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Wilmette Life (Wilmette, Illinois), 4 Apr 1935, p. 38

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Thse hundreds of persons who were turned away at bis last recital here wijl be able to bear Jan Kubellk play bis Emperor Stradivarius the Sunday afternoon of April 14 at Orchestra hail. .Bertha Ott, local impresario, is brlnging Kubelik back to Chicago, so successful was bis January concert when he, jam-packed Orchestra. hall filngI every seat includfing 350 on the stage. After an absence of fifteen years the great Bohemian violinist *on the hearti of, bis listqters from bis vcry first, rendition, Dvorak's Concerto in'A «M)inor.., When lie finished with bis Paganini's Campanella, hU was ecalled, back for encore afterI encore.and the audience stood cheern.f Since this recital Kubelik bas been touring the curyand wherever 'he. plays he lias -been greeted wihsimilar bouiss and ovations As in :bis last Chicago appe arance . will be accompaniedon tbe. piano by his son Rtafael -who. bas made bis American debut. this season as a conductor: as well as a pianist. Before the Jantiary recital there was mucis specu- lation as ýto whether Kubelik's genin'swas as great as it was in the pst. 'thse audience and critics alike attested that bis left bond technique was as niraculous as ever and bis toise production as per- fet Mor+ r it was, tb*i concenus that, bis playing was--more mellow and mature than when b. made bis sensational debut i Chicago at the turn of thse century. There is more glamour attached to Ktabeik than, any of bis contemporaries. The story that his hands are-insured for one million dollars eacli bas traveled around the world with him. The unusual valuse of bis Emperor Stradivarius, estimated to be' worth $250000, astounds his protaganists as mucb as bis playing of it. Hie walks about the stage, and eoecutes his bows with' an air of detachment. His btashy hait and bis bald pate in back fulfill one's expectations of an old-tinie music master. Cives Organ Recital Robert Mircb was the organist at the ninth organ recital given f ret to the public in Orchestra hall last Monday afternoon from 5 to 6 o'clock. Mr. Mirch's program consisted of Rossetter G. Cole's' Rhapsody; Bach's Toccato ini F major; Bach's Chorale Prelude; "Oh Man, -Bemoan Thy. Fearfulý Sin"; thse Karg-Elert Chorale Improvization, "In Dulci jubilo"; Jongen's Priere; Dethier's Caprice, The Brook; a Fantasy by Harold E. Darke, and Reubke's Fuge Finale f rom the ninety-fourth Psalni Sonata. The David Dushldn home in Winnetka was crowdcd to capacity on Wednesday evenng of last week when Mr. Dushkin's brother, Samuel l)ushkin, violinist, and the fanous composer, conductor, and pianiat, Igor Stravinsky, gave a programi of the latters worlcs, It was an ultra-,modem concert ail the. wgy through, possibly a littie bit toc> heavy -for' a "living- room" musicale, but magnificent, nevertheless., Mr. Dusbkin reminded me ;of Heifetz in the superb way 'he played. Bis 'technique was- fatiltiess,. and bis tones were dynaniic andà vital.-. How happy. Mr. Stravinsky must be té bave found so successful* an interpreter of b is workul, The Stravinsky compositions, are bighly original and. full of: trick phr-asings and turns. They cer- tainly 'keep you on your "toet"' (intellectually) ande keep you guessing as.to what new rhythimor theme, will corne next. The most charming'and two of thée most poptular selections of tht programn were the Berceuse and Sherzo froni *Theé Pire -Bird." lan' Kubelik, noied Bohe#n ion tiolinisi, has returned to Ametica afler an absence of .ffteen, years, and twill give his second Chicago concert, on ApriI 14 in Orchestra hall. M~usical Socî bety W1'1I Have Concert April 8 *On Monday afttmnoon, April 8,, tht Lake View Musical society wiIl have its next concert followed by the annual meeting and election of officers. Tht programn will be given at 2:30 in tht Crystal bail- a'oomn of. tht Blackstone hotel. It has been arranged by Grace Sieberling of Evanston. Tht artists for the afternoon will be Helen Abbott Byfield of- Highland Park, soprano; Mari Barova, contralto;, Marion Knoblauch, pianist, and Irene Stolofsky Davis, violinist. Their accompanists will be lielea Leefeit of Oak Park, Rhsea Shelters of Niles Cen- ter, and Florence Henfine. Wmnnetka Chidren in Choral Concert Apr. 12 Three hundred chilren of thet Skokie school -in Winnetka accompanied by thirty members of the. Chicago Symphony orchestra with Eric Delamarter conducting will give their annual 'spring concert Friday evening, Aprîl 12. Lawrence Yingling is. director of the chorus. The concert will be held ini the jane Kuppeni- heimer Merno4ial hall, west on Elm street, Win- netca, and it. is being sponsored by the Winnetka Wonan's club. Mr. Delaniarter bas had a goocl deal of experlence ini conducting children's choruses because every year at Orchestra hall, be directs the children's choruses from the civic parks accom- panied by the Civic Orchestra of Chicago, which is, made Up of young musicians training for sym- phony playing. »Ticket§ for the Skokie school concert may b obtained at the school and at the Woman's club. Mrs. Roland D. Whitman of Winnetka is in charge of ticket sales. t tht lhonme of Mrs. imitai avenue, Wii: Wrîtes Piano Suite br h as betis dis- vil play a Bacha fan- 'Playmates from Foreign Lands," a piano, suite and an* Oriental. fan- for chlldren, written by Miss Margaret Louise continue ber str ies Tufts of 449 Sunset road, Winnetka, bas just been published by Oliver Dltson company, Boston Sunday, April 7-Josef Hofniann, piano recital. Studebaker theatre, 3:30. Chicago Symphonic Choir, Walter Aschenbrenner, conductor, Orchestra hall, 3:30. "Tht Tyrolean" Viennese operetta 'by Car=Zllr Chicago Civie Opera House, 8:15. Bene-, fit GemnOld People's. Home.

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