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To Sing M oflllay ._~.._.._ ~ilil·-....- .-......... ·---. Y' ....Iet Wllo Ia to PlllJ .H. . Mania 1 Benno Rabinof, Russian vioUniat, who made hia ChicqCl debut recentlti · and who is to appear as soloist th Little Symphony orchestra, 'ftnanday, March 1, under the spon~ of the New Trier Orchestral -~·~a~tion, has won lavish praise from critics throughout the United · ~-L Ingroup costumes 0~ thewho Civil War period, ____.....~~~.....,~...a- the of arttsts presented the I M·ici.ril Gift Pmpam · ·Yo·iJt Trtn~bllllo·rs · ia Civil w.r.C.tume1 Sing Ju1t for F·~; Plan A""""' c oncerl ·· B-!--....:... v...._. the ·din· tea. this distinguished young master: "Benno Rabinof uncovered a great d strikill8' talent. His tone is sometllbur to stir the soul, ~mcJ he has the ·aal reckless and disdainful technical ec)~ent. For there are no poor .Unists nowadays, not even when tlaey, like Mr. Rabinof, can claim no JDOre than twenty-one years. He, however, would seem to have a little ....-e than mott of the others. Notaltly, he bas a tense of beauty to which aU else is ~eeonclary. He avoids almost entirely the slithery portamento and the wabbly vt"brato, those unfailidg aidl of the sentimentalists. His tone, oo. the coatrar)', is pure,. ri~h, and the aaore ~t because 1t 1s so completely leiitimate." . . . . Crlticia·· ldward Moore, in the February 4 · ioae of the . Chicago Tribune, said of Other notable comments are: N. Y. Time1-"Kr." Rabinof is not ooly weD sclaooled but a decidedly accomplished ~dormer. He is now conspicaous for a clean and brilliant technique, a tone that is clear and refiaed. a scrupulous observance of detail -He won a musician's laurels. ...:OHn Downes. N. Y. Evening Joumat-·-The master was of course ·uproariously applauded, but not more so than his ,_oang man when the fiddler had _liven dae meas·e of his quality. What .Ues biaa interesting and important as a fidcller seems to be something be will probably always have with him, aad that is an acutely sensitive feeiU.. for ·the inner beauty of music. He .-oalds sentimental phrase with a tenderness that touches the heart, but dais tendemeu is so dewy and delicate dlat there is never any remote thoUJht oi sentimentality behind it."-Irvmg Weil. The World-.. M.r. Rabinof plafed lleaatifuUy and with uncanny techmcal 6nish throUKhout-Hii fingers scampered across the finaerboards with ....Uficent accuracy, never missing a IM)te."-Samael Chotzinoft. G.b ·· hi . . . . . . . N. Y. American-'·He displayed a considerable order of musicianship and tense of st1le. He knows how to build sweeping lanes and how to amalgamate with the orchestral voice. His bowing · unusually pliable and certain. His laa'en have strength an4 accuracy. tone is voluminous and penetrat. He pleased his hearers and won rousins reception."-Leonard Lieb- Supreme among the late winter concert events will be the coming to Evanston of Tito Schipa, world famous tenor, Monday evening, Feb. 20. He will sing at the Woman's club auditorium, giving the next concert of the North Shore series directed by Miss Mary So Marshall. Music lovers hav~ had rare opportunity, under Miss Marshall's patronage, for nine seasons of hearing the cre;pn of national and international musicians in intimate surroundings. The demand for single adminion tickets to the Schipa concert has reduced the limited supply, which may be procured from Miss Marshall With his accompanist and pianist, Frederick Longas, Schipa wiD sing the following program: Caro mlo ben La Parfalleta. o .................. Giordani program at the Evanston Music Study Men's voices in song may be heard club's gu~st evenng, made graceful several evenings each week at the Orand timely ap~arance. rington hotel where a group of youn.g :Miss Helen ToUefson, holder of the men working in Evanston or Chtclub's scholarship at Northwestern gather for singing fests. "We UniYersity School of Music for the are ~ bunch of fellows who like to second year, a youns pianist of much sing and just get together for a good talent. was one of the _sroup appear- time," states one of the members. !Of! Others were Kiss Helen llenden"Troubadour Glee club" they call hall, _7oung soprano, and Mrs. Hazel the111'5elves and as such they are Mac:lfaqJ, vioWU.t. known to radio audiences of WEHS The pianist's fint group included the over which they have broadcast sevMozart-Letchetizley "Gigue," an "Air" eral times. They have also appeared by Bach, and Scarlatti's "Cappriccio." in concerts, but their chief raison Later she played Wagner-Liszt's d'etre, they assert, is just to sing for "Spin~ Song," a Chqrin Noctourne their own pleasure. Young men who and Ballade. Kiss llendenhaU's se· first belonged have gathered in friends 1ections were Hawthorne's "The Mock- whom they knew would sing if they ing-Bird," Marziles' "Twickenbam had . the chance and have built up a Ferry," and the "Blue Danube" waltz, 1e 1 b f 25 b Wecker6n's translation. Mrs. :Mac- g e c 0 0 mem ers. Harg's number was Polka "Boheme" They first organized three years ago, by Rabenstein-Elman, and the trio and in celebration of their start they played Goddard's "Berceuse" from are planning now tQ give an annual concert at the Woman's club of Ev· ·"Jocelyn!' The home of Mrs. WiDiam H. anston on :May 4 or 11. The exact Knapp, at Evanston, was opened date will be announced later. Between · host- now they expect to broadcast for the meeting and the assistmg . and then WEHS esses were Mrs. Kenneth Wilson, Mrs. agam over · Warren G. Waterman, Mrs. Bernice .. M~ny of the sing'!rs are frol!' New Ozman and Mrs. Homer Cooper. /. 'filer. some from W1nnetka, Wilmette · ·and Kenilworth and several from Evanston. John G. Gunn, director and Gordon s~ Quartet to announcer over WEHS, is the leader · Give Concert This Sunday of the club and the baritone soloist. The Gordon String quartet will ap- Among the Evamton young men in the club are Walter Quimby, Richard pear Sunday afternoon, February 19, Quimby, J. Carr, William Able, C. N. in the second of a series of six cham- Carlson and Ridgeway Daggy. ber music concerts being given in the James Simpson theatre of Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago. Pupils of Edith Y ouna The concert will begin at 3 p.m. Pruent O·u Recital These concerts are given under the auspices of the Chicago Chamber MuA class recital was given Tuesday sic society, which cha.rges a small fee afternoon, February 7, at 630 Park for admission. The third will be given avenue, by a group of pupils of Miss on March II. Edith Ray Young. The names of this group and the selections they played, followe.s : cap Uptown Civic Matineea 'Martha (II'Apparl) · o · · · · · · · · · · · · · J'lotow Where'er You Walk .......·.... Handel PaDIII Anaellcua .................. Franck lA Rol D'Ya ....................... I..Io CaDclon Andaluaa ............... Palaelos Pe.a d'amore ............... Bartbelemy The Day When My Dreama Come True .....................·..·..·.. Bateman Evocaclon-(Jberla) .............. Albenls Jota. .............................. IA»ntraa Se foal mla .......·.....·..... Lo Verde BonJour, Suson .................. Dellbea Mlgnon-(Arla-Act II) ......... Thomas I.a Cale8a ..................... Granados llr. Loops ~ookiyn Eule-"lt became immediately evident that Mr. Rabinof is not · ordinary fiddler. His capabilities ~ _Jfeat. His is a beautiful tone, Wbolly musical, . of poetic hue. We ft not heard a better from a newia ~a~~y oons. Kr. Jlabinof lUke his instrument siDf with a ent 1Jricism. a truly bepiling tit ud tenderneu of ·tterance. caa also nake it do other thinp. ~ is e·rt; of staccato and Frances Berkova, the violinist who Rabinof, Violinist, to was to appear with the Little Symphony concert at New Trier, March 1, IJe will be unable to appear by reason of unforeseen demands that she should· remain for additional appearances on Symphony orchestra at New Trier the Pacific Coast. To have bad her auditorium, Thursday evening, March 1. would have required a postponement Mr. Rabinof comes in the place of of the co~cert, it is explained, which Frances Berkova, who had been schedwas andes1rable. uled for that date, according to Roland D. Whitman, president of the New his intonation is always perfect. The Trier Orchestral association, which cadenza in the first allegro of the sponsors the Little Symphony proTschaikovsky concerto · was flawlessly grams. executed."-Edward Cushing. Brooklyn Standard Union-.,Last HEAR JOSEPH LHEVINNE night:s concert at Carnqie hall should Joseph Lhevinne, one of the world's be recorded as one of the oatstandina supreme pianists, appeared in concert features of the season's calender .... at the Haven school, Evanston,..- FriRabinof played with his soul on the day of this week u.nder auspices of the bow. Besides the concertos, Rabinofs Evanston North Encl Mothers' club. interpretation of the crueUy clever The concert marki. Mr. Lhevinne's only passages of Paganini's Witches' a~nce of the current season in ~, .;... Extended ltineruy Keepa Berkova in Cout Citiea Patricia Fisher Look, Look at the Boldlen . . . . . Gaynor Ding Dong Dell ... _. .. .. . .. .. .. Gaynor Sue Lott Tlng Tlng ...................... Gaynor Betty Waugh Hear the Drum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cramm Jog Along . ; ... . ....... ·. .. .. . .. . Cramm Vary Lou Oehme In the Church (duet) . . .. . . .. . .. . . Orth Jack Stein and Mia Young The Skaters ........... _. . .. .. .. . . Biehl Ruth Seymour The North Wind Doth Blow ...... Swift Karahall Doose Lullaby . .. .. . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . .. . .. . Heller VIrginia Olson Military March . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Schubert Allan Stahl Conaolatlon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mendelssohn Robert Spa.rb Important Event ....... ~ . . . . Schumann · Ruth Webster Ned S)'lllphony Solout Sonata . - . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Beethoven · Arthur Van Deunen Benno Rabinof, Russian violinist, will . . . . . . .. . . . . . .. . .. .. Grleg appear as soloist with the Lit t 1e Morning MoodElsie Loomis Attrad Huge AucHencea Down by the River . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gaynor Baby Bye . . . . . . . . . . . . . . · . . . . . . Gaynor Chicago music critics are sounding the praises of the Uptown Civic Matinee concerts, given every Sunday afternoon in the Aragon ballroom at Broadway and Lawrence avenue. "There," writes Edward Moore, "they count their audiences by the thousands ; mere hundreds would be considered a flat failure." Mary McCormic, soprano and Jose Echaniz, pianist, attracted upward of 5,000 to their joint concert at the Aragon last Sunday. Elsie and Edna Loomis Schenlno .. . .. . . . .. . . .. . .. . .. Haberbler Rolling Stones ... : . . . . . . . . . . MacFaydn George Mohle Serenade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Schubert Elsie and Edna Loomis At the Cradle .. .. .. .. .. . . .. . .. . .. Grleg Walses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Grier; Arletta . - .. -........ ~ . . . . . . . . . . . . . Grier; Edith Ray Young ),(~~·~~~~- -~~~~ .~~~~~~ .~~ f::ti?oven ...... ., CIVIC MATINEE ARTIST Appearing with Will Rogers on the Uptown Civic Matinee prGp'am, Sanday, February 19, wiD be the weDknown and handsome y~ violiniat, Fritz Renk. He wiD play lOme of his own compositions, as weD as interpret some of the most popular melodies ·f . ~-