Wilmette Life (Wilmette, Illinois), 6 Feb 1936, p. 24

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On~e of the Most.noteworthy attributes of Miscba Levitzki, the pianisti who will appear in the Artist-Recital concert in the New Trier High School auditorium Monday *evening, February 10. is bIis vèrsatility, best proven by cmmnso critics the world over.'-- Some ýtbink he excels in Chopin. Others be- lieve that Beethoven is bhis best medium of expres- sion. StilI others insist that -his interpretation of Liszt is soperb and powerful, *hile another group prefers the delicacy and s ubtiety witb whicb he Plays Scbumann. Levitzki bas aproidigious, memory. Once while jin, Australia he played nine compfletely. differenit recital programs witbin the short period of three weeks. This- means that he played about, one hundred and fifty compositions of an average length of ten to -fifteen minutes. In addition beý performed severalconcertos ,with orchestra. Next week Levitzki will play Chopin, Beethoven,. Ravel, Scarlatti, Liszt andoné of his..own campo- F.uions. The program mill be as fo.llows:* Soiiata, A Major (One niovemnent)......Scarlatti Sonata, Op. 57 ("Appassionata> ...Beethoven Allagro assai Andante con moto Allegro moderato Nocturne, F Minor ..... ýChopini Prelude, F 'Major .. ........ Chopin, Valse Brilliante, 'A Fiat MaJor, (Op. 34, No. 1. Çhopin Prelude, A Major .....................Chopin Scherzo, C Sharp Minor............hopin jeux dEau (The Founta'in) Ravel Arabesque Valsante............Levltzki La Camipanella...........>gnn-iz Local ArtIsts Exhibit in Chicago &rea Show North shore artists are well represented in the Fortieth Annual Exhibition byý Artists. of Chicago and Vicinity at tbe Art Institute in Cbicago fromn January 30 to March 1. Faniiliar îîames of local men and women, many of whom belong to -the North Shore Art leaeue, and the pieces the), exhibit include: Hazel Crow Iwell-' FrormScot- land,". portrait of. a Scotch woman; Rudolph F. Rut Slcjicz.yiski, cliild prodigy and celebratcd pianisit, wilI appear j» lier oniy Chicago recital of thc year; Mondai'. Febrpitar-' 10. at Orchestra hall.. Riffhiis l'de)>z îcars old and inc lic tuje o(ý,, lff rc lias ben i inq lypro fessionfl conicerts. Chicago Exhibition The annual exhibition of the Association of Chicago Painters and Scuiptors will open with a reception Saturday, February. 8, at the Chicago Galleries association, 220 North Michigani avenue, Chicagzo.. Frank R. Harper of Glencoe, portrait painter and president of the association.. an-ý nounices. Other north shore artists ýassisting with the direction of the exhibit are Antonin Sterba of Evanston, a member of.the board of directors, and Franik C..Peyraud of Highland Park, a mnem- ber of, the jury of awards. '.%r. Peyraud and Ruî- dolph Ingerle of Highland Park in past ve.ars have both, won the gold medal award of the association. The gold medal award is by popular vote. a4d this year will be presented at aîn association din-: iier. Februariy 15., The Municipal Art I.eague cash prize of $100, and the L. L. Valentine cash prize* of $100 wilI be awarded by the jury.-'and announcedat the opening of the exhibition. The association was originally known as the Chicago Society of Artists.,,In 1924 the more conservative element split f rom the radical ele- ment and organized under the new namne of the Association of Chicago Paint'--s and Scti1ttors. \Tisitors will find the show, therefore, essentially conservative. It numbers among.its exhibitors and. niemibers such weil-known names as those previ- ously mentioned, also John A. Spelman, Edward T. Grigware.C Cade Buck, ýand Lorado Taf.t. the * ~culTor he exhibition, closes March 7 MarionAnd'erson Recitalt Reca1Ils N. S. &pearan ce. Musical, Socuety od Bi, Genecvieve Il'Jijtiiîae It is always a deliiht to witness the flowering of a talent, observed over a period of ýrears, Suclb a pleasure was mine January 26th when 1 attended the song recital of the ainazing young woiani, Marion Anderson. Eigbt or ten years ago she .. sang here i. Xin- netka with our "Littie Symnphony Orchestra." Tbough she was then just at- the threshold of ber powers, I feit the superb natural beautyr of ber rich contralto voice and was mioved immeasurabl3v by the draniatic appeal of lier interpretation. *Today both voice and technique bave. traveled far, and she caîî rightly take her place with those, Nvho weave their speli of beauty about us. Her program of classic severity was given with an opulance of tone and dramatic intensity that he.ld Program, IFebruary 10 The Lake View Musical society, of wbich Ms Cora WVillis Ware is president, will hold its next concert Monday afternoon, February 10, at 2:30 o'cock ini the Crystal ballroom of the. Blackstone biotel. The program, arranged by Millicent Chapinan Cooke, wull be presented by Grac.e Desmond Hol- land,- pianist, Florence H1enine, pianist, Irene ,Stolofsky, violinist, and Sylvia Lubi, soprano, with Rhea Shelters as accompanist. Mrs. Heniry B. Vanzwold, social .chairman,' has chosen. the fol- lowing to1 serve as hostesses: Mrs. Charles Buresh a ndý Mr s. Frederic Tellander of Evans-. ton. . Thomas Anderson, Mrs. G. Louis Lehile and Mrs. WVesley M. Thomas of Chicago. y Carleton Band Concert Icegesana schelM5 uimusic in the country. Last year Mrs. Kidd went east for the samne purpose. She wdlI give several lectures on ancient music ani instruments. Mrs. Kidd is a meniber of the Winnetka Music club, a teacher at New Trier High school, and music examiner of the Girl Scouts of Winnetka. rocketteci to instant ifame-'The G~reen Trable."~ The entire choreography of the ballet's dances is the product of Denmark's master, of balletomane,' Kurt Joos s,. whose choreographic talent bas been called the: greatest ever developed outside the Imperial RussianBallet and its genius, Diaghelev.: Uram.atic Uritic Lectures John Mason Brown, dramatic critic of the New York Evening Post, will lecture before the Drama Club of Evanston at 2:30 O'clock Thursday, Feb- ruary 13, at the Woman's Club of Evanston. His topic, "Broadway in Review," will be a, discus-, sion of the current plays. Mr. Brown was elected to the,,Hall of Fame in tbe July, 1935, issue of, Vanity Fair.

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