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WEEK of GOOD MUSIC PRESENTED to SALEM M VARDELL GIVES PIANO RECITAL THURSDAY Friday, March 21, 1941. T H E SALEMITE Page Three. WEEK OF GOOD MUSIC PRESENTED TO SALEM m VARDELL GIVES PIANO RECITAL THURSDAY Thursday afternoon at the regular four o’clock Music Hour, Salem students, faculty, and guests were honored to hear Dr. Charles Vardell in a piano recital. His program was very well planned and appealed to all who attended the concert. The program, was as follows: Prelude and Fregue in C minor ....... Bach I r (Prom “ The Well Tempered sm- Clavichard.") Sonata in F major ........ Mozart Allegro. Adagio. Allegro Vivad. Gavotte in A "'S'jor ....................... Gluck-Brahms Pictured above are the members of the Salem College string orchestra who were this week presented in two concerts under the direction Prelude in C sharp of Miss Hazel Horton Bead Minor — ................................ Chopin Impromtu in A flat RADIO PROGRAMS major ..................................... Chopin WHAT AMERICA STRING ORCHESTRA GIVES CONCERT Rhapsody in B IS READING For those who were unable to at­ who played two. movements of the OTHERWISE minor ................................... Brahms tend the orchestra concert Monda,y Rode Concerto No. 7, with orchestra Reflections on the Friday, March 21 f i c t i o n . evening, Miss Hazel Horton Bead aceompanisment. ^ater ...... ........................... Debussy 7:30 P. M.—Curator — of San Diego H. M. Pulham, Esquire by Jphn and the string ensemble repeated The members played by the Suite: From Cherry joins A1 P earce’s Gang — CBS. P. Marquand. part of their progjam, Thursday orchestra alone were as follows: Orove ................................... Vardell 9:00 P. M. — Great Moments From Harry Pulham tells his own story, night on the regular Salem broad­ Saraband and March ...... Purcell II Deep Sea Incantation. Great Plays — N pw Program from the vantage point of a man cast. (From Suite No. 1) Egrets in the Marsh. Seizes: Sir Crab. who is facing his 25 reunion, the The program featured the talent­ Berceuse ............... Stravinsky Opening with scenes from “ Out­ story that will not appear among ed 12-year-old pupil of Miss Read, (From Fire Bird Suite) A very interesting opening num­ ward Bound” — CBS. ber, the Bach Prelude, was full of the class biographies. Miss Barbara Ann Benson of Elkin, Ladies of the Ballet ........ Maganini 11:00 P. M. — Sports-Time—Round­ Joy—(France). quick moving voices and, in con­ My Theodosia by Anya Seton. up of sports news by staffmen Griselda—(Vienna). trast, the fugue was of a staccato Exciting story of Theodosia Burr — CBS. nature, also very fast. who remains a haunting memory, Rachael—(Poland). RADIO PROGRAMS Saturday, March 22 In the typical 18th century style still lovely, still imperious, never Kitty O’Hara—(Ireland). 1:30 P. M. — No Politics — Con­ of writing was the Mozart Sonata vanquished. MUSIC It is interesting to note that gressmen answer riddles about with its exquisite runs and delicate Cheerfulness Breaks In by Angela transcriptions were made of the en­ other things — CBS. Saturday, March 22 tire program, for permanent record phrasing that Dr. Vardell treated Thirkell. 10:15 P. M. — Australia — Talks so beautifully. Dr. Howard Hanson directs the in the string department of the through Minister Richard Casey War or no war. the people of the Eastman School of Music Orchestra School of Music. Upon the first hearing of the English countryside carry on; and — CBS. Gavotte, one would notice charact­ in a Moravian program. WEAF 11:00 P. M. — Basketball Semi­ because this is a story by Angela 12-12:30. eristics of the two composers: Theirkell, they carry on in the en­ finals — Described from Madi­ Gluch’s melodic work and phrasing, chanting inconsequential fashion Juintet ..................................... Peter son Square Garden — CBS. combined with Brahms’s use of fuli ............ Antes beloved by all her readers. Go, Congregation, Go THE “ Y’s” WORK Sunday, March 23 harmonies. Later in the piece it was NON-FICTION. Unto Us a Child is Born ........ Peter 11:15 A. M. — Red Cross — Series interesting to note the beautiful Metropolitan Opera Company of programs on National De­ A Smattering of Ignorance by legals minor melody with a light presents Verdi’s “ Aida” Ettore fense — NBC Blue. Oscar Levant . staccato accompaniment in the left Panizza, conductor. WJZ—2-5. 6:05 P. M. — Fritz Stiedry — Con­ hand. Entertaining, impudent anecdotes, Cast ducts New Friends Orchestra The two Chopin numbers were myths, and gossip about famous Ramfis ............................. Ezio Pinza — NBC Blue. people, mostly musicians. quite contrasting and equally dif­ Badamis ........ Giovauni Martinolli 9:00 P. M. — Efrem Zimbalist — ficult as for interpretation and England’s Hour by Vera Brittain. Amneris ....... Bruna Castagna What is the Young Women’s Violin soloist with Ford Sym­ technique. The first consisted of At perhaps the most critical Christian Association phony — CBS. Aida ........... Stella Roman flowing arpeggio accompaniment moment of England’s history, Vera King of Egypt ........ Norman Cordon Definition is a difficult thing, so 2:00 A. M. — Eddy Duchin — MBS. difficult that most of today’s quar­ with a melody among fluent modu­ Brittain shows how modern war­ Amonasro ........... Leonard Warren Monday, March 24 lations. fare affects familiar places and the and others. rels can be reduced to basic dif­ 8:30 A. M. — Gay Nineties Revue ferences in definition; for example, After the brilliant and difficult people who live there. NBC Symphony Orchestra, Goerge — Beatrice Kay and others. Va­ scale passage in the opening of the the different meanings people give riety — CBS. The Bedemption of Democracy by Szell, conductor. W JZ—9:35-11. Impromtu a very expressive melody Program the words democracy, free speech, 12:'00 mid. — Linton Wells — Re- Hermann Eauschning. fascism and the like. And one word in F minor was heard, followed by A challenge thrown in to the Overture, Le Carnival jK)rta the news. Every night or phrase often gathers up a multi­ a return to the beginning. Remain ............................ Berlioz same time — CBS. faces of England and America to tude of associations, all or some of The second group began with a pool their resources and revitalige The Incredible Tuesday, March 25 which may be meant or understood very authoratative and majestic their democracy as the only pos­ Flutist .................... Walter Piston 9:00 P. M. — We, the People — Ga­ whenever the term is used. number by Brahms of which heavy Symphony No. 3 ............ Beethoven briel Heatter meets the people sible strategy for the survival of Suppose, for instance, a student octaves passages was charactirestic. our way of life. A book of stunning Sunday. March 23 —CBS. asks, “ What is the college Young After a quiet section with broken Pilharmonic Symphony Orchestra, Wednesday, March 26 impact. Women’s Christian Association? arpeggio accompaniment and a re­ England Speaks; a symposium, John Barbirolli, conductor, Jose 9:00 P. _M. — The Texaco Star What does is mean ,who is it, for turn to the first subject, the com­ Oistinguished articles that aim to Iturbe, pianist. All Tschaikowsky Theater — Fred Allen and his what does it stand?" And the position ended quitely. clarify the real issues at stake in program. WABC—3:00. party — CBS. answer is not a simple yes-or-no Debussy’s impressionistic idea is this war, which involves the civilian Program very evident in the number and one proposition. New Wilmington, Del.—(ACP) almost as much as the soldier. Suite for Strings “ Souvenir de can easily see his “ reflection in What is the “ 'Y” ? To some it is Classrooms at Westminster col­ Florence." the water” from the artistic inter­ the students who constitute the lege wUl be done over in colors like Alezandxlana, Piano Concerto No. 1 in B flat pretation of Dr. Vardell. cabinet which meets every Wed salmon, apricot and “ cool green" By Legette Bylthe. minor. For a climactic close, Dr. Vardell nesday noon to discuss policy, plan in an experiment to relieve the The story of the American Eevolu- Suite from ballet, “ Swan Lake." gave the first public performance program and administer activities monotony of drab walls for stu­ tion in the South — of the great Theme and Variations from Suite of his own suite, which was written To others it is the faculty, the ad­ dents and thus keep sleepy ones revolutionary chaiactera we all in G, No. 3. during his stay at Cherry Grove Thusrday, March 27 visory board who carry on major ‘ ‘ individualized. ’ ’ know, and of the ordinary men, Beach, South Carolina, in the sum­ administrative duties “ There would be fewer dozing who plowed and hunted and fished, Salem College weekly broadcast. mer of 1940. Very unusual and in What is the “ Y"? Perhaps it is and sleepy students if classrooms who fought in the ranks, drank Student Open Forum on the sub­ an extremely radical style, with its the thousands of living alumni who were made attractive instead of be­ and caroused in the taverns; all ject “ What Students Should Ex­ modern harmonies and syncopated glowingly drawn on a .background carried on the Association’s pro­ ing merely 50 chairs surrounded by pect to Get From a Liberal Arts rhythms, it was certainly presented gram as undergraduates and who 80 feet of blackboard and bare of accnrate bat little known his­ College," WSJS—8:00-8:30. with the touch of a true genius. tory. then went out into business and walls," Brennan said. trade, the churches, the schools and colleges, and the social problem areas of the nation and the world. Or maybe the “ Y " is the students faculty, parents, alumni and friends FRESHMENI SOPHOMORES! who annually contribute to the budget of the Association, making JUNIORS! SENIORS! possible the furtherance of its broad socially religious aims. IF Obviously, however, the answer is 10 More Days Left none of the specifics that have been You Want $10 or $5 In Books mentioned, but a sum of them all To Turn In Your Name and many more.
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