The Washington times., 1927-07-14
RICH FEAST Of
RADIO MUSIC

will be some sad cases Of musical in
digestion in many homes in all sec.
tons Of the country this evening to
which loud speakers bring a combi-
nation Of music rarely heard in one
evenings program. The Philhar-
monte Orchestra will provide Wag-
ner and Beethoven for listeners to
the WIZ chain. Latin-American ro-
nance and history will be told in
tone by the United States Navy Band
through MA during the thirty-sixth
concert in the esplanade Of the Pan
American Union Building. And the
United States Army Band will dis
course melody from the Capitol
Plaza which WMAL will send out
into the ether.
The only saving feature of this
mass of rich emotional prime movers
lies in the fact that the three big
programs will all be played at about
the same time, and it will be impos-
sible for any one person to hear all
of each of them-without three radio
sets and three pairs of ears
The Philharmonic exercises, which
start at 7:30-and can best be heard
by Washingtonians through WBAL,
Baltimore, and KDKA. Pittsburgh
open with one OF the most exquisite
of all Wagnerian tone poems, the
Prelude to Lohengrin."
We've always thought Of 1t as a
prelude to Wagner" We like to
think Of it as the bringing to earth
of the great gift Of musical second
sight Wagner seemed to possess. It
is the flight Of the angels with the
Holy Grail, so the story goes. The
celestial messengers bring the sacred
vessel to earth and then depart
leaving their precious burden for
man to do with it what he willard
protect it as he might.
ALSO TO PLAY
BEETHOVEN SYMPHONY
The remainder of the first part Of
the symphony program includes ex-
cerpts from "Gotterdammerung," the
last Of the Ring" operas, and the
overture to "Die Meistersinger." The
second part of the concert will be de-
voted to Beethoven Seventh Sym
phony.
In the Pan-American concert
music dramas and tone poems OF six
American nations will be played, be-
ginning at o'clock. The chief fea-
ture of the concert will he the read
ing Of drama Of the Incas by DR..
Bartlett B. James. Of the American
University, with music setting Of
interpretative songs Of the Incas ar
ranged by Carlos Valderrama and
sung by Milla Ybarra de Dominguez,
soprano.
The colorful overture to Wag-
ner's first opera. 'Rienzi." will be
one of the chief features of the
United States Army Band concert
which WMAL begins broadcasting
at 1880. This is about all Of
'Rienzi" that has survived and is
regarded as the only part of it
which shows the real spirit Of Wag-
ner as it is manifested in his later
works. The overture is the second
number on the band program.
Today being Bastile Day. the great
French national holiday will be
observed by the band playing the
French march, "Sambre ct Meuse."
with which American soldiers
became so familiar while overseas.
The soloist Of the band concert will
be Staff Sergeant William F. Ray
mond, trombonist.
In the WRC program this evening
there will be new feature Of which
little is known-save that 1t is called
the Pontiac Program" and Is an
automobile subsidy that is just start
ing its career on the wave lengths.
The Kilt hour at 6:10 will present
Elizabeth Winston, pianiste. The
opera Of W. S. Gilbert and Alfred
Collier. 1.-THE Mountebanks," will Re
the Cesare Sodero offering which
comes to receiving sets at o'clock.
This is a bit of work done by Gilbert
after his break with Arthur Sulli-
van at the end Of their productive
partnership.
The program Of WMAL. in
addition to the Army Band. will
offer Selma Sellinger Klein, dra-
matte soprano. at 8 o'clock and
Isaac Cherniak, violinist, at $40. A
special celebration of Bastile Day
by the American Legion will be
broadcast by WNYC at o'clock.