Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-06-02
Bridal Chorus Too

Oddly enough the Wagner Bridal Chorus also per-
formed at the royal wedding and the vogue dates from
the same The opera from which 1t Is TAKEN Lohen-
grim completed 10 earlier and the first
performance had taken place under List at Wemar two
years after that Wagner himself did not hear Lohengn
performed until 1861 three after the royal English use
of the wedding music and only after the piece had become
a great favorite
While special music for weddings-particuarly royal
weddings-has been composed at all times in our own day
two incidents in the ceremony the arrival OF the bride and
her party and the occasional after the taking Of the vows
have come to be invariably accompanied by music.
why this should be so is little myserious.
thing upon which can ponder while you are waiting IoS
your June bride to make her appearance
NEWS FROM HERE-The Senior Choir and Brass En-
sembe Alfred Neumann conductor Christ Congregational
Church Silver Spring. viii be heard MICS national radio
network today and each Sunday In June The progam Great
Chos of America The time sos to 815 The local out
let: WRC AM-980. FIN 939
will be opera the south lawn of the White House
tomorrow night following state dinner rendered to the Pres
ident India Sarvespah Radhakrhnan. Paul Galloway viii
conduct the first act finale Of Mozarts The Magic Flute in
the English translation of W. H. Auden foodghted plat
form stage will be used with acoustcal SHIELD; 36man
orchestra drawn from the National symphony viii play Ma
thane Merrill of the Met will be stage director The cast
Robert SchmOrr John ReardOn Donald Gramm Patricia
Brooks, George Shirley and Kenneth Smith.
There doubt that the harpsichord basic keyboard
instrument of the century has caught In time
and European reaching into the American market
Washington International Associates 4837 Kerby Hill roao
washington o. D. c. appointed exclusive repre-
sentative Of Peyel of Paris for the sale Of their harpcnoroS
in the United States Another local for the entire
country for the Sperrake instrument is Robert Taylor
8710 Garfield street, Bethesda H. Md.
Arturo TOscanni returns to the air In an NbC RADIO
Network program beginning Wednesday. 9:05l0 pm The
weekly SERIES "Toscanini-The Man Behind the Legend
will consist Of recordings and "reminiscences Of musicians
friends public figures Inermsson speaker on the FIRST
program will be Brig Gen. David Sarnof the man
for creating NBC Symphony Orchestra which Toscann
conducted for II notable Music on the program Will
be recordings of Berioz Roman Carnival Overture and
the Tchaikovsky Flat minor Concerto with Vladimir Horo
soloist Don ellis produces as OF DID, ana Ben raue
is master Of ceremonies.
The National symphony 1o6S-64 scheduled to
off TO the tune higher ticket prices Season SUBSCRIBERS are
being allowed their subscriptions at the present going
rate and the deadne has Just been extenoeo TWO "eeA W
June IT,
BITS AND PIECES-The New York Philharmonic,
which has been broadcast weekly for the last SO has
constantly diminishing audience for the concerts was given
as the reason New York Mayor Wagner has offered the
services of the cyowned WYc for broadcast and distrb
ton Of tapes TO other stations throughout the country Az
issue Of annually. which the orchesras
royalty the network broadcast.
There Is a distinct possibility that the New York Phil
InterlOchen Arts Academy In Interochen Mich.
1t about mterochen could boast four-week con-
season. sort Of Berkshire Festival Of the West
Arnold Senhardt assistant concertmaster Of the Ceve
land Orchestra at 49, in third ct this years Queen
Elizabeth of Belgium international competition for voinss
Russians first and second places: Alexis Mchn, u.s. Of
Minsk. and semiOn sntkovsky, 80. Of Odessa.
WORDS ON MUSIC-Sigmund Spaeth's 32d book on
music entitled The Importance Of Music Fleet s45O) con-
sists Of long Of capsule essays no longer than few
hundred words each) which originally appeared In the
thors regular column In the Music They
chatty journalistic and despite their feather weight are
nicely -senscal for the most part AS be
pected the Of subject matter extremely wide This
the sort OF volume 10 take along outside when you expect
TO take nap In your hammock during bamy summers
day Before doze off, will have browsed through half
dozen pieces and gotten at least good idea about which
10 rIiminate