The Washington times., 1927-08-29
STADIUM FINALE
THRILLS AIR

IIIIILLU I'LL
The static boiler makers re-
turned from vacations and went
to work on the sound wave
lengths over the Week.end-but
with very little spirit, so that
programs came in with good vol
ume from all sections. The South
was audible Sunday evening and
the midwest both Saturday and
Sunday. Fading was . distinct
characteristic Of most all distant
stations Sunday night.
Radiotics who could tune in from
WIZ or KYW last evening heard
one of the most delightful of all the
Lewisohn Stadium concerts-as the
final broadcast effect from the big
Philharmonic Orchestra for the sea-
son. Furthermore, they were able
to hear the 'L'Arlesienne" suite of
Bizet, about which we have raved
persistently for week, presented in
a manner that very nearly ap.
preached perfection of orchestral de"
livery. The "Adagietto" was given
an Interpretation that was full of
thrills for Sunday listeners in a Sab
bath frame of mind-listeners who
might listen for year and never
hear anything more appropriate to
the Sabbath.
The program was one of the most
varied the orchestra has presented.
including the prelude to the third
act of ''Lohengrin, the famous Ber-
lioz Fantastic" symphony, and
Tschaikowsky's Romeo and juliet"
tone poem, as well as the Bizet num-
bers.
In the final stadium concert for
WRC broadcast, which came to
listeners Saturday evening, the
most interesting things was James
Phillip Dunn's combination of mod
ern form called we" and dedicated
to Col. Charles Lindbergh. In one
respect I'VE" was a real bit of
musical airplaning under modern
conditions--in that one needed a
very precise diagram in order to
discover what it was all about. An.
nouncer Milton Cross provided the
diagram-but he passed 1t out to
listeners after the composition had
been played instead of before, when
it would have been of some use.
"a TEXAS STEER"
WELL ADVERTISED
The advertising program of the
| First National Pictures for their
adaptation of "A Texas Steer" with
Will Rogers in the chief part, was
put over from the Washington
Auditorium with what must have
been considerable glee by the mo-
ton picture publicity promoters.
The National Press Club and
| Rogers both were made the un-
whiting instruments of promoters
so far as the broadcast was con-
cerned. 1t Is safe to say that
neither will be so victimized again.
Listeners enjoyed the talk of the
star, as listeners cannot help do
fling, and the contribution Of Louise
Fazenda was also appreciated, be-
cause of its spontanelty and the
real abandon Of the actress to the
thrill of the moment.
Purity of tone, youth and very
great skill in using the fine vocal
organ she possesses, characterized
the program of Ann Mack, so
prano, presented as the one-hun-
dredth radio performance under
Atwater Kent auspices from the
WEAF chain last night. The artist
increased the very fine impression
she has made in her previous radio
concerts with her simplicity and
skill. The program was particu.
larly pleasing because of the brew.
ity of its numbers-each OF the II
songs the soloist presented being
of 4 distinct type and each being
just long enough to register that
type we'll
The Sunday evening exercises
were further made most enjoyable
by the talk of Count Leo L. Toll
stoy about the life and ideals of
his distinguished father. During
the late hours of Saturday night
and the early hours of Sunday
morning a rather remarkable con.
cert was presented in the 12-hour
test program of Xxx, the new
transmitter of WEAF at Belmore,
Il. /. The first hour Of the pro-
gram came from the WEAF studio
with staff concert artists and or
chestra providing the features.
During the remainder of the
night and until IL o'clock Sunday
morning, the testing was done with
photograph records. including
those of great artists, symphony
orchestras,. dance orchestras, pipe
organs, speakers and such. The
reception was excellent, particularly
fhe final hours between and IL
o'clock yesterday morning, loud
speaker volumne with little atmos-
pheric noise being easiIv obtained.