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WILMETTE LIF.E November 16, 1928 Music News and Events Little Symphony Warmly Received in Monday Program ·.Soloist B7 Ratlaecla L. Pretul . The Little Symphony orchestra was welcomed back last Monday evening at the New Trier High school auditorium with hearty applause. Everyone seemed to feel happy to see Mr. Dasch again at the baton, and remembered players in their places in this the seventh season of the orchestral concerts. For while it was feared they would not return, but Roland Whitman, president of the New Trier Orchestral association announced that the membership drive went over the top, and all is well financially. The balance of the orchestra is much better this year, for the strings have been bolstered up, and some of the brass taken away, the first violins are especially fine. The way everyone plunged into the opening number, Massenet's Overture from "Phedre," was a delight. It was played with breadth of conception, and the tone was good and solid. ll the changes of mood were masterfully handled, and every member "clicked" with Mr. Dasch's baton. Fine work. For the second number, they chose Mozart's Symphony No. 35, which is said to have been played only once ~ before, and that in Chicago. Why it isn't played as often as his three popular symphonies see~s strange, for it Miss Ilse Forster, contralto, will be is very pleasing. In the andante es- the soloist at the Wilmette Sunday pecially the orchestra got the real feel- Evening club, November 18. Miss ing for Mozart, with a gracefully Forster has appeared as soloist with curved melodic line and flexibility in George Dasch's Little Symphony at ornamentations. The applause follow- the Art Institute and with other well ing the composition must have been known orchestras. She gave a recital gratifying to the orchestra. at the Women's Athletic club last fall The first half of the program con- to a large audience. Miss Forster has cluded with four numbers from a suite stu,died abroad. for string orchestra by a present day Bridge. English composer, Frank There was a beautiful depth and pro- Chicago Symphony Will portion to the first, a Prelude, and Play Bloch's "America" the Intermezzo was lightly taken. The gem was the Nocturne, with its The Chicago Symphony orchestra dreamy, singing melody. Restrained will play Ernest Bloch's prize-winning and refin~d playing, in,!initely poetic, composition, "America," December 20 made it the outstanding bit of the eve- and 21. "America" was given first ning. place in the contest promoted by M usiAfter the intermission, the orchestra cal America last year. It was unanimtook the opportunity to let several of ously chosen by Mr. Stock, Serge . its members make a bow to the public. Koussevitzky of Boston, Walter DamHerman Felber, violinist, played a rosch of New York, Leopold StokowWilhelmj arrangement of Schubert's ski of Philadelphia, and Alfred Hertz "Ave Maria." Probably due to ner- of San Francisco, all eminent conducvousness or insufficient practice with tors, and they will all conduct "Amerithe orchestra, one noticed his inter- ca," in Decemberr. pretation good. Russel Mason, flutist, In chosing "America," Stock is shown in a Scherzo from "A Midsum- quoted as saying it seemed to him "the mer Night's Dream," by Mendelssohn- outstandingly great work of the ·enDasch, and Lillian Poenisch and Theo- tire contest." Mr. Stokowski prodore DuMoulin, clarinetist and 'cell- claimed it a "noble and masterly ist, respectively, were heard in "Under score"; and Mr. Hertz spoke of it as the Linden," from "Scenes Alsacien- a "masterpiece that may well become nes," by Massenet-Dasch. Both com- a classic of American symphonic litpositions received excellent treatment. erature." · Mr. Damrosch was also enRobert Quick showed fine work in the thusiastic over it. Mr. Bloch has dediviola part of Wolf-Dasch's "Serenade." · cated "America" to the memory of The orchestra itself gave Strauss' Walt Whitman and Abraham Lincoln. waltzes from "Legends from the Vienna Woods," stirringly, if less Present "La Boheme"·at faultlessly as its other work; and it Sunday Opera Matinee closed with Rimsky-Korsakow's "Danse des Bouffons," playing it with spirit, Holders of Civic opera coupon "mileand ending the evening on a bright age" books and all who are not regular note. subscribers will have an excellent opportunity to obt\lin good seats for Sunday ENTERTAINS PUPILS afternoon, November 18, when . "La BoSixtem pupils of Miss Pauline Petti- heme" will be presented for the third bone, noted pianist, were entertained and time this season. Hitherto it has been PYe an impromptu p;ano program at given on a subscription night and a subher home, 512 Central avenue, Wilmette, scription matinee, and hundreds were Jut S.nlay. turned away both times. NEXT WEEK A.T OPERA Monday evening, November 19, at 8 -"AIDA"-Eva Turner, Cyrena Van Gordon, Ulysses Lappas, Giuseppe Cavadore, Luigi Montesanto, Chase Baromeo, . Virgilio Lazzari ; Marla With the first two weeks of the 1928Yurieva and Ballet ; Conductor, 29 season of the Chicago Civic Opera Roberto Moranzonl. company now musical history, the third Tuesday evening, November 20 at 8 - "OTELLO"-Marion Claire, Marl~ week at the Auditorium theatre continues Claessens, Charles Marshall, Jose with unabated brilliance, bringing before Mojica, Lodovico Olivlero, Cesare the public works of the greatest posFormichi, Chase Baromeo, Eugenio Sandrini, Antonio Nicolich ; Conductor, sible interest and artists who have Roberto Moranzoni. proved exceedingly popular. Wednesday evening, November 21 at A survey of the new artists presented 8-"ROMEO AND JULIET"-Edith Mason, Irene Pavloska, Marla Claesto patrons of the Chicago Civic Op.e ra sens, Charles Hackett, Jose Mojica, indicates that of the fifteen new singCesare. Formlchi, Desire Defrere, ers engaged for this season, ten have Edouard Cotreuil, Antonio Nicolich, Eugenio Sandrini ; Incidental dances already appeared in various roles, and by the Ballet; Conductor, Giorgio all have met with unusual ·success. In Polacco. this category can be placed Maria OlsThursday evening, November 22, at 8 - "SAMSON AND DELILAH"- · zewska,. contralto, who appeared in Cyrena Van Gordon, CJtarles Marshall, presentations of "Carmen" and "LoGiuseppe Cavadore, Lodovico Oliviero, hengrin" and met with ·successful apCesare Formichi, Edouard Cotreuil, Howard Preston, Antonjo Nicolich ; proval from ·the most discerning criMaria Yurieva, Vechslav Swoboda tic's;. Madon ·Claire, who won instant and Ballet; Conductor, Giorgio popularity for her interpretations Polacco. in "La Boheme," "Lohengrin," "Otello" Saturday matinee at 2 ·- "THE TALES OF HOFFMAN" - Marion and "I Pagliacci"·; Eva Turner, who Claire, Helen Freund, Irene Pavloska, was lauded as a sensational artist for Ada Paggi, Rene Maison, Jose Mojica, her gifted characterizations in "Aida," Lodovico Oliviero, Vanni-Marcoux, Desire Defrere, Barre Hill, Edouard "The Masked Ball" and "Cavalleria Cotreuil, Antonio Nicolich, Eugenio Rusticana"; Coe Glade and Hilda Sandrini; Incidental dances by the Burke for their splendid work in Ballet ; Conductor, Giorgio Polacco. Saturday evening, November 24 at "Aida"; Barre Hill for his interpreta8-(Pop.u lar prices, 75c to $4) "CARtion of the role of Silvio in "I PagliMEN"-Maria Olszewska, Elizabeth acci," and Ulysses Lappas for his exKerr, Alice d'Hermanoy, Ada Paggi, Ulysses Lapp us, Jose Mojica, Cesare perienced and cqnsummate handling Formichi, Edouard Cotreuil, Desire of tenor roles in "Aida" and "I PagDefrere, Eugenio Sandrini ; Incidental liacci". dances by Maria Yurieva, Vechslav Swoboda and the Ballet ; Conductor, Of the remaining new artis~s, all will Giorgio Polacco. have been heard and seen within anSunday matinee, November 25, at 2 -"MADAME BUTTERFLY"- Edith other month, and their debuts are Mason, Patricia O'Connell, Irene awaited witg eager anticipation. Of Pavloska, Charles Hackett, Lodovico these artists, Frida Leider, Margherita Oliviero, Luigi Montesanto, Desire Salvi and Emil Schipper are the most Defrere, Eugenio ~andrinl, Vittorio Trevisan ; Conductor, Giorgio Polacco. prominent, and they will be on the Youthful Artists Win Lofty Praise in Opera Debuts a Trio of 1\.rtists Appear in Musicale at Georgian Winifred Townsend Cree, violinist, Anne Slack, 'cellist, and Ernau Akely, pianist, will give the program of the Georgian musicale Sunday evening, November 18, at the Georgian hotel, Evanston. Mrs. Akely is director of the Georgian musicales. Sunday's program has been announced as follows: ground shortly to prepare for their bows before Chicago audiences. The third week, commencing on Monday, November 19, embraces, on the whole, repetitions o! operas that have been successfully received at earlier presentations, but the week will also include · a work that has not been heard in Chicago in some years. This revival, Offenbach's familiar "The Tales of Hofl'man," will be presented on Saturday afternoon, November 24, and it will mark an interesting afternoon. Rebuilt, restaged with new scenery, costumes, and an entire new production, the performance promises to be an event in the musical history of Chicago. · November 18, 1928 Winifred Townsend Cree ...... . . Violinist Anne Slack ........................ Cellist Ernau Akely . .................... Pianist I Allegro Grazioso ......... . ... . Jadassohn From Trio Op. 16 As :My Dear Old Mother .. .. .... Dvorak Trio II Raisa Cables She Will Sing with Chicago Opera Rosa Raisa, dramatic soprano, who was twice visited by grief and illness during the past year, will return this season to · the Chicago audiences that have so often acclaimed her. First definite assurance to her return was given last Sunday when Business Manager Herbert M. Johnson, of the Chicago Civic Opera company received a cable from Raisa, who is now in Milan, saying that she has regained her health and that she will soon be ready to resume her artistic engagements with the Chicago company. Mme. Raisa will sail from Cherbourg aboard the S. S. Olympic on December 12 and will be ready for her first performance soon afterward. A pres un Reve ............. Faure-Casals Tarantelle . . ... .. . ......... .. ..... Popper Anne Slack Ill Miniatures ........................ Bridge Valse - Hornpipe - March Militaire Trio IV Guitare .............. Moszowski-Sarasate Chant ........ . .... .. .......... ... .. White Nobody Knows De Trouble I've Seen Hejre Kati .. . ............. . ....... Hubay Winifred Cree Valse ...................... Tschaikowsky From Trio Op. 50 Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child .'· ... ........... ... Coleridge-Taylor Danse Espagnole ...... De Falla-Kreisler From "La Vida Breve" Trio v BALLET ACCOMPANIST Miss Pauline Pettibone, well known pianst whose home is in Wilmette, left last week as accompanist with Adolph Bolm and Ballet for a series of programs on a circle tour of principal cities from Des Moines on the west to Atlanta on the south and Washington and Pittsburgh on the east. RECITAL PROGRAM SUNDAY Yolanda Mero, pianist, will appear in recital at the Studebaker theater Sunday afternoon, November 18, under the sponsorship of Bertha Ott, Inc. Fritz Renk, popular young Chicago violinist, will give a recital at the Playhouse this Sunday under similar auspices.