The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-07-12

But there was no satisfaction in
listening.
While wind and rain and lightning
were uprooting trees, flooding streets
ana destroying arsenals Saturday
evening the radio listeners OF Wash
ington learned something that is
worth while - that Irving Boern-
stems washington Hotel Orchestra
can play real music in q way that
reaches the hearts of listeners.
And that it can play the part OF
life saver for a radio program,
that is about to be sunk to silence
through the eccentr:cities Of the
atmosphere.
The washington orchestra came
through a musical and endurance
test OF an hour and a half or con-
tinuous playing-Inost OF 1t Win.
out the necessary rehearsaL-but
all Of. It done with viii and a
very evident desire to- give full mu-
steal value to everything that was
plaved. The Interpretation the
Boerustein outfit gave the andante
81 Tschaikowsky's Fifth Sym
nhonyh was almost worth missing
the first part Of the Philharmonic
program to hear.
STORM SHORTENS
PHILHARMONIC PROGRAM ),
The storm only cut the Phil
harmonic program in half. how
ever-and the best half was saved
Tor listeners OF WRC by some good
hard work on the part OK the sta
ton technical staff and the Postal
Telegraph Company trouble Shoot
ers. This was Dvorak's New
world Symphony" with the I'M
usually fine descriptive introduc-
tions. for each part by Announcer
Daniel Of VIZ
The philharmonic plays this par.
ticular symphony in a way few
orchestras present it. The New
York musicians seem to have sort
of possessive feeling for the piece
because twas written mostly dur
ing the time DR.. Dvorak was their
director.
In addition to the symphony and
the Boernstein exhibition, WRCI
provided several more than usually
interesting musical events during
the course of the evening. Lucy
Dickenson Marx, soprano soloist,
sang an excellent program OF songs
but more than that-sang group
of children's songs of her own
composition and dedicated to her
own children which were gems and
which the hearers would, undoubt-
edly like to hear again.
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with excellent effect-although the
tendency of all trios seems to be
to try to play things. with their
three instruments that symphony
orchestras have difficulty in prop,
erly presenting unless they have
the most complete INSTRUMENTATION.
ssFORCE OF DESTINY"
BEING RUBBED IN.
'aThe Force of Destiny" is being
rubbed in a bit during the present
"a hours. About the only really
great thing In the ancient Verdi
opera is the duet, Swear In This
Hour" for baritone and tenor which
was heard twice last night and
viii be heard again this evening
when the entire opera Is given.
Edmund Burke, guest baritone
with Allen Met2uhae, in the At
water Kent exercises, who showed
a magnificent voice, sang the duet
with McQuhae at the close Of their
program.
Then it was SUM- again-and may
We suggest that it was better
sung?-by Albert Newcombe, tenor.
and Eugene Martinette, baritone,
during the vesper hour from
WCAP. Both the new yesper hour
singers are welcome additions 10
radio concert performance. Both
had excellent voices which they
knew how to use.
But even with two such good
singers-the audience missed hear
ing more Of Hazel Arth and
Gretchen Hood, who were given
just one number each in the hour
and a half or more of the Elmer.
son hour.