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-Albert Spalding, who brings his valu- able Guarnerius voilin to -New Trier Highi school on Monday evening, De-, cember 28, in his. third concert spon- sored bythe Winnetka Music club, bas buit up a clientele in al parts of the world that bas matie possible neanly 100 performances a year-and he bas, * been paving for twetnty-odd years. Chatting about the study of the vio- * in, Mr., Spalding bas ýsaid. , "You do * fot begin rèally to learn until you have letf t vour teacher. There is, afte*r ail, no formula, nîo magie secret. for. im- parting the cplaying of any instrument. The best your teacher can do for y'ou is to show you how to study. One wbo takes too many lessons will become hopelessly imhued with tradition. "I'ni. sure Beethoven, for instance, Nould turn over in bis grave if he knew artists %vere criticized for not playing. bhis %vorks in, precisely the same 1.%ay as some çleadi fitdiler played them 1001 years 'ago. Tradition is a dead thing, style- is> alive. Style is acquireti only by the tieveIopment of the inner h f e. The factor that makes Ireisler's play- ing great.is.the f act that Kreisler is a great person with a brilliant and fas- cinating mmiid. If beý walked into the room yvou would be attracteti to hlm evenl thougb you didn't know wo' o b was. H4uldreda Play Vioblin WeII "There neyer ýwas a time wvhen there was so much gooti violin playing. Huin- * drcds of people play the. violin well, so welt that some years ago it would h ave been considereti sensational. But that dous'not inean that hundreds play greatly. For botb these. facts the ne- * piÏoducing machines are responsible. The benefit they confer is that tbey h elp young people to acquire tech- nical: skiM.l. But they also fill the heati with read'ly-matie interpretat ions, 50 that - they lose indepentience anti, in-> dividuality.* That is why I believe .1t is goodt t go. abroati for a time-the change. of environment will belp you to find y~ourself, to develop your muner life. Anti from this alone comes style." *Asked. if lie thougit 1it worth w'hile5 Sonata ln A nmaJor ........ andel Andante. Allero Allegretto moderato Partita ln B minor <violin alone) Allemande, Corren te-Double Sarabande-Double. * .Boul'ree A41ischa Mischakoff (pic tured aboz'e) and John Weicher 7(ilipar- tieipate îvith the Chicago ScymphonyV orchestra ier giving Rach's "Coner'- to for Two Violints," at >the sub- scription concerts on Christinas eve, at 8:30 o'clock and Friday after- noon, December 25, at 3:30ý o'clock. "Beggar's Opiera. Opens on Dec. 28 "The 'Beggar's Opera," w icb opens for a week's run ln the Eighth Street theater under Bertha Ott's direction on Monday eve1ning, December 28, is sung by a company which cornes direct f rom, Lontion. t includes Sylvia Nelis as' Polly Peachumn, Elsie Frelich,,as Mrs. Peachum, Vera Hurst as Lucy Lockit, John Mott as Captain Macheath, andi Charles, Magrath as Peachum., ýWhen "TIhe Beggar's Opera.". was first presenteti, it set a new fashion, discarding the highly conventionalizeti and flond operatic form. t restoreti the Adagio Un poco presto e con sentimnto Presto agitato IV Prelude on old Italian Popular Tunes . . . . . . . .Pilati Elegie........ ........ ...Faure ,Nin.strels................. .....Debu-,ssy La Fille au Cheveux de Lin . . Debussy Zapateado ................... Sarasate presenting .ivsvna mvisiamotti, cne nieister, and John Weicher, principal, in the. Bach two-violin concerto at the subscription concerts on Christmnas eve andi Friday afternoon. The Friday aft- ernoon performance begins at 3:30 o'clock insteati of at 2:30. *The orchestra will incltude the, prelude to Humperdinck's, "Koenigskinder," Scbubert's Unfinisheti symphony, Rim- sky-Korsakow's suite, f rom "Christmas Eve," anti Rubinstein'ys ballet music and weddinig.march f rom.m"Feramors." Next week at the subscription cou- certs. on Newv Year's eve and Friday afternoon at 3 :30 o'clock, Ralph Dobbs wiîll be the soloist, playing the Wlad- igiéroif concerto f or piano ýand orches- tra. Hanidel's overture to the. "Fire- work Music" will open the program, an d the'orchestra will also- play Wetz- S l cr's sym phonic dance. lu Basqu-L tyle f rm -Die Baskische Venus,", Debus- sy's "Nuages". anti "Fetes." ,and -Jans- seîi's- "Newv Year's E ve in New York." Winifred MacBride, pianist, and the chorus f rom the Chicago Hig.h schools will be heard again at the Tuesday aft- ernoon concert on December 29. The prograîn is ,the same as the one used for the subscription concerts last wveek, the Beethoven "Choral Fantasy," Lam- bert's "The Rio- Granide,"ý and a càp-m pella choruses. The orchestra will play "Dance of the Anigels." from "La Vita Nuova," by Wolf-Ferrari; Mo- zart's D major syniphony, and "Valse de Concert," by Glazouinow. "Die Meistersinger" at 1Popular Prives Jan. 2 "'Die Meistersiniger," by Wagiier, will be sung at popular prices at th(: Chicago Civic Opera House on Sat- urtiay evening, January 2. ,Next week's schiedule. incluties, "Boris Godun off" on Monday eve- ning, Decemnber .28, "Madame But- tetflY,". on Tuesday-evening, Decem- ber 29; "The, Jewess" on Xednes- day, December 30; ."Mignoni" for the New Year's Eve. performance àn, Thursday; "Cavalleria Rusticana"Il anti "I Pagliacci" for Saturday after-4 noon. januarv 2: anti "Die Meister-1 MORRIS WOLF. RECITAL Morris Wolf, pianist, wil be at the Playhouse on Suinday afternoon, Janiu- ary 3, untier Bertha; Ott's direction. "Par'sifal" will be repeateti by the Chic Opera, company Suntia, january Mo By Ruthoda L. Pretzl It seems as though A of the perform- ances at the Cjvic Opera house this year are gala ones, and yet the season will reach.-an even higher peak on New Year's. eve,, when. "Mignon" will be sung.for the first time this year. Coe Glade has the titie rote, Tito Scbipa is the Wiihelm Meister, Margherita Salvi is to sing Phi lena, and, Vanni- ,Marcoux is the Lothario. Those -who remember the' polished performance'of. the Thomas opera last year, will chuckle, recailing the Ian- guage mix-up. which was probably only apparent to, those in the first fe-w rows. Schipa siiigs his rote in Italian, but, the rest of the. company iuses the French language,, except when they are. singing in unison with Schipa,.whcn ttey change. over ob ligingly to Italian. It didn't spoil the singing, but rather enhanced it, for everyone had a glint of humnor lu, the Coe Glade Has Titi. Rote *Coe Glade's beautiful mezzo-soprano voice lias plenty of opportumity to show off in "Mignon"-and Miss Glade's dramàtic ability is equally f avored.,.She is an artist in both rights,. and her Mignon is wistful, charniingly .naive, and altogether satisfying f rom every angle. Schipa is gracef ni to hear andi see, the consummate artist whose recitatae seem as mnelodionUs and, enchanting as any aria. Vanni-Marcoux and M.%argher- ita Salvi help sustain the brilliance of the performance, andi the entire com- pany is marvelously' integrateti. Emil Cooper's reading of the score makes ail of the old. familiar melodics-aiiv.e and f reshly scintil1ating. . "The Barber o.f Sevilie," Rossini's gay comedy, is the offering for Christ- mas eve, with Margherita Salvi, .Tito Scbipa, Vanni-Marcoux, Salvatore Bas-,. saloni anti Vittorio Damiani. Roberto. Moranzoni conducts. It is to be put on. with aIl the fun and swank of *which the score is capable-anti the. cast, assures one that the singing will be sparkling. "Martha" S&turday, Afterpoon "Martha" ig beilIg repeateti for the 1 Saturday afternoon perf ormance on De- cember' 26, with Leola Turner,. Coe Glade, Tito Schipa, Mr. La 'zzari. Mr. Baccaloni anti others, andi with Frank q+ T .o.t -n(iifi B3eetho .i n.l--ý - . program will l)e a t, -onie by flebuss, TENOR GIVES RECITAL Maximi Karolik, tenior, is to give a recital at Orchestral hall on Tuesday' eveniiig. January 5, 'at 8:30 o'clock, undtienBertha Ott's-direction.