f n t i t irY x r K J J A % x RSbert Weede Is Well-Known In Three Fields Robert Weede, American baritone1 of the Metropolitan, who has achieved; notice on the dramatic stage, in radio, concert and oratorio, as born in Baltimore where he studied voice un- der the late George Castelle. In 1927 he~ won the National Fed-. eration of Music Clubs Contest and went to the Eastman School of Music at Rochester to continue his studies under Adelin Fermin. Two years later he won the Caruso Memorial Foundation award and as a result spent the following year and a half in Italy. Returning to this country, he was heard by Roxy in 1933 and has since then been leading baritone of the Radio City Music Hall presenta- tions and the Music Hall of the Air broadcasts. Weede made his Metropolitan Opera debut in the spring of 1937 as Tonio in "Pagliacci." His operatic experiences have also included ap- pearances with the La Scala Com- pany of Philadelphia, the St. Louis Grand Opera. Company, the Cincin- nati Summer Opera, at the Robin Hood Dell during the summer season of the Philadelphia Orchestra and with the New York ,Philharmonic- Symphony during the Stadium Con- certs series. Sings In Opera Philadelphia Symphony Called One Of World's Best Orchestras ROBERT WEEDE Who Said Spare Time? In answer to the question what a, symphony player does with his spare time: If he is a member of the Phila- delphia Symphony Orchestra, he is rehearsed by Conductor Ormandy for' three hours daily. He averages four concerts a week in the busy season, and travels thousands of miles each year. On top of that, he usually has outside playing and teaching engage- ments. Spare time? Hah! The Philadelphia Orchestra, found- en over most of Mr. Stokowski's du- ed in 1900 "to encourage the per- ties to be the fourth great conduc- formance of first class orchestral tor of the Orchestra. music in the city of Philadelphia," The Philadelphia Group's reper- has developed irom a node:,t body of tory covers the widest range and is players to one of the leading orches-! capable of handling the great, comn- tras in the world. positions of all schools from classic Only four men have ever served as and romantic to ultra ,modern. "I permanent conductors of the orches- keep my eye on tomorrow as well as tra.' The first, Fritz Scheel, a Ger- today," remarked Ormandy, speak- man musician, is credited with hav- ing of his programs. ing established during his seven Because of this policy of playing years the firm foundation upon which modern compositions the group has the group's success is based. had many notable "firsts." Among Upon his death in March, 1907, he these were the opera "Mavra" by was succeeded by Carl Pohlig, who Stravinsky and Gluck's "Iphigenia left the position of First Court Con- in Aulis." ductor at Stuttgart, by permission of Boasting a large collection of valu- the King of Wurtemburg, to accept able musical instruments, worth over the proferred post in America. a quarter of a million dollars, the Pohlig was followed by Leopold various musicians in the Orchestra Stokowski, termed one of the greatest treat them as they do their own musicians of the century, who did children. much to bring the orchestra to the Some of the more valuable instru- point of eminence it occupies in the ments are a Guarnerius violin, valued world of music today. One of his by experts at thirty-five thousand earliest and most impressive per- dollars alone, owned by Alexander formances was the American premi- Hilsberg, concert master; a Stradi- ere of Mahler's Eighth Symphony varius owned by Henry Schmidt, first ,requiring more than 1,000 orchestral violinist, dated 1720; which he sends and choral performers. The event, every two years to a firm in London, one of international significance, did the only one of its kind, for revar- much to win for the Orchestra world- nishing. wide attention. Other interesting instruments are Eugene Ormandy has recently tak- Yasha Kayloff's Godfredo Cappo vio- lin dated 1891, a 175-year-old cello owned by William Schmidt, and the double bases owned by Anton Torello Emuanuesl Feuct' awnlll... Emanuel Feuermann, called to a professorship at the Conservatory of Music at Cologne at the age of sixteen, has been pronounced by many critics to be the finest violoncellist on the concert stage. An Austrian, he made his debut at the age of eleven with the Vienna Symphony Orchestra under Felix Weingartner. Mr. Feuermann came to this country five years ago, and made his debut with the New York Philharmonic-Symphony under Bruno Walter. Since that time he has steadily gained admnirers, among the most discriminating of critics as well as the music loving public. Mr. Feuermann will appear in concert Saturday afternoon, May 1 1 11 I' I I i ml E Y F E S TIV A L B __. i I r7m MAR T I NIELL I r __ 1~~. IN IN CONCERT OPERf and his two sons, William and Carl. The Torellos own about two dozen of these deep-voiced giants, which have been swathed in blankets to shield them from varying temperatures and weathers. Besides the bass violin playing Torellos there are two other families playing with the Philadelphia Or- chestra. The Grays, Alexander and John, play the viola and violoncello respectively and the four Gusikoffs play a variety of instruments. Charles plays the trombone, Ben and Isadore are in the cello sections and Saul Gusikoff Caston, a cousin, is first trumpeter and asistant conductor. Serkin Made Debut As Vilin Soloist W hen 12 Years Old Born in Czechoslovakia 01 ussian parents. ,.udolf Serkin, violin virtu-4 oso, made an immediate success on his American debut as soloist with the New York Philharmonic-Syn- phony under the baton of Arturo Tos- canini, Serkin, who is still in his early thirties,'was already playing credit- ably at the ago of four. His parents, however, ruled against a prodigy car- eer and placed him under the tutelage of Prof. Richard Robert in Vienna. At 12 Serkin made his debut as guest artist' with the Vienna Symphony Orchestra, but although his success led enthusiastic managers to offer him tempting tours, his parents de- cided he was still too young and ar- ranged for him to continue his studies. When he finally did inaugurate his career, he concertized France, Switz- erland, Italy, Spain and Austria win- ning applause from spectators and -y Rnd lvrt 2rr iiEClFlND 1 AY 1 ES7V1 NER h FH RAE NT I9 L Metrosda, ton R , et 8 ° FEON MA ETIVNLTONIER F 9 IV F 9 F Experenced ThusdyMey tplian3ris '25 __.._ F "The famous tenor's experience and mastery, his feeling for style, his ability to fill the eye and gratify the ear were potently in evidence." New York Herald Tribune SIXTH MAY FESTIVAL CONCERT I I SATURDAY EVENING, MAY 11, at 8:30 HILL AUDITORIUM t acclaim from critics. THE P I AD LPI IA 0 I A-l ESTIIA under the baton of EUGENE ORMRNDY 11l~i I SRUL CASTON, fssociate Conductor ii ii I i Dili r .-il EUGENE -ORMANDY SA UL CASTON This thrilling orchestra, for the fifth -coseeutive Festival, will participate in all six coneerts. Music-lovers know the fine work of this orchestra both here and abroad. TIUE MAY FESTIVAL is proud to -present themn to Ann Arbor