“Constitution Hall was certainly a welcome sight to behold yesterday. The National Symphony Orchestra was inaugurating its new Sunday afternoon Government and Family Series, and believe it or not, the big hall was sold out. The first guest artist of the series, and a fine choice it proved to be, was Ann Schein, who was soloist in the Schumann Piano Concerto. Once again, her exquisite musical sensitivity and her brilliant technical command of the keyboard were lavishly displayed, as they had been in the Rachmaninoff Paganini Variations this week. The Schumann demonstrated the wonderful combination of poetry and bravura that is the hallmark of her style.”
National Symphony Orchestra Howard Mitchell, conductor