Concerts and recitals

              CONCERTS AND RECITALS



SUNDAY AFTERNOON
 FEBRUARY 22, 1942




BERTHA OTT CONCERT MANAGEMENT





GREAT NORTHERN THEATRE

Sunday Afternoon, February 22nd at 3:30


DANCE RECITAL


BARTON MUMAW
 
with JESS MEEKER at the piano

Direction Bertha Ott Concert Management
PROGRAM





1.


The Banner Bearer (from O, Libertad)


Meeker




2.


Two Music Dances:






Sonata


Scarlatti





Bourree from the Second Violin Sonata


Bach




3.


Hellas Triumphant


Meeker






An evzone, not yet at the front, has heard the news of the first Greek victories in Albania.  Leaving a village celebration, he enters still in the rhythms of the Kalamatienos and Sirtos.  He comes upon an image of the Virgin and prays; later on, with other soldiers he joins in the Cretan War Dance, and as they hear the Hymn to Freedom, the Greek National Anthem, being played in the distance, they march toward the battle front, knowing that no matter what the temporary outcome, Hellas will always rise again, and be spiritually and materially triumphant.
(In this interval Mr. Meeker will play his own compositions.)
Barcarolle (from Dance of the Ages)
Waltz Finale (from Dance of the Ages)






4.


The Mongolian Archer
Inspired by the sculpture of Malvina Hoffman. (In this interval Mr. Meeker will play his own compositions.) Fetish—A Primitive African Motif Hag's Cauldron


Meeker




5.


Dyak Spear Dance


Meeker







INTERMISSION 15 MINUTES





Funerailles (War and the Artist)


Liszt




The French Sailor


Milhaud




Blues—1929 (from O Libertad)


Meeker




Pleasantly Satiric Comment


Prokofieff




Pierrot in the Dead City


Korngold




Victory Waltz (Valse Brilliante)


Mana Zucca







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Choreography of The Banner Bearer, the Scarlotti Sonata, the Bach Bourree, Funerailles, is by Mr. Mumaw; choreography of the other dances is by Ted Shawn.




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KIMBALL HALL

Sunday Afternoon, March 1st at 4 o'clock
 RECITAL
H. JOHANN ESCHBACH

Bass-Baritone

DIRECTION:  BERTHA OTT
PROGRAM





1.


I'll Sail Upon the Dog Star
Evening Hymn (On a Ground)
I Envy Not a Monarch's Fate


Henry Purcell




2.


Four Serious Songs, Op. 121
Denn es gehet dem Menschen
Ich wandte mich
O Tod, wie bitter bist du
Wenn ich mit Menschen—und mit Engelzungen redete


Johannes Brahms




3.


Voila donc la terrible cite 
Thais

INTERMISSION


J. Massenet




4.


Jester Songs
The Jester
In Tyme of Olde
Under the Rose
Tra-la-la-lie


Granville Bantock




5.


Gute Nacht
Das Hemd
In meiner Heimat
Mir glänzen die Augen


Richard Trunk




6.


White Horses of the Sea
Sailing Homeward


Elinor Remick Warren





At Midnight


Richard Rohlfing





Strictly Germ-Proof


John Sacco







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Sunday Afternoon, March 1st at 3:30

RECITAL
HOWARD PRESTON

Bass-Baritone

DIRECTION:  BERTHA OTT
PROGRAM





1.


Il Lacerato Spirito (Opera-Simon Boccanegra)


Verdi




2.


To Rest, To Rest


Hugo Wolf





From Her Balcony Green


Hugo Wolf





Wouldst Thou Behold Thy Lover Sadly Dying


Hugo Wolf





Wandering


Hugo Wolf





New Love


Hugo Wolf




3.


The Seminarian


Moussorgsky





After the Battle (Ballad)


Moussorgsky





The Goat


Moussorgsky





Siege of Kazan (Opera-Boris Godounov)


Moussorgsky




4.


Wotan's Abscheid und Feuer Zauber
(Opera die Walkure)


Richard Wagner




5.


May, The Maiden


John Alden Carpenter





Evening


Richard Hageman





The Sea


Grant Shaefer





Shadrack (Negro Spiritual)


Robert MacGimsey






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H. Johann Eschbach,
 bass-baritone, recital, Kimball Hall, Sunday afternoon, March 1, at 4 o'clock.  Seats 83c, tax included, office Bertha Ott.




Howard Preston,
 baritone, recital, Curtiss Hall, Sunday afternoon, March 1 at 3:30.  Seats $1.10, tax included, office Bertha Ott.




Marcel Grandjany,
 harpist, recital, Kimball Hall, Wednesday evening, March 11, at 8:30.




Romance of Old Mexico
 featuring 
Colonel Ricardo de Escamilla,
 narrator, 
Greta Rubio,
 mezzo soprano, Velma Montoya, Spanish dancer and Marimba Orchestra, Great Northern Theatre, Sunday afternoon, March 22nd at 3:30.  Seats 55c, $1.10, $1.65, $2.20, $2.50, tax included.




Esther Doby,
 soprano, recital, Kimball Hall, Sunday afternoon, March 22, at 3:30.




The 
Apollo Musical Club, Edgar Nelson,
 conductor, presenting 
The Dream of Gerontius
 by Elgar, Wednesday evening, March 25 at 8:15, Orchestra Hall.




Soloists, 
Ruth Helzer,
 mezzo-soprano; 
Lucius Metz,
 tenor; 
Bruce Foote,
 bass; 
The Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Robert Birch,
 organist.




Tickets available now at office BERTHA OTT, Concert Management, 1223 Kimball Hall Bldg.  Prices 55c, $1.10, $1.65, $2.00 including tax.




Jacques Fray and Mario Braggiotti,
 in a two piano recital, Great Northern Theatre, Sunday afternoon, April 12th at 3:30.  Seats 55c, 83c, $1.10, $1.65, $2.20 tax included.  Mail orders now.




Vincent Geraci,
 accordionist, recital, Great Northern Theatre, Sunday afternoon, April 19th.




Dorothy Korn,
 organist, winner of the young artist contest, Society of American Musicians, recital, Monday evening, April 20th at 8:30.




Fern Hammers,
 contralio, recital, Kimball Hall, Sunday afternoon, April 26th at 3:30.




Dates of artists contracted for from time to time will be announced through the medium of our house programs and the daily press.





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