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WILMETTE LIFE October 18, 1934 Symtphony W-11 Oen--011IN CHUICAGO RIECITAL '11'aneosCorner"o 44th Season This ,Week To B3e Guiven Oct. 10 This coming week sees Doctor Frederick Stock on the conductor's stand to open the forty-fourth season of. the Chicago Symphony orchestra, in Orchestra Hall. This is the véteran conductors tbirtieth year as conductor of the organization. The first program of the Friday afternoon series will be played at 2:15. The programs 'ar the first week consist of the following: Thursday-Friday :-Bach's Suite No. 3, D major; Beethoven's Symphony No. 5, Enesco's Roumanian Rhapsody No. 1. Paganini's Perpetual Motion, orchestrated by Dr. Stock and played by ail the vi olins, and Strawinsky's Suite, "The Fire Bird." Saturd ay nigbt, the first Popular prograni will be played consisting of Nicolai's Overture to the "Merry Wives of Windsor"; Tschaikowsky's Fifth Symphony, Grieg's Lyric Suite No. 54, Pag- anini's Perpetual Motion and Strauss' Waltz, "The Bat." From year to year, the personnel of the Chicago Symphony orchestra changes little. This year there will be five new members to be welcorned at the flrst rehearsal Monday morning. Three of these new men have been trained by Doctor Eric DeLa- marter in' the Civic orchestra: Harold Kupper, vio- lin, joseph L. Kovas, violin, and Harold Brown, bass. Milton Preves, viola, is a member of the Mischakoff String quartet, and William Williams, 'cellist, cornes fromn the Evanston Symphony or- chestra. The list of soloists during the year is as followvs Thursday-Friday concerts: Piano: Dalies Frantz, *Ossip Gabrilowitsch, Tomford Harris, Myra Hess, Josef Hofmann, Vladimir Horowitz, May Doel- ling Schmidt; violin: Bronislaw Huberman, Nath- an Milstein, Mischa Mischakoff, Viola Mitchell. John Weicher; violoncello: Emmanuel Feuer- matin, 'Daniel Saidenberg; guest conductors: Sir Hamilton Harty, Igor Strawinskv. The coming season marks the 250th anniversary -of the birth of Johann Sebastian Bach. In com- memoration of this date Dr. Stock has planned to present the B Minor Mass and Saint Matthew's Passion. In these works the orchestra will rave the assistance of the Apollo Musical club and out- Vreeland, sopranos:, Rose Bampton and Kathryn, standing soloists such as Claire Dux and Jeannette Msecontraltos;* Frederick Jagel and Dan ,Gridley, tenors; Chase Baromeo, baritone, and Fred Patton, bass. Ini addition to these two great masterpieces, other works of the famous comn- poser will be played throughout the season. The'sixteenth season of Young People's concerts will consist of six concerts--to be presented on the third Wednesday afternoon of each month, begin- ning on November 21. Twvo program s tudy classes ini advance of the symphonies will get under wvay this wveek. One at Harvey's Michigan Avenue restaurant at 5 :45 on - *rhursday nights, and one at eleven on Friday nxorn-, ings in the Wedgwood room at Marshall, Field's. Both are.under the supervision of Marx and Anne Oberndorfer. tExh.bitu'ng Pcue Alice Mae Jackson of Wilmette is exhibiting two. pictures in the 1934 Century of Progress exhibition of the AUl Illinois Society of Fine Arts at the Ste- vens hotel. One is an oul painting entitled "Mitzie," a still-lif e of a parrot and flowers. The other, a drawing in rhythmic lines suggesting a.Polish danc- er, is an interpretation of a Chopin mazurka as, played by Micha Levitsky. In a previous exhibition of the AIi-Illinois society Miss Jackson showed a color expression in oul of Ravel's "Bolero." A4lbert Spaudding. Apiiericaei violinlist. who lbas beeis acclaimed in Europe and America as one of the greates,' of violin virtuosos, wilI give a conicert ini Orchestra hall Suniday, October 29, under auspices of the Illi;iois Leagite of WonlwuI Voters. ir. Spaudding's selections over the radio on l/VedIlesday even ings last zt'in tcr were en - joycd by thousands. Mir. Spawdding is kno-zi' /'articilarly forfils unfailing beatt of topie. Club Uisbands The 75 mnembers of the Tuesdav A 'rt and Travel club, dishanding after 28 years, has voted to spend the remaining treasu ry money in tickets for the Tuesday concerts of the Chicago Symphony orches- tra. Under the leadership of Mrs. Philip C. -Kess- 1er. whose son, has been an orchestra patron for eleven vears, the members will attend four Tuesdav afternoon programs en masse. The club has donated over $15,000 in scholarships to the Art Institute during ifs quarter. century of existence. SYMIPHONY LEAIDER This corning season will be Dr. Frederick Stock': thirtieth vear as conductor of the Chi- cago Syrnphony orchestra, whi.ch is opening ths wveek at Orchestra hall. The North Shore Little Theatre wiîl open its sesnwith a performance of Priestly's "Danger- ous Corner" at the Evanston .Woman's club on October 30. Trhis interesting psychological drama closed its Chicago runi oniy a few months since, and bias flot yet been presented by any other littie theatre ini this nieighborhood. The cast includes some of the best known actors along the north shore, among whom are Helen Aldrich and William Shepherd of Winnetka, as well as Lois Jacob, Albert Weise, Bruce Adams, Mrs. Paul Cook and Catherine Swihart Wrenn of Evanston. Brent Wrenni as director, bias brought a number of interestinig plays to the niorth shore during the past two years, and offers a strong schedule during the current season. Aside froni "Dangerous Corner," the subscription list includes "Candie- light." "Alien Corn,' "Thie.Queen XVas ini the Parlor" and "Biography." Art League WiII Sleet on Fruday On Friday evening at 6 o'clock, in the studio of the North Shore Art league, art will take on its gaver moments in the f orm of an evening of pleas- ure. A box supper at 6 o'clock will be followed bv a.program prepared by James Cady Ewell. René [<avenant lias planned an exhibition of -sum- mer sketches by the members, Which aIlvays create such interest, as our people have been to many climes and foreign shores painting. interesting sketches. Those who have remained liere have rev- eled ini sketching at A Century of Progress.. Anita Willets Burniham hias tutored a grou p there the past summer. Others of our group have enjoyed paint- ing in the foreign villages. A unique exhibit is expected. Ail these pictures wvill be matted ini order to give a miore profess.ional background. On Monday aft ernoon at 2, an interesting group of p)eople are studving the history of art at the studio, with Mrs. Grace Brion leading. Egyptian art was enjoyed last week, and a review of Baby- lonian and Syrian art with illustrations from the Art institute will be the subjects this week and next.-S. V. Chamber M~usic. Concerts The North Shore Chamber Music association an- nounces four concerts for its coming season. The first one, which wil libe held on Sunday afternoon, November 11, will be given by the Philharmonie String quarte. On December 9,Amy Neill, violin- ist, and Agnes Conover, pianist, will appear in a sonata- program. February 10 the Philharmonic. String quartet will give the program. And the final concert on March 10 wilI be given by the Cordon String quartet. Ail the concerts are held at 4 o',clock on Suiiday afternoons in the Kenilworth Assemblv hall. Life of Liszt. A life of the great Liszt by Sachevereli Sitwell lias recently been published by Houghton Mifflin company. Arthur Mendel in "The Saturday Reviewv" writes that there is hardly a duil page in Mr. Sit- well's book, and that the glamour of Liszt is vividly present. Liszt was the first great pianist, writes Mr. Mendel, and the greatest there bias ever been. He was a wonderfully handsome and attractive young man, generous, warmbearted, tolerant, utterly lack- ing in envy or any sort of pettiness. 1 . October 18, 1934 WIL METTE LIFE