the
advertised piece to come
to the Cathedral shortly be-
fore $50 pm. and pay 81 for
the loan of a vocal score.
When the scores are distrib-
uted, Paul Galloway will re-
hearse the work and, after
a pause and a cigarette, con-
duct an uninterrupted per-
formance.
On following Mondays the
Mozart Requiem. the Kyrie
and Gloria of the Bach B
minor Mass, and the last
three movements of the same
piece will be given similar
productions. Mr.. Galloway
conducts the first two, Rich
ard Dirksen the other two.
Thursday. the Navy Band,
directed by Comdr. Charles
Brendler, with our old friends
Gordon Finlay. cornet, and
Ben M. Morris, tenor, as
soloistS, starts its weekly
watergate concerts, and the
next night the Air Force
Band under Col. George S.
Howard carries on. Tuesday,
the Army Band under Maj.
Hugh Curry opens the Water
gate season.
On July IL the Salmaggi
Opera arrives for its third
summer at the Carter Barron
Theater. It's bringing the
operas everybody wants to
hear, and if it is as good as
it was last year it probably
will please the customers,
who last summer filled Carter
Barron for virtually every
performance. The operas, a
different one daily, are:
Carmen" Madame Butter
fly" "Cavalleria Rusticana"
and Pagliacci," lie Boheme,"
"Tosca" and Aida" They will
be conducted by the highly
competent Anton Guadegno
and sung by a cast which in
cludes Nicola Moscogna, Jan
Peerce, Robert Merrill, Kurt
Baum, Frank Valentino, CAL
vim Marsh, Claramae Turner,
Olivia Bonelli, Howard Fried,
Lloyd Harris and Anthony
Palmeri. Several weeks ago
consideration was being given
to a locally recruited chorus,
but the last report is that
Salmaggi will use one from
New York.
At the Watergate, the Dis
trict Recreation Department
has announced two programs
AN all-Gershwin night on
June Is and a Potomac Jazz
Festival on the 22nd and 29th.
OPERA SEASON
The Opera Society of
Washington is bringing two
unfamiliar operas to town
during its next season, and
one which is rarely heard in
this country in the form in
which its composer wanted it.
Tchaikovsky's THE Queen of
Spades" sometimes called