The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-07-06
MOZART CANNOT
BE CURTA|LED /

Dirty weather on the wave
lengths last night mates! Even
WCAP grOaned a. static sand
was poured into the bearings Of
Its broadcast. Steady grinding
noises from everywhere with
sharp crashes every second or
80. Baltimore, New York and
Atlantic City broke through and
were fairly clear late In the
evening. CleveIand, Cincinnati.
Pittsburgh and Detr0it Iabored
heavily and gave forth faint
signals.
a thing Of many tenal colors, put
together in patchwork. crazy quilt
Style was Mozart's opera, "Ths
Magic Flute as presented by the
wear grand opera company last
night for the loud speakers Of the
natien.
Struggle 40 they might with the
exquisite music neither orchestra or
singers, In trying 10 condense IT,
varied beauties into enc hour Of
Performance could give much con.
tinuity to q piece written to run
three hours. The result was most
abrupt examinations Of arias, chorals
and Instrumental interludes ana ut.
tie or no relation shown between
the parts thus separated.
TO music students and Mazart
enthusiasts, the work OF Carl Rol.
Inns, In the comedy part Of the
bird catcher, OF Genia Zielinska,
as the Queen Of Night, and Nino
Ruisi as the high priest. were
snnagnificently sung - fragmentaFy
as their contributions were and
unable al Ruisi seemed TO be to-
enunciate anything by "wah.wah'
with his remarkable bass voice.
1t Is very serious question,
however. whether people who never
heard Mozart opera would De
tempted to want TO hear It again
from last nights performance-and
that part OF the audience out.
numbered the sophisticated section
e the rate Of about ten thousand
to ofiel
CHOIR SCORES
IN CELEBRATION
For the audience assembled be.
fore the loud speakers who could
not see the tableaux or the fire.
works Of the celebration Of Iuds,
pendence Day on the steps Of the
CAPITOL, the massed choirs OF the
colored churches Of Washington
were the stars Of the program a. II
came from WCAP.
The singing Of Listen 70 the
Lamb by the 500 voices was an
almost perfect bit Of harmoniza.
ton, that few choruses would Ct.
tempt without months Of rehearsal
because Of its tricky intervals and
peculiar-really counterpuntal--ar.
rangement OF the various parts.
In the other numbers the choir
scored although the soprano
and contralto sections were 30
much nearer the nlicrcphone that
IN these other numbers. they 6Iah-
keted the heavier voices OF the men
completely. It is to be hoped that
there VIII be more radio concerts by
this group OF singers. They might
form very pleasing part OF some
az the evening band concerts that
are broadcast 50 literally.
MASSED BANDS
MAKE a HIT
The combining Of the United
States Marine and the United States
Army bands for the Capitol cele-
bration also made q hit with the
radio audience. The two organIza-
tons played both the march and
the concert numbers with color and
an enthusiasm that was delightful
20 hear.
Outside stations did not come
into local receivers with any great
volume during the evening-saye
only New York and Atlantic City.
80 40 sTF9a
subsidy provided a patriotic pro.
gram interlarded with poppy dance
numbers, early in the evening, and
later good dance program came
from the same station.
The Goldman Band performed for
loud speakers from WEAF with fair
effect and WPG sent quite a
varied assortment Of dance music
r,xnar the air throughout the aYeninE.