The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-01-31
ROMPlNG AROUND THE RADIO DIALS
SLAV MUSIC IS.
RADIO HIT

Nest Of the wave lengths were
tunable by receivers over the
weekend, witll0u. regard 10 dis
lance or sectional location. Sat
urday evening the atmosphere
was fairly clear and. signals came
In from everywhere with good
seemed a bit thicker and tuning
was exacting, hut distance was
good. New England, Minnesota,
Iowa. Texas. Florida and CHba
responding to careful adjustments.
Aside from the hudgetary talk Of
President Coolidge Saturday eve
ming, TO which most tuning tax
payers listened with considerable
pleasure, and the "woodshed thea.
ter" performance of Ford and
Glenn from WLW. which took
listeners back a generation, the
most delightful thing that came
over the wave lengths during the
weekend was the playing of
Tschaikowsky's Andanta Cantabile
by the Lord Calvert string quartet
at WRC Saturday. evening.
The Lord Calvert organization has
steadily improved it's radio product
ss.nce its beginning few weeks
ago, and. while string quartets are
seldom calculated to excite the en-.
thusiasrn of radiotics. the playing
OF the Tschaikowsky character
sketch of the Slav was an exquisite
bit of music.
SATURDAY STAR
WEEKEND PERIOD
The Saturday evening program.
as matter of fact, seemed to
have shade the best of that of
Sunday evening in the enthusiasm
and emotional value of the music
presented The Saint-Saens con.
cert which DR.. Walter Damrosch
designed and his cohorts put over
from WEAF in his absence, was
a well conceived and finely ex-
ecuted bit of concertizing. The
piano playing of Charles Maggie
and Leopoldine Damrosch was the
chief feature of this hour, of course,
as well as filling the most of it,
The presentation of the bizarre an
imal suite of the great French COM
poser. arranged for two pianos and
string accompaniment, seemed to
emphasize the chief characteristics
of the managerie idea better than
an orchestra usually does. The
playing of the Saint-Saens bar
carolle by Maggie, was, perhaps, the
most finished individual perform
ance of the evening.
Fred East, baritone, by his per-
Torrance with the Peoples Vesper
Hour from WRC made the Sunday
evening program most notable. This
very fine singer has not been heard
half enough by radio listeners and
It is hoped that he and the male
quartet of which he is a member,
will be used again.
The Curtis String Quartet, which
opened the WRC musical program
from the Coolidge Auditorium at
the Congressional Library was
caught by the microphone in the
middle of its performance and pre-
sented the same sort of clinical
demonstration of involved harmonic
problems such chamber music con.
certs usually Notwithstanding
but then what?
FLAUTIST WINS
HONORS SUNDAY
In the Atwater Kent period the
real star was John Amadio and his
flute, although Florence Austral,
dramatic soprano, and Alexander
Brailowslzy, pianist were presented
AZ the stellar attractions. The
flautist provided an exhibition of
musical skill and understanding in
two solo numbers interpreted in the
program at the last moment that
were both of exceptional character
and gave listeners new idea OF the
beauty of flute tones and IS capacity
for Interpretation of musical ideas.
Nine. Austral presented an excellent
voice and BrailowslSy played with
mechanical perfection. but little
feeling.
On the outer wave leGgths the
Ford and Glenn children perfornl-
ance of fairy story in what they
called their "wooished theater
from WLW Saturday evening was
a delightful bit of work from start
4 10 IlHlSH. ne EHU" was a SNIlulAs
children's exhibition with the two
producers as commenting spectators
and participators only when an
emergency required them to hold W
the plot while the Juvenile actors
spat on their hands in a manner o.
speaking! We're waiting with i'm
patience for Little RIG Riding
Hood" next Saturday night
Sunday evening the Chippewa In
dian entertainment from WCCC ap-
peared to the best advantage in our
set. The travelogue TO Athens Il ON
WIZ was bit messed up because
we had to take the very poor br Dad
cast of the parent station instead IF
getting it from KDkA, WEI or
kYW, where we usually tune the
WIZ features theSn DAVIS