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36 WILMETTE LIFE January 11, 1929 Music News and .Events . C ham·b er lllusic Ass'n Offers Program by A my Neill Quartet Music lovers of the north shore will be keenly interested in .t he next offering of the North Shore Chamber Music association scheduled for Sunday atfernoon, January 13, when the Amy Neill String quartet will present the program. The recital will be given in the Kenilworth Assembly hall at -1 o'clock. Featuring the Chamber recital this Sunday will be the appearance of Miss Lillian Poenisch, clarineti'lt, who will asesist the quartet in the rendition of Brahms' Clarinet Quintet, a composition that is rarely played, but which never fails to command the attention of music patrons. The program also will include a Mozart Quartet in E. Major. Herman Devries, noted Chicago music critic, has said of the Amy Neill String Quintet: "The Amy Neill String Quartet i;; not by any means an ordinary, average group of young ladies eager to coll vince the world that they are wonderful. It is a sober, sane, serious musical and highly entertaining quartet, eagerly interested in the best of literature ,which it modestly endeavors to reproduce, with more than a little measure of success. I found their united tone replete with charm and their style of interp.retation · refreshing. Technically, too they left one content, and I am sure that rehearsals frequent and ·a rduous were the reason for their proficiency. By the way, they looked as well as they played." Wilm~tte Violinist Now in Demand for Recitals The popularity of any artist i-3 best demonstrated by his many engagements. This is ~specially true of the internationally known violini· .;t, Milan Lusk, since his recent return from an European concert tour. This month he appeared on a special New Year's radio program featured by Swift and company, over WLS. The crictic of the Chicago Tribune commented on his skill, style, and attractive program ending with . the words: "Lusk left a fine impression." On the evening of January 3, Lu·3k played before an enthusiastic audience in the Edgewater Swedish church, scoring a notable · success, especially after his final number, "Perpetual Motion," by Novacek, when he was accorded an ovation. Lusk is scheduled for numerou3 recitals in Chicago. Oak Park. LaGrange. and other points outside of the city for the latter part of this month. Praise /or Organist Chicago Favorites to Feature Eleventh Week at the Opera The eleventh week of the current season of the Chicago Civic Opera company at the Auditorium Theatre finds in the productions scheduled, operas that have enjoyed their greatest vogue in Chicago. Beginning with the Sunday afternoon, January 13, performance of "The Love of Three Kings," in which Mary Garden portrays the role of Fiora, one pre'sentation after another adds to the intense enthusiasm that · has marked the Civic Opera performances throughout the season. Mondav evening, January 14, "Don Giovanni" will be repeated with three important changes in the cast. Rosa Raisa. who scored a tremendou:; success on her return to the Civic Opera in "Norma," New Year's Eve. will apoear in the role of Donna Anna, replacing Fri'da Leider, who has sung the role in former presentations this season. Another change will he Virgilio Lazzari in the role of Leporelto, taking the place of Alexanfler Kipnis. and the role of Don Ottavin will be ·sun~ hy Charles Hackett. The rest of the cast remains as on former occasions. · Mary Louise Cotton Will Be Soloist With Symphony Orchestra Mary Louise Cotton, pupil of Arthur Granquist, will be soloist with the Lit-· tle Symphony orchestra in the concert to be given at the New Trier High school auditorium Monday afternoon. January 1, at 2:30 o'clock. Miss Cotton is one of the north shore's talented young musicians. The program for the Monday afternoon concert follows: OvE-rture to "Der Freischuetz" ... Weber Allegretto from Symphony, D Minor . . . . . Franck Hu~·g~r~~~ . D~~~~·~·. ·· Begin Sales of .Opera Subscriptic..·ns Feb. 1 ····· Numbers 3 and 1 ............. Brahms First moYement of Concerto, C Minor . . . .. . ...... Beethoven The public sale of subscription seats Piano and orchestra for the Civic Opera House, new home Mary Louise Cotton, soloist of the Chicago Civic Opera at 20 Caprice E~pagnolt> .... Rimsky-Korsakow Wacker drive. will open February 1, according to an announcement just made by :Manager Herbert M . Johnson of the company. Present subscribers were called upon for their renewals in letters sent out by the company before Christmas, and January 12 has been set as the la t dav for renewals. This early closing date has heen named because of the tremendous amount of detail work necessary in changing old subscribers from their present locations to those in the new house. People's Symphony Will Give Concert January 13 The People's Symphony orchestra. P. Marinus Paulsen, conductor, will present its seventh concert of the current sea·5on Sunday afternoon, January 13, in the Steven's Eighth Street theater. Martin H.ryde, baritone, and Aticr LeTarte, pianist, will be soloists with the symphony in this concert. The program has been announced a~ fpltows: Overture "Semiramide" ... ...... . . Rossini Aria-"Song of the Czar" (Czar and Zimmerman) .. . ......... . .. . .. Lortzing Symphony No. 5, C Minor ..... Beethoven Allegro con brio Andante con moto Scherzo-Allegro Allegro Tntnmlsslon Concerto for Piano No. 1. E flat Major . . . . .... Liszt Spanish Sulte "La Feria" ...... . . Lacome Los Toros . La Reja (Serenade) La Zarzuela March "Triumphant Entry of the Boyards" . . . . . ...... . ...... .. Halvorsen lise Forster, Two Sons Will Appear in Recital lise Forster, mezzo-contralto, and resident of the north shore, and her two sons, Paul and Peter Gilbert, will present an open door concert Sunday afternoon, ] anuary 13, at the Chicag·1 Woman's club, Fine Arts building. This concert will be given under the direction of Susan S. Frackelton of Kenilworth and is open to the public. Mi.;s Forster will present a Raggedy Ann and also Colonial and Chinese costume groups accompanied on the piano by her sons, who will each present several solo numbers. Erma Rounds, organist and director of the choir at the First Presbyterian church of Wilmette, is also evening organist at the First Presbyterian church of Oak Park, and is one of the leading accompanists of Chicago. She is a teacher of piano and voice at Bush Conservatory, being assistant to Edgar Nelson, president. Miss Rounds has prepared several extremely talented and popular young artists for the concert, and, as an accompanist, enjoys a distinct position, for her playing invariably enhances a program. F0llowing is an excerpt from Music News, Chic~go, of December 30, 1927: "Wilmette is certainly blessed in the quartet, which, under the direction of Erma Rounds, sings at the First Presbyterian church in that fine north shore community .. · . . . I have never, in any church, heard a better fitted quartet. There is not one disturbing element, but on the contrary the four sing as one person, and their intellec tual and emotional concepts are also absolutely at one. "This of course reflects equally upon Miss Rounds, the knowledgeous organist and director, for no quartet could sing so suavely, so evenly, and so beautifully as does this one without an immense amount of time and pains taken in preparation. "The hymns also were admirably done, the responses were perfect, the congregation, the sermon, everything was full of Christmas spirit and those who spent the hour at this church were among the fortunate of the city."C. E. Watt, editor. 'Die Walkuere" Tuesday Tuesday evening, January 15, will hring another repetition of Wagner'~ popular "Die Walkuerc." With th<" exception of Emil Schipper, who wil1 assume the role of the God, Wotan, the cast remaill'3 the same. Wednesday evening, January 16, will bring the first performance thi~ season of Massenet's "Thais." This melodious work, based on Aanatole France\; story of the same title, includes Mary Garden and a cast that has earned the praise of critics m former seasons. Another and last performance of "Norma" is scheduled for Thursctav evening, January 17. and will include the same artists, with one exception. that appeared in this striking Bellini work New Year's Eve. Chase Baromeo replaces Virgilio Lazzari in the role of Oroveso. will bring a double bill in "Cavalteria Rusticana" followed by "Judith." The latter opera was first produced bv the Chicago company during the 1926-27 season, and that it ha·s kept its place in the affections of the music public is apparent by its return. This interesting biblical work adds another great ~haracterization to the already long hst of Mary Garden's succes·5es. Saturday matinee January 19, wi1t bring another repetition of "Der Rosenkava1ier,'! and the popular priced pe;formance Saturday evening will brmg the last performance this season of Offenbach's melodioll's, "The Tales of Hoffman." 4 Present ' 4Judith" Friday Friday evening, January 18, Announce Popular Programs by Civic Music Association It is announced by the Civic Music association of Chicago and the Orchestral association that the Civic orchestra, Frederick Stock, director, and Eric DeLamarter, assistant director, will give four concerts in Orchestra hall this season. The programs, which wilt be of popular character, are to be given Sunday afternoons, January 27, February 24, March 24, and May 5. \Vith a view to bringing the finest symphonic music to the public at the lowest possible rate, the two associati~ns offer the entire series at popular prtces. Minneapolis Symphony to Play in Chicago January 13 The Minneapolis Symphony orchestra, Henri Verbruegghen, conductor, will present a concert in Orchestra hall Sunday afternoon, January 13. The program is sponsored by Bertha Ott, Inc. This orchestra, as all music lovers know, is one of the truly great symphony organizations in the United States and should attract an audience that will tax the caoacitv of Orchestra hall . . MARIE MORRISEY RECITAL . A recital of m.ore than usual interest ts that to be gtven Tuesday evenirv VIOLINIST IN RECITAL Henry Temianka, violinist, will be heard in recital Sunday afternoon, January 13, at the Studebaker theater under auspices of Bertha Ott, Inc. Viola Cole Audet, pianist, will give a recital at the Playhouse Sunday afternoon, January 13, under the direction of. Bertha Ott, Inc. .T anuary 15, at Orchestra hall by Marie Morrisey, we11 known contralto. Bertha Ott, Inc., has arranged this appearance. MUSIC CLUB MEETING Senior Music club of New Trier Htgh school was to hold a meeting Thursday afternoon at 4 o'clock at the home of Ruth Harrison, 307 Abbottsford road, Kenilworth. !he