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...houseparty at Chevron, the sprawling ancestral manor, comes Leonard Anquetil, polar explorer, the type of free intelligence beloved by H. G. Wells. Anquetil watches the "set" at play, but himself hangs aloof, speculating. He learns of the other guests' boudoir intrigues, all artfully manipulated by his hostess. Only in Viola and Sebastian, the children of the house, does he find the strength of noble heritage without the conventions of elegant social horseplay. The pair make excellent companions, and Sebastian leads his visitor in a scamper over Chevron's rooftops, in the course of which Anquetil saves him from slipping...
Schubert's Concerto in A Minor by 'Cellist Caspar Cassado and Symphony Orchestra under Sir Hamilton Harty (Columbia, $6)-A compatriot and pupil of Famed Pablo Casals contributes an excellent arrangement of a sonata written for piano and arpeggione (string instrument between a viola and a 'cello in size; invented in Vienna in Schubert's day' seldom played...
Whiting will be assisted by a musical art quartet composed of Sascha Jacobsen, first violin; Paul Bernard, second violin; Louis Kaufman, viola; and Marie Roemaet-Rosanoff, violoncello...
...this Quartet and a large audience is expected. Their popularity has increased with each presentation. Two of its members were formerly members of the Flonzaley Quartet, which was one of the most famous that American music circles has known. These members are: Alfred Pochon, second violin, and Nicolas Moldavan, viola. The other two members are Wolfe Wolfinsohn, first violin, and Gerald Warburg, violoncello. These artists have been fortunate enough to have four Stradivarius instruments placed at their disposal...
...Viola and Violoncello...