The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-07-07
Finnish MUSIC
ON THE AIR

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When the Dawson Glee Club
sings, before the nnicrophone at
WCAP tonight one of its songs will
be very exquisite arrangement Of
Finnish folk song by PaImgren.
Such masters as Sibelius, Palm.
gren, JarnfeIdt-and a number OF
others-have been composing Tor
years, and bringing to notation the
best of the wealth Of folk music Of
Finland-but their works were =
long time in spanning the distance
to America.
The Firms, being a direct think.
Ing sort of people, with the strong
est sort Of racial tendencies and
the deepest kind of love OF music
and poetry, have turned out quite
& lot OF music that Is very much
worth while and which has the
distinction Of being elementally
human. Hence the rather extend.
ed reference made here to the
Palmgren thing that will be sung
by the Davidson singers under
John II. Monroe's direction toni5ht.
1T will be worth listening for--as
viii the Armenian folk song OF
Deems Taylor arrangement which
is also on the program.
MARINE AND
ARMY BANDS
Both the Marine and the Army
bands perform for the radio listen
ers this evening. The Marine Band,
GrHm 80
or's desk, will be heard through
WRC at o'clock from the Caption
plaza, and the Army Band with
CAPT. William stannard directing.
will perform at $50 at the Sylvan
Theater for WCAP, WEAF and
WAR.
The Army Band, by the way, Ii
to play two numbers that might
be especially listened for. The
Oberon overture OF Won Weber, the
second number on this evenings
program, was regarded by Richard
Wagner as the greatest Of fairy
music greater, he said, than the
famous MendeIssohn Midsummer
Nights Dream" suite. Wagner
was just as likely to play favorites
as any OF U.S. however. See what
you think.
Then the band viii play the.
IL Arlesienne" suit Of Bizet's. This
is q set OF five. or six musical
scenes of which the band will play
four this evening. It Is the most
exquisite of Bizet's music, as this
hearer has found It. Try It on
your own loud speaker.
RED HUSSAT7'' TO
eswE0wYm EEVe1 csm,TYru
1.-THE Red Hussar'' will strut his
light opera stuff for the listeners
Of the WEAF chain at 8 o'clock
with the WEAF light opera singers
as the notiyating forces. The piece
was written by H. p. Stephens
as starring vehicle for Marie
Tempest and concerns the love at
fair Of a member OF the Hussars
for singing girl. Ivy Scott will
have the Marie Tempest part in
tonight's production.
The Elks Quartet, OF Portcnaster,
n. T., who entertained with such
effect at WIZ Saturday evening
will be heard this evening at Z
o'clock from WIN by any listeners
who can get that station at that
time. At 1915 this evening Miss
11clSu Ms AuIHOly1 Oh THIS ClLys
will be heard from WRNY, where
her prize play, MRS. Rip Van
Wrinkle" Is to be produced. This
play Is one OF those for which the
New York Edison Company offered
prize. Louise Closer Hale will
have the leading role in the play
and Olive Wyndham viii also be
in the cast.
FIRST PHILHARMONIC
CONCERT TONIGHT
This evening at 1880 the first of
the series of concerts by the Phil
harmonic Orchestra Of New York
will be broadcast by WIZ. The
orchestra will inaugurate It's sea-
son with Beethoven's Fifth Sym
phony," the most popular OF that
composers symphonic productions.
The yeast support saxophonists,
shoe polish melodists and tooth
paste syncophators take their reg
ular turns before the WEAF mi
crophones this evening to be re-
broadcast by WCAP and other mem.
bers Of the chain OF stations.
chestra. Rochester. N. r. also broad
cast by WHAM.
WBZ-SpFingRleId, Mass-S33
6 .. m.-Musical Mirth Makers, from
Bert Dolan's Recording Orchestra,
Hotel KimbaII studio.
1880 p. m.-Ra,no Nature League I'M
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