The Washington times., 1927-04-12
BUSY TUESDAY
FOR TUNERS |


There are few things under the
sun that have been overlooked in
the preparation OF the program Of
broadcasts for this evening from all
sections of the country-few things
that are likely to provide entertain
ment. From RoEsini's immortal
''Stabat Mater" to series of boxing
bouts-from the spontaneous modern
comedy of the To-Be.Weds" series
Of WIZ. to the solemn pilgrimage
Of the knights Templar to Jerusa.
lem 500 years ago-the air will be
filled with the variety that makes
for the spice of life and the enter
tainment of living people.
Productions of sacred oratorios
will be the chief things OF musical
interest on the wave lengths
throughout this week and tonight
there will be two especially inn.
portant productions of "Stabat
Mater" The first will come from
the New York municipal broadcast.
ing station, WNYC, at 8 o'clock,
when the presentation Of the great
oratorio by the Choir of the Church
Of the Assumptions Of Brooklyn and
the New York Philharmonic Or.
chestra will be given to the wave
lengths. We know little about the
choir. but we know quite a bit
about the Philharmonic, as all
radiotics do, and the choir must be
an excellent organization, well able
to cope with the intricacies of
RossinPs sacred composition or the
orchestra would not perform with
them.
The other production of "Stabst
Mater" comes from WLWL,, New
York. at 9:35 The choir OF the
Church of st. Thomas Aauinas will
sing the music on this occasion and
there will be an explanatory lecture
by one OF the Paulist fathers con.
nected with the WLWL station.
NEW MORNING
PROGRAM FOR WRC
The morning hours will be rather
bus- for WRC, for not only Ia the
new Home Makers hour again on
the air at 10 o'clock, but there
will be an early chain program at
IL from WEAF--a brand new fea.
ture subsidized by the varnish In.
dustry and to be known as the
Hilo Moment Musicale. Much il
promised for this early musical per.
Torrance which the Hilo Hawaiians
will provide. There will also be A
brief lecture on ''Hilo Hints for
Home Decoration" by Miss A.
Louise Fellebroun, who is well
known as art director of the New
York and Chicago own Your Own
Home" expositions.
Nina Reed will talk about things
at the beginning OF the evening
studio exercises OF WRC at
o'clock. At 7:I5 Marie Duchop
Deal, whose fine soprano has been
heard but once this season bv
radiotics, will have brief recital
with accompaniment played bv
Gertrude Smallwood pianiste. Sid.
ney and his Mayflower orchestra
have an hour from 7:30 on, and at
$3.50 there will be another of those
interesting Great Moments from
History" from WEAF, the program
this evening dealing with the life
of Thomas Jefferson and being in
the nature OF a celebration of his
birthday anniversary.
TO DESCRIBE
BIRTH OF JAZZ
A musical setting for "Jazbo
Brown" the poem OF DuBose Hev-
ward. which celebrates the exploits
OF the original blues" singer and
composer. is to be the chief feature
OF the Eveready Hour. Jazbo
Brown is believed to be the origi-
nator of jazz as we'll az the blues"
tyne of music. The Eveready en-
semble. vocal and instrumental, will
provide other music in addition to
that of the featured number.
The weekly bridge game and
radio cavalcade will finish IN the
WRC evening. The chief features
of the WMAL broadcasts will he a
concert by the United States Army
Band Symphonette. under the di.
rection of Thomas Darcy, and the
usual Movie Club exercises, in
which Irving Aaronson's Com
manders" from the Palace Theater
will be present.
Outside the chief offerings come
from WIZ, with the "To-Be-Weds''
at 7:45 and the George Olsen Strom.
berg Carlson Orchestra at s; from
WGBS where Mrs. Lincoln C. An
drews will tell of the Knights Tenn.
plar pilgrimage at $40 and from
webb where Hearst's Chicago
Herald Examiner will broadcast a
blow-by- blow report Of the boxing
bouts at the Chicago Coliseum,