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32. WILMETTE LIFE December- 21, 1928 Music News and . Events People's Symphony Praised by Critic for Sunday Program by Critic The Chicago People's Symphony orchestra presented a versatile prograP1 Sunday afternoon at the Eighth street theater, Chicago, wl)en it played selection3 from Mendelssohn. Schubert , Bizet, ~nd Liszt. Louis Fernald. so · prano, sang for her first number an Aria, "Wie Nahte mir der Schlummer" by Von Weber, accompanied by the orchestra. She wa~" enthusiastically received. and generously sang a number of encores. Sol Nemovsky, a promising young violini.;t, played a Concerto for violin in D Minor by Vieutxtemps. His technique and expression were fine, and his tone good. He, too, was forced to offer a number of encores. one of which was Nocturne in F Minor by Chopin . The orchestra presented a fi.ne interpretation of Liszt's Hungarian Rhapsodv. Mr. Paulsen introduced two flut~ .:-oloists. who stressed the theme of the rhapsody. One cf the mo~t popular numbers "-as a grou_ p of danc~s from "Henrv VlTI"-the morris dance. shepheard's · dance. and torch dance. which \\'ere played with g-ood technique. expressively and sprightly. This was the sixth concert of the 3eason. All the concerts have proved a popular feature on the Sunday afternoon music schedule. P. M <trinus Paulseti- is director. Vladimar Horowitz Quartet Features Georgian Musicale on Sunday Evening A male quartet comprised of Omar Covert, first tenor; Arthur Scott, second tenor; Arthur Ranous, baritone, and Frank Collins, bass, will give the program of the Georgian Musicale Sunday evening, December 23. Ernau Akely and Arthur Ranou:; will be the soloists. · The program has been announced as follows: I. \\'inter Song .... Frederick Field Bullard Absent .. . ....... Metcalf Po' Iii' Lamb . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Parks Morning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. Oley Speaks Quartet II. Love If for Nothing Else . . ...... Harling Plantation Love Song Deems Taylor Spanish Gold ......... . .. Howard Fisher Ko randle Was There and No Fire .... . . . . . .. ..... . ......... Lehmann Drums . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... . . Meale Mr. Ranous III. Good King- 'Venceslas . Traditional Silent Night . . ... . ... Gruber Here a Torch, .Jeanette, Isabf>lla ........ . . Old Provencal ~oel (in two parts) (} p :-;u Bnmbino . Yon The Birthday of n King .. Neidlinger Qunrtet IV. McDowell Xo\' elette . Sturkon Ryde r Romance . ... Schuett Val!-;e Parisi e nnP Ernau Akely Sunset ..... v. . .. Van de Water Civic Concert Series to Be~in Sunday, January 27 The Civic Orchestra. Frederick StoC'k. director. and Eric DeLamartcr, conduc:-tor, " ·ill give the first of its ·series 0f concerts at Orche . tra hall. Chicago. Sunday afternoon. January 27. There' will he three other concerts, February 24. ~farch 24. and Ma\' S. The la..;t named is the great ant~ual festi,·al nf the Civic ~fusic a.; sociation. Thcr·: will be no concert in April. Our members and the public generall~· are urged to subscribe for th\~ serie .. , which provides some of tb1' most interesting music of the season . Sub3cribers to the four concerts will not only ha,·c their tickets sent the111 . ten da~·s be f. re each concert and thereby will be spared the trouble of goi!1g to the box-office to procure them. b11t will be able to secure the same seats for each performance. Acoustics, Lights Important Factors in Fair Buildin~s From the earliest days of civiliza tio11 Demand for tickets to the Horowitz recital to be given Wednesday eYening, it has been customarv to emplov arDecember 26, promises a capacity audience at the Leslie F. Gates gymnasium, chitects. artists and artizan .:; in -planNew Trier High school. The youthful Ru.;sian pianist, says a leading Chicago ning and constructing: buildings. Th ' critic. is 'the great, the only great, musical sensation of the last ten vear s." Architectural Commission for the Chi He appear..; hen· under auspice:-; of the \Vinnetka Music club. raga Cent'nni~l Celebration i:.; goin g a hig step farther. Illuminating and acoustics engineer:-:. Gitta Gradova Soloist :tnd ('tninent physicians will al.:;o be con · With Symphony Jan. suited and their ideas embraced in Gitta Graclova, pianist, will appear as the construction 0f the httilrlings fL"' orld's Fair in 1933. snloist \\'ith the _ Little Symphony or- the coming \\T The Chicago ~f usic association al · chestra in it:; next concert at New lllumination and acoustics explain ways has made the sing-ing of Chri:;t - Trier auditorium, scheduled for Mon- themselves. Thr province of the phyma. carol:-; by groups of children ·rrom day evening. January 1-L ~1 is ..; Cra- sician \Yill have to do with colors; its various cia ..;. cs in the parks anct dcwa comc·s in the place of Ruth Bre- the influence. the reaction of variou;; playgrouwls one of the interesting-- ton. Yiolinist, \\·ho \\'rt , to have ar·- colors upon the minds of men and or. at least, one of the most picturesqn·· prared o n that date. :\fi ss Breton will "·omen. -of its season's activities. as sume Mi ss Gradova's scheduled enThis year it is .t_.;-ain extending th~ gagement \Yith the Little Symphon~' Raisa Heads Cast in scope of the carol singing, so that a~ next :\fa1ch. :\1i ~ s Garclm·a has been New Year's Eve Opera :-oloist \vith the Little Symphony in many as four different groups will be "Norma," Bellini's great three-act hear-d in the down-town district. All other seasons. opera, has been chosen by the Chicago will sing Saturday afternoon. Dece~n ber 22. Civic Opera company for the gala permet park Tuley park. Grand Crossinrr The following will be the places at park Davis square and Rtts5ell squa'r~ formance New Year's eve. It is the which the children will sing·, the hOl.1l' will he heard in Cnristmas carols undet first performance of this opera since and the parks from which the group..; the direction of Miss Jessie M. Olin in 1919. Rosa Raisa will be making lH·r first appearance of the season in the have been dra\~· n: the lounge of the Sttn·ns hotel. Th~ title role and with her a great cast inAt the Art Institute-Children fro111 ')r~gram will begin at 3 :30. cluding Coc Glade, Alice d'Hermanoy, the choruses at Cornell square, PalAt Lyon and Heal:v's-Children from mer park. Sherman park, Scanlan the classe.:; at Cornell square, Sherman Charles Marshall, Lodovico Oliviero and Virgilio Lazzari. An entire new school and Bessemer park will sin~ t)ark, Scanlan school. Palmer park and production has been built in the studio . ;; carols in Blackstone court, Art Insti- Bessemer park will sing carols at Lvon and workshops of the Civic Opera for tute. The program \\'ill begin at 2 :30. and Heab·'s store u~der the direction this revival. Miss Helen \Vheeler will direct. of Miss Helen \¥heeler. The program At the Venetian Court, Fine Arts will begin at 3 :30. Leo Podolsky, pianist, will be heard building-under the direction of Mrs. Members of the Civic Music associa- in recital Sunday afternoon, January Stella Tranc Jackson. chil1lren from tion and their friends are cordially in- 6, at The Playhquse, Chicago, under the choruses a,! Hamilton park and Og- vited to attend any of the places at direction of Bertha Ott, Inc. den park will ·sing Christma.; carols in which the carols will be sung. 'the the Venetian court of Fine Arts build- programs this season will be of parE. Robert Schmitz, pianist, will aping, 410 S. Michigan avenue. The pro- ticular interest and they will include pear in recital Sunday afternoon, Jangram will begin at 3 o'clock. carols \vritten by the Chicago com- uary 6, at the Studebaker theater, ChiAt the Stevens hotel-A group of noser., vVilliam H. Rehm and Helen cago, under auspices of Bertha Ott, carol singers from the classes at Calu- Rend. Inc. Carolers to Sing .in Downtown Places Saturday . 4/ternoon 14 I Sal d h vi an Sc ipa to Sing · in Operas This Saturday The Chicago Civic opera matinee Saturuay, December 22, will occur the first performance thi·3 season of "The Elj.,cir of Love," dainty and charming comic opera by Donizetti. Margheritn Salvi, the talented Spanish coloratura. and Tito Schipa, popular lyric tenor, will head the cast. That great old fav orite, "Il Trovatore," has been chosen for the popular price perforr11anc' Saturday night, December 22, with a popular cast. POSTPONE MUSIC MEETINGS The Senior Music club of New Trier High school has postponed its next meeting until January 9 because many of the members are ill. The Junior Music club has also p<>stponed its meeting. .