The Washington times., 1926-08-23
POOR WIRES MAR
GREAT MUSIC

A real dial twiSter's weekend
was the SaturClay.Sunday period OF
radio entertainment just past
with noise enough to make dialling
interesting and programs OF sur
ficient quality to provide regard
for careful tuning. The Middle
West was the most productive OF
results. Atlanta and Montreal
were much among those present
Saturday, and Montreal, Atlantic
City and Chicago last night. There
was interference of all sorts and
q pounding, grinding din every
where, but powerful stations de-
livered, as usual, when the tuning
was exact.
Few radio programs have been
better calculated to give listeners
taste Of the finest music, magniti.
Gently played, than the concert OF
the New York Philharmonic Orches.
ira, which came to receivers from
WIZ through WRC Saturday even
ing. And few radio programs re-
ceived in Washington have been
married by more excrable trans
mission!
The first part Of the program
was aII1OSL NY lhC 'AoJ
lines between WIZ and WRC. 1t
Is neither fair to the public, the
orchestra or the composers to break
into concerts in the way WIS
poor choice OF equipment has
caused such breaks week after
week. It would be far better to
cancel the concerts entirely and
depend on impromptu local enter
tainment. If there was no better
transmission, perhaps listeners could
be asked to put up with 1t. But
there is better transmission and
WRC gets it when it hooks up with
the WEAF lines. Hence the sug-
gestion either to use the same lines
with the Philharmonic-or cancel
the concerts altogether.
STOCK
WINS RADIO PRAISE
However-there was a most inter
esting program and a magnificent
Of it by Frederick
Stock provided for the listeners by
the Philharmonic-even IL there were
only two numbers presented that
had been included in the program
the orchestra was announced to
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can composers, Edward Collins Of
and Carl Mckinley OF New
York, were interesting-as well as
providing lot of very good music.
But the two big things delivered to
loud speakers were Tschaikowsky's
Fourth Symphony" and Saint
Saens' 1.-THE Spinning Wheel OF
Tschaikowsky produced six SYM
nhonies and they are exactly that.
The last three are mostly heard by
these sdays and the
Fourth" is perhapS the most bril-
iant of the three. Director Stocks
interpretation of this is a bit diff
erent than that usually given and
seems to bring out the climaxes
hat occur 50 frequently in more
vivid form than usual. The unique
bird movement, played entirely by
,lucking the strings, with the wood
Wind coming in now and then, was
particularly effective under the
Stock Interpretation. The same
careful attention to vivid tone colors
vas noted in the SaintSaens num-
per.
ORCHESTRA
SCORES A HIT
The Irving Boernstein Orchestra,
which opened the Saturday evening
program for WRC, gave a better
than 1t has played for
many months. Careful attention to
the finer standings Of the music
in the two numbers Of
Ivanoff's Caucasian" suite and the
la Feria". number of Lacombe,
not only provided clearer meaning
to these numbers but exactly what
the customers seem to want in the
early evening hours.
The Sunday endeavors of the
Capitol Theater crowd and Allen
McQuhae and William Simmons
during the Atwater Kent period
were p1easing-but not quite with
the fullness Of satisfaction that
came from hearing Eugene Mar
tinet, baritone, and Albert New
combe, tenor, with the Vesper Hour
feature Of WRC.
Added to the work Of these two
artists was the skill of Charles J.
scotsman, Zylophonist. Not only be-
,aUse he can play the zy1ophone did
scotsman appeal strongly to the
radiotics, however. He did some
hing else. He completely subdued
The Emerson Ensemble. After the
orchestra had ruined the first part
Of his first number the Zylophonist
struck pace the accompanies
simply couldn't follow and listen
ers heard the soloist-which was
to do in a Vestper Hour!