The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-03-05
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Excellent reception rewarded the
dial tWister last evening with vol.
ume and clarity from all sections.
There was some noise in the at
| mOsphere, but stations Of all power
ratings were Obtainable. The only
| great Inconvenience suffered was
through interference and the
whistling and hOwling Of overlap
ping and Identical wave lengths
made some parts Of the dials
impossible for clear tuning.
With most OF the continent at their
fingertips last night. dial twisters
found WRC providing them with an
unusually interesting assortment OF
! loud.speaker deliveries that began
with the United States Marine Band
Orchestra concert in the afternoon
and continued throughout the eve
ming On the outside wave lengths
there was rather striking demon
stration during the Brunswick con-.
cert from WIZ of the value Of
trained. radio entertainers as COM
pared with important musical stars
without radio experience. The radio
entertainers delivered more enter
tainment during last nights hour
than the stars that have been used
heretofore.
The reason for this is no mystery
and is analogous to the choice of
the average citizen to hear a good
motion picture symphony orchestra
as opposed to one of the more inn
portant symphonic organizations of
the country. In the selection and de-
livery OF the program the entertain
ers and the movie symphony have
just one ideae-they must each de-
liver their goods to the satisfaction
OF the customer to hold their jobs
they MUST get their music over!
The symphony orchestra and -the
musical star have no such demand
made upon them. The mere fact
of their playing or singing the mum
Der is regarded as sufficient, and
they usually select programs that
will exhibit their skill or enable them
to do something they want to do.
RADIO DEMANDS
GOOD ENTERTAINMENT
The listener has the satisfaction
after such a concert of knowing
great orchestra-and that IL usually
all he has. Whereas with the other
type OF entertainment he has the
feeling of being entertained. Which
is why we'd vote for more concerts
by such groups as delivered in the
Brunswick entertainment last night
until such time as the super stars
learn radio demands they, too, shall
4. al rNE
their microphonic appearance has
now about dissipated.
There were rather interesting
events during the WRC broadcast
last evening--the Burlington con-
cert with Louis Annis, tenor, and
Viola Abrams, harpist, as soloists;
the Calvert ensemble with Daniel
Breeskin as soloist. and the striking
Interpretation of Gershwin's 'Rhap-
s0dy in Blue" by Louis Kaufman
and his Anglo-Persians from WEAF.
The Colvert concerts are becom-
ing more and more interesting
musically-and more and more salts
flying. The playing of the prelude
! 10 'The Deluge" of Saint-Saens by
Daniel Rreeskin with only a piano
accompaniment was a rather bold
paniment helps both the soloist and
the music in this particular number
in a very marked way. Breeskin
made his violin tell the composers
story in an unmistakeable manner,
however.
OLD SONGS
PLEASE AUDIENCE
The orchestral melange Of old
songs arranged by Fred Stark also
was an interesting number to hear,
as was the unusually well played
adagietto from Bizet's "L'Arle-
sienne" suite by the string quartet.
Kaufman gave a most original
Interpretation of the Gershwin
curiosity. which is being played quite
frequently these days In all wave
lengths. The Persians' director
treated 1t for just what 1t was-a
freak of symphonic proportions on
moaning theme usually reserved
for jazz delivery. but in this in
stance given a serious and almost
reverently musical treatment.
The so-called "blues" idea is one
of the most ancient in music and
is found today in its pristine purity
among all primitive peoples. What
Gershwin has done with It has
been TO attempt an Interpretation
of it along the most modern musi-
cal lines with the entire resources
OF the modern orchestra.
Kaufman reverted to the barbaric
original Of the theme in last nights
endeavor. using those instruments
to do 1t that are most modern-the
saxophone and piano-and using in
modern way the older instru-
ments such as the oboe and violin.
The result was a most impression
istic bit of orchestration that EN-.
phasized the musical curiosities of
the. piece.