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WILME'TTE LIFE March '}!), 1929 Music News and Events George Barrere Regards Flute as a "Sacred Thing" Festival Artist Flutist Witwer Recital to · Claim Attention of Local Music Patrons The \\'oman's club of vVilmette has George Barrcre, conductor of the arranged an unusual treat for nort h Barren· Little Symphony, \Vhich will -.horc music patrons in the appearance he heard here in the Kenilwor t h of ~ri~s Kathryn \\'itwer, lyric soprano, as artist in the club's sp ring assemb ly hall, Sunday. :\pril 14, under concert ~chedulccl for Tuesday crening, au pice:; oi the . ·orth .'bore Chamber :\pri! 9. · ~[ usic a'.sociation, is considered the leadin g flut e player i'n the worH . Often ~fi :,s \\'itw e:r is a typical young he is asked how he happened to choose ! .\merican, in that she has scaled great flute playing a a care er. heights, early in her carerr, with char: acteri~tic daring and succes . In 1921) Thi s . trangc and delicate in . trumen~ I ~he made her first important public has beer the fav('ritc friend of manv ' appearance as soloist with the Chicago great r. en. It i'i to he found in th:.. ' Symphony orchestra, winning that annal ~ ot Frederick the Creat and of privilege as the victor in the .-\rti :t'-; George \\'ashin¥tnn. On ce in an era contest sronsored by the Society of there co 1es a man "' ho can do some :\m er ican ~lusicians. particular thing better than anv one cL c. ~o it is with 1\arrere v.·ho deThe following year she \ra..; declared cid ed at a very early age that the flu te th e \\·inner of the :\ational Young wa s a ~acre(} thing. ·not a si lh- instru:\rti . . t:-;' contest. under the direction of ment to he toyed with. \\'hct-1 he \.vas the .\atinnal Federation oi ~lu ic a little boy at ~c h <>o l he taught whi tl~ club~. at their bienn ial convention i~1 classes during re c('~S to an admirin~ Chicago. She wa:; also accorded the grou~ of young:.ttr .. The to ~· ~hop~ 0f 1 hono r of being cO-\\·innc-r in the prize th e little town of l·.pc rnon 111 France offer<:d by the :\ational Opera club of could not supply the se n:hiclu - of X ew York. In addition to the usual Yirtuosity quickly enough to an:,\ver cash prize she was granted an audition Efrcm .Zimhalist, world famed masthe calls. " ·ith the Chicago Civic Opera compam·. ter of the viol in. i ~ to have an im.-\ a result he was engaged to sing :~fte r this young Ccnrge jc,ined a portant part in the Twenty-first ChiGeorge Rarrere, founder and co:l!"Tllhtary cla ss wl1en· ht wa~ se rgeant cag() .\or h Shore ~1usic Festival to ductor of the Barrere Litt le Symphony, the role of ~Iica e la, in '·Carmen," a s m the fife corps. The teach(:r \vas a bt· held in Patten gymnasium, Evans- brings that remarkable organization to one of a eli tingui heel ca:;t, which in flute pupil of the Paris Conscrvatoirc ton. the w<:ck of . ~~ av 27. Another Kenilworth Sunday, April 1-l, where it cluded ).{arv Garden a~ Carmen, and and induc~cl Barrcre to take up t 11e renowned instrumental( t who has been appears in Kenilworth hall under aus- Fernand A~sseau as Dnn Jose. :::,o study_ sen ously. He studie d under <;<·c urcd for thi .~ season's festival ;c; pices of the );orth Shore Chamber rema rkable was her triumph that she Her:n Altes and then under Pa ul Taf- fo -.d Hoffman. piani st, who will play ).Jusic association. ~Ir. Barrerc 1s wa c; engaged to rep eat th e performfan ..: l, "And if it ·were not for the la t- the "Conr<·rt(> ' in B ~I inor ·· bv Hubcn- recognized as th e world':-; outstanclin~ ance, and so great was t he publi c inttrter," says :\fr. Harrer('. " I would prob- "t e1n · at t 1 : h t· concert. flutist . He was formert,· concert rna . - est . that upon ·both occasions. she wa s 1c '1' 1 lUr<;f1 ay n1g ably not be tooting todav upon what .\ Jr . Zimb alist appears in the ~e cond tcr of the );ew York -Symphony or- gree ted by a "sold out house." th e wood-flute players so irrcverentlv concert of the week . . che. tra. Pre ss and public alike acclaimed her call. the ga5-pipc." And when a little - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - I - - - - -· · - - - - - - - - - - as an unqualified success, and as a new famtl y qu~rr e l induced the prrJUd star in the mu sical firmament. 1Lss i Music Festival Groups in ~co~gc t~ l1v " "on hi s own" he took an \\.i tw er has spent recen t mon ths in mfinJtbslma! room in a hotel, which Rehearsal for 21st Concert Europe in further study of operatic he humorously de sc ribes as so sma ll and concert repertoire. Th . .n·ar'... ">(·rit . . (li :\ort h that he had to use his bed for a mu sic ~bore· ~1 u:-.ic Fe sti,·al concert :; will stand and ope n th e window in order The Ci \·ic orches tra of Chicago mark the coming of age of the ass')cia- William Hughes, Pianist, to have elbow room to sec ure the co rrect pos ition o f a fiut c player~ f<lund<'d by Frederick Stoc k, conduc~ tion, and ~fu s ical Dir ector Peter C. Comes to Shawnee April14 tor of the Chicago Symphony orches- Lutkin. Presicknt Henry \Y. Pri ce. A pc~ce treaty was th en <:ntc rcrl Busine~s ~Ianage r ] ohn H. Hilton and \\.illiam Hughes. pianist. wh o apupon. w1th his family whic h put an end tra, wi!J give it s next concert of th~ the other officers, arc making ·3pec ial pea r s in a Sunday mu sicale at th ~ ~<:ason in Orch<-~tra hall Sun cia " aftc;-to h1s Bohemian life. Fortunate too, efforts t o make thi s 1929 season of ~ha wnce club . .-\pril 1--L was born of ' · a s ~h.e poo~ lau was about to accept a noon, ).larch 31. music th e greate st ever offered bv the American parentage in Honolulu. AlTh e Civic orche. tra was founded a s pos~tJOr , w1th a vaudeville act in the Ftstival association. though only 2-J. years of age he has F~hcs Bcrgerc and might have been a mea ns. hy which the symph ony oralreadv C;Stablished him se lf a s an artist "Samson and Delilah," by Saintchestras of :\mcrica could be supplied th1~ day on a va udevillc circuit or with of \'C ry superior attainments, not onlv ~ Circus, as he him se lf is fond of say- with expert performers and it has Sacns. the Coronation Scene from in Chicago, where he now resides, bttt "Bori s Goudonouf," by Mousorg3ki, proved so great a success that most mg. It was shortly after thi s that he also in Honolulu. :Mr. Hughes reand th e "Bach B Minor Mass" arc the principal organizations in this of W<?IJ the first prize at the Conscrvaturned to Honolulu last summer after three of the splendid works which will tolr.c an~! launched his career as a country contain its forma members. an absence of several years and ga,·e be prese nted. each of which offers ~unday's concert is e::\ pected to be fluti st w1th his own .Modern Society one of th e most plea . aflt events of the great opportunities for soloists, chorus a recital under the auspices of the of \Vind Instrument s. ~1orning ~{ usic club of that city. The musical sea son . :\f iss Lillian Rehber~, and orchestra. One of the undecipherable proLlcms Honolulu Advertiser commented in a violoncellist of phenomenal ability, For the past six \\' ee k s th e Festh·al of the concert habit uc is why certain part upon his artistry as follows: men study orchestral instruments such ha s hccn engaged to play Lalo's con- chorus of six hundred voices has beet· ce rto and the purely orchestral pieces "vVilliam Hughes proved himself rehearsing the Ma ss and Samson and as the tympani, bassoon and double will comprise the overture to "Oberon," worthy of the praise accorded well Delilah score and, according to Dean hass. The string players a1Hl the mo·r e by \Veher, Tschaikowsky's stirring him hy critics in Chicago and in many Lutkin it i:~ the finest and most enthuspopular wind instrument players hope fifth symphony. an<l Chahricr's Spani ~. h sia'3tic body of singers he has directed other cities. He plays with marvelous usually to get an opportunity to beduring hi s twenty years as musical di- feeling. He gets music from the come soloists hut Mr. Barrcre finds Hhap'\ody. rector of the Festivals. Work of train- keys, music that steals into your soul. that too many players of odd instruing the 1.500 selected school childr'n \Ve predict a future for him among the ments jus~ drift in and make no at- Tito Schj!)a Soloist With will form the chorus for the Sat - first of pianists. The young pianist tempt to solve the problems of their Marshall Field Singers who urday matinee concert is under the was encon.:d seven or eight times. He parti<..ular instrument. They do not · Cnu~ual importance attaches to the direction of John \V. Beattie. The chil- was loaded with leis and the sta~e have enough faith in its powers. Barrere, on the other hand was sin- twcntv -third annual concert of thr dren will be heard in a cantata by was covered with immense bouquets cere in his belief of the bea~ty of the M arsi1all Field an <I Companv Choral Otto Mie sner, with Barry Hill, a bari- of flowers carried up by his former flute and the result is that he has societv in Orchestra hall Thursdav eve- tone noted for hi·s remarkably fine students of Punahou and the univermastered it as no one before him has ning, ·April 4. because of the appe;tr- tone quality, singing the solo parts. sity. The young pianist has the comThe Chicago Symphony orchestra mand of genius. His is a winning perever done, for he discovered, as Dr. ~nc<.· with the choral society of Tito He Frank Crane said, that 01 the flute ;s Schipa, famous Opera tenor with the will play an important part in the sonality, his smile is infectious. Chir;.um Civic Opera company. who gave such pleasure as one is not likely Festival thi s year and will be heard to the nosegay of the music-making mwill he the leading ·soloist at the con- advantage in orchestral parts as wen to forget, or to experience often." struments." · cert. The occasion will mark the last as in those parts of the program. appearance in Chicago of Schipa until IN RECITAL APRIL 7 GIVES PIANO RECITAL January, 1930, other engagements m:IkEASTER SUNDAY RECITAL Gavin Williamson and Phil Manuel Harold Bauer, pianist, is to be heard ing it impossible for him to he present Myra Hess, pianist, will appear in are to present a rectial for two harpsiin recital at the Studebaker theater during the first season of the Civic recital at the Studebaker theater Eas- chords and two pianos Sunday aft~r Sunday afternoon, April 7, under the Opera company in its magnificent new ter Sunday afternoon under au·spic~s noon, April 7, at The Playhouse. Bertha direction of Bertha Ott, Inc. home this fall. of Bertha Ott, Inc. Ott, Inc., has arranged this appearance. Civic Orchestra PI S d aysOrcuhnesatyra iHnall ! Chica~o