Show i. i p 1 T 8 1 i M NOTES JA J 1 S A peace time German invasion baa haa ha hae reached e te pe-te tb the te Metropolitan Opera house house w wow Jow that Thai the Wagner Vager repertoire In the original language hat has been once more resumed In partially complete form it itAM AM hag been Incumbent C up n lei oGi Mr Gattl- Gattl t Casazza Caa to build buil up the German wing of ot nil his company compan One of Sigrid was as not German Gran at all al but Swedish b. b She had made a presan preseason preseason pre pre- I season san debut with the be Philadelphia or orchestra orchestra or- or 01 chestra and sad the critics predicted there there- from a success for her at the MetroPolitan Metropolitan Metro Metro- politan which she won later lter In Alda Aids and ad Die Another valuable acquisition Is la Paul Bender nender who maintained main main- Baron hi his Ochs Ocha ha haE E European OP reputation has i in Rose oka vail er and Hunding In sr The Te Wagnerian Wagner Waimer- Wager Wager- Ian lan tenor Curt Cur Taucher Impressed the I critics considerably aa as a Siegmund In Die and less lee so e as a. Tristan I Another star Elizabeth Elisabeth tb b made her r debut not o In Wagner Wag her ner at St all all but as f Aida Alda laU in which c the critics gave her bel an A I rating An- An other Wagnerian headliner who wh ma made e good Is Gustav Gusta Schutzendorf baritone Cna Canada also 10 provided two of the earl early earl season aen Edward Edward Johnson Who In The be Love Lve of ot Three Kings transferred to the Metropolitan stage the good qualities of his former performance performance per per- with wih the tl Chicago Symphony and ald Edmund Burke bass baritone who had once appeared here bere In concert with Mme Mine I eare At least lest a res respectable fraction of ot New I Yorks York's Yorks million milon Inhabitants Is to be reached by symphonic music if it the New NewYork I York orchestras t b have their way For example p the new city symphony h u under I Dirk Foch Is I making headway in that direction despite the at attending handicaps handicaps handicaps handi handi- caps of a new venture When the or orchestra orchestra or- or 01 chestra started staled a series of Sunday afternoon afternoon aft aft- at- at pop concerts at the Manhattan Manhat Manhat- tan ta Opera house It I was impossible Imposible ow owing owIng ow- ow ing log to alterations to provide sufficient heat beat beat whereupon the audience De sat with wll coat coat collars rolled up An announcement announcement announce announce- ment merit was shortly orty maae mae that the series would Instead be given at the Century seres tb theatre atre The Impression maae by this moe orchestra In its is concerts concert In various I halls J als has been encouraging to Its sup sup- porters The Philharmonic baa haa also alao established an educational program b In Including including In- In a chain of concert series In four tour scattered halls halla hall Frederic A. A is the new president of or the Philharmonic Our symphony orchestras of the fu future future future fu- fu ture are to be more truly American In personnel as the result resul of such pioneer activity as that of the American Orchestral Orchestral Or Or- 01 society which has baa started its Is second season under a new conductor Chalmers Chalmen Clifton Clfon The work of this society which is supported by Mrs ira r E. E tC fi II 11 HarrIman I is motivated by yb two chief h I alms aims To prepare young American stUdents students stu stu- dents lents of orchestral calibre for tOr symphony symphony sym sym- phony positions and to them a chanco to conduct S When an a e- e premier ex-premier of Poland re returns returns returns re- re turns to the pianoforte as IS Ignace Pad- Pad has done done- In his American tour this 1 season O the h matter takes on n an Importance Im t sl not usually given to nS musical I new s. s For Instance when the S famous Pole made his in New New York he World ran Deems Deoms Taylors Taylor's story of the concert on its first page The Mu- Mu Digest tells teUs an anecdote of ot the start of the pianists pianist's tour tou When Pad- Pad was seated In his private car carthe carthe ar arthe the negro porter suddenly entered Ise Ise heard a lot about you Mr 1 he declared Iso Ise s 's seen you ou pictures pictures' but di am de do fust time Ise had de do o 0 you and Ise lse glad Rising fro from his seat leat replied Thank you I am pleased to meet you A picturesque juxtaposition of racial music groups was creat created when the Ukrainian National chorus and the ne negro nero no- no gro ro students at Hampton Institute gave a I Joint concert there before an audience audience audi audi- ence mae of white and colored citizens The Ukrainians fairly with joy when the students sang sane negro spirituals under the leadership e of P Paige I I. I t Lancaster t Alexander a ed Koshetz after hearing 3 the institute choir sIng two of fh ou H. H Nathaniel Delta Detts compositions un under un- un tIer der er his own leadership declared that when he returned to Uki-ainia Uki he was wal going to place s some of Mr Detts Dett's S works on Inh hU his toc choral program program From fr From Stella rI Paul Bradford and local branch branch of ot the I Bureau Dureau of Community Music |