The Washington times., 1927-02-25
TWO SOPRANOS.
FEATURED

Gretchen Hood and Marion Tal.
lie are to sing to radiotics tonight.
Miss Hoods voice win come from
WRC during the Burlington con.
cert at 7:15 and Miss Talley from
WIZ and his tentacles during the
Victor hour at o'clock.
TO people who get thrills as
well as soiace from the soprano
about the best bit of news radio
has delivered for some months.
There are no two sopranos I want
to hear more than these two Miss
Hood because OF confidence in ner
vocal capacity and ideas, and Miss
Talley from curiosityT-to discover
whether or not the spirit Of youth
which was the distinctive feature
Of her singing last winter has
given away to- priIi1a donnaisms.
What they will sing il not indi.
Gated In any of the announcements
that have come this way. But that
Is OF FAR less Importance than the
fact that they viii sing. Anything
either selects to do would be worth
hearing so far as / am concerned
personally - for the reasons indi.
Gated.
There are few soprano voices /
know that have the capacity OF that
possessed by Gretchen Hood 's--the
capacity for interpreting muslc-for
singing the poetry of song. And
there are few singers whose ideas
of the poetry of song are quite so
sound and so well or so surely trans
Ia n1 - - -
listener. She will have the assist
ance of the Breeskin Orchestra dur
ing the concert which is a special
event arranged to present her.
THREE STARS
IN VICTOR HOUR
The Victor Hour, in addition to
presenting Miss TaIley. wiz introduce
Lawrence Tibbett, the American BARI
tone of the Metropolitan Opera Com
pany, and Richard Crooks, the tenor,
who has been heard during the Max
well Hour by radio listeners with
much pleasure. 1t will be remem-
bered that Crooks was one Of the
singers whose managers declined to
permit being broadcast during the
presentation Of Beethoven's Ninth
Symphony by the philharmonic So.
ciety few weeks ago.
The u. s. Marine Band starts
things off for WRC this afternoon
at o'clock with its weekly orches-
trail concert, to be broadcast by
WEAF and several other stations
also. There will be tea music from
the Mayflower-proba blyL-and book
reviews by Nina Reed before the
start Of the Burlington concert. The
Goldman Band comes from WEAF at
8 o'clock. and the Lord Calvert con-
cert at 8. Fritz Mueller, 'cellist,
and Emil Splitter, oboeist, are to be
the soloists. Mueller viii play Bart
let's Dream" and a serenade Of his
own composition. Splitter is to play
an English horn solo from. the opera,
"Alglala."
The orchestra will play the
"Oberon" overture. which is one Of
Won Weber's loveliest compositions
and two of the Ippolitow-Ivanoff
caucasian Sketches" among other
things-finishing the concert with
the lurid ''Bacchanale." from ''Sam-
son and Delilah"-about the most
vivid musical Interpretation Of a
wild. drunken orgy / know anything
about. The Whittall Anglo ersians
have an average program to present
at 10 o'clock, and from 1890 to IL
Ben Bernie's orchestra will deliver
dance music.
MANY PROGRAMS
FOR DIAL TWISTERS
In the great open spaces there is
much to interest and exercise the
diallinR fingers. A Remington Band
recital win come from WGY and
WHAM at 1880. followed at $50
from WGY by one of those enjoy.
II .. m,-Popular Program.
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1880 .. m.-Crow's Orchestra.
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