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Wilmette Life (Wilmette, Illinois), 28 Mar 1935, p. 34

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The third concert of the soason f0 be prosented by the Civic orchestra undor the direction of Eric IDeLagnarter will ho given at Orchestra ball on Sunday afternoon, March 31, at 3:30. The prograin is one of. unusual beauty and will doubtless attract. a capacity audience. lI honor of 'tbe 250th anniversary of tbe birtb of Johann Sebastian Bach, which is bo ing celebratod ail over the world this' year, the program will li- clude a *short cantata for two .solo voices and o;rches- tra, uBlessed jesus" wnitten,,by Bach for the service in the Thomas Church of Leipzic for, the first Sun- day after Epiphany. -This Cantata, sometimes callod, the "Dialogue Cantata"p is descriptive of the scene i the temple betWeen Christ and His mother wben after a long search foi ber. Son, she. finds'Him at last,- teaching the' doctors. The soloists who willi present. the parts of Mary the Mother. and Jesus, will ho Agatha Lewis, soprano and Winfred Stracke, basso, both yonng Chicago artistswho are attract- ing much attention in musical circles. * The orchestral works on the program, are all by Russian coniposers. The opening nuniber is the overture to "Russian and I<udmilla" by Glinka,. the * 'ather of Rusian Music." This opera wbich was a setrlng 61 a, dramtized Mversionof utPoùshki's poem of pagai days in Russia, was a failuro when it was first produced i 1842. Glinka was su <is- appointed over the fate of his work that ho neyer wrote another opera. After the death of the com- poser, "Russian and Ludmlla" became one of the *.best loved of the early Russian music dramas. To- day its overture raaiks among the most popular works ini this form to bo f ound in musical literature. The Symphony on the, prograni is the famous work li E minor Op. 27 by Rachmaninow. Although. an exile f rom his native land on accotant of political conditions, anid although bis worIcs cannoe be pre- sented in thie Soviet Republic today, Rachmaninow is stili acknowledged, by tRhe music Rvers of his country as their greatest living composer. T'his Second Sympwhony was first produced in 1908. It *was awarded the Glinka prize that'year. The programn closes with the' "Miniature,, Over- ture*> and "Waltz of the Flowers" f rom tho greatly beloved "Wutcracker Suite" by Tscbaikowsky, the * tost popular composer of the,,Russian Scbool. !N INCIADUATION RECITAIL j1111 Daguerre Photo A 'outh fui violirist of the north shore is E~ddie Katz, zvhose homte w: in Hidbard Woods and weho i: 13 years -old. On~ April .11, Eddie zviIi give a recital in Decatur and upill include one of his ozun. compositions, a li4lloy. A few zoeeks ago . Edie pksyed. the entire Mesdýel- ,çsohln con~certo at a rehtearsal of the Chicago Civic orchestra. Exhibit at Art Show Tbe consensus of opinion at tbe fourteenth an- nmal. exhibit of Evanston and nortb shore artists beld recently at the Woman's Club of Evanston was that thie show was tbe Rargest and one of the best in historv. Among those from nearbu ,inbiirhr The Josophino Hancock Logan composition con- test whicb onded February .15 - came to a do- vision last week and tbe judges - Rossetter Cole, Albert Noelte and Leo Sowerhy; awarded the laurel to "number 37" and "number Il'." . . both of these compositions..bç,ing s6 good that it was impossible 1o place one above the 'other, and it wa 's décided to give each composer the full prize award.. Mark Wessell was "number il" and Robert. Sheldon was "nuniber 37!" Robert Sheldon, a retiring lad, is a student at Northwestern Univorsity Scbool of Music, wbhere ho is, doing graduateý work. He bas written a -number of compositions-chamber music,. sacred. and art songs a nd is now working on bis second 'violin soat. his is the first contest be,,bas ever won. An, anthein:-and. motet of bis wiII be sung by the Nortbwestern University A Cappella choir ýthis spring... and be plans to givie a recital of his own compositions tbis summer iii Evanston. Mark Wessell on the otber band is a well'known musician and a winnor"of 'tbe Guggenheimi fellow- ship, tbe Prix de Rome and no end of degrees, ap-. poarances and successes. Until recently a rnember of, Nortwsstem uamversity faculty, it is interest- ing to locate hlm now at tbe University of Colorado, at Boulder, where he has been only since last Sep- tembor. and where he is ontbusiastic about the musical activity and the wonderful natural sur-, roundings. Bo0y Violm'nîst to Guve Recital i n Decatur Eddie Katz of Hubbard Woods, thirteen-year- old violinist, will give a recital in Decatur Thurs- day evening, April Il. lncluded in 'his prograin, with many shorter compositions, will be two com- plote violin concertos, the Mozart-Joachim D Major and tbe Mendelssohn E. Minor. He will also play one of bis own compositions, a lullaby. A few woeks ago Eddie had great success wben as, soloist at a rehearsal of the Cbicago Civic or7 cbestra ho .played the entiro Mendelssobn concerto. Eddie began .bis study: of thie violin when ho was 7 years olcI with Mary Nancy Graham of Win- netka. Flis progress was unusualy rapid. For thie past three yoars ho bas been under thie. tutelage of Ramon B. Girvin, bead of thie Girvin Violin school. de Photo Substutute Teacher CuuO~Polituu We were misinformed about a statement li one of 't Wuýda*y our stories lest week on this page. Edna May Stev- - "idfesg, cer. enson Joheansen isl a substitute teacher for Miss' fr dvgsw t Olive Grover at New Trier High school, and is flot on thie regutar facultyi,as was stated. Virginia Knapp o! Evanston le giving a 'piano recital at Lyon anid Healy hall li Chicago, Priclay evening, Mardi 29, at 8:15 o'colck. Proceeds f rom the concert will benefit thé scholarship . fund of Omnega chapter .o! the national music fraternity, Sigma Alpha Iota.

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