The Washington times., 1927-02-05
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= saturday Is rapidly becoming
.symphony night on the wave
lengths as 1t Is in many Of the
cities supporting symphony orches-
tras and devoting Saturday evening
to pop" concerts. No less than
three symphony orchestras IA diff
ferent sections OF the country will
be included In the breakfasts this
evening-and none OF them come
to listeners from WRCi There will
also be another big Damrosch
demonstration--w which WRC Wi.
broadcast with the music Of Wag.
ner's "MeisteFsinger."
The most important OF the Or
chestral broadcasts will be Che
playing OF Beethoyen's Ninth SYM
phony by the New York Philhar-
monte from VIZ at SIPS under the
direction of Arturo Toscanini. This
Is the choral symphony OF the
great composer in which he en-.
deaVored to put into music what
he read in SchiIIer's great Hymn
of JOY" The choral features will.
this evening, be entrusted to a
quartet consisting OF Louise Homer.
contralto: Elizabeth Rethberg. SO.
prano; Richard Crooks, tenor. and
Fraser Gange, basso. supported
by the Schola Cantorum Of NV
York. The broadcast of the svn,.
phony will be repeated by WIZ AZ
O'Clock tomorrow.
The other orchestras that viii ba
on the air are the Boston sym
phony Orchestra from WIZ at $40
O'Clock, and the Hungarian Phil.
harmonic Orchestra of Cleveland
from WIKI at $3.50 o'clock. There
VIII be yet another novel orchestral
event to add to these two ma Tor
operations. This Is the concert of
q large harmonica orchestra which
WRNY will broadcast.
HAPPY OPERA
WAGNER'S GREATEST
There are many l1ard.boiIed must.
cal fundamentaIists among the
critics and professors who declare
Der Meistersinger'' to be Che
greatest opera in history--despite
the fact that it has a happy end.
Ing and that its music is graceful.
high spirited and exceedingly bril-
liant at all times. Waited Dam
rosch this evening at Q. o'clock viii
give one of his inimitable lectures
on the first two acts of this opera,
DR. Meistersingers' is compost.
ton of striking character sketches
in which many elemental human
traits are boldly outtinel in music.
The story has to do with the CON.
slant warfare between youth and
age, fundamentalism and modernism.
the liberal and the conservative.
Representative Jonn c. Ketcham
of Michigan will prasen: the Satur-
day evening Bible story at o'clock.
and Sidney and his Mayflower Or
chestra will play a dinner concert.
The WEAF musical comedy com
pany, Damrosch and the LIE Per.
roquet dance orchestra carry the
program OF WRC up to III. when
the Carlton Club Orchestra hegins
the last hour of dance music.
WAR INSURANCE
TALK FROM WAIAL
Kirk Miller's big brother. Watson.
Is to inaugurate thu RMAL broad.
cast at this evening with a rather
important talk on the reinstatement
ana conversion of Government in.
surance. There ha re been many in
qu1ries received ny world war vet.
Grams organization regarding insur.
ance troubles, and Watson Miller.
one OF the best informed men in the
city regarding it. viii endeavor to
lay the whole matter before those
interested and undoubtedly will solve
many problems veterans and their
families have encountered.
From WMAL also there win be
heard new women's qu.rtet that
promises well. 1t is called the Belle
Co. to and includes four Young
', omen who have individually made
names for themse We -alists
and are now trying to form a well
balanced ensemble. The singers In.
clude len Harper, soprano; Mary
Elizabeth Parker, mezzo.soprano:
Lucy Hopkins. alto, and Hattie Her
furth, &C. tralto.
NEW PROGRAMS
TO BE INAUGURATED
Perhaps the most important fea-
ture Of the Sunday Program is a
new program WEAF viii distribute
through the courtesy of Powell
Crosley, jr., of Cincinnati, at $50 to
about "a broadcasting stations of
which WRC is one. The program
tomorrow will be provided by the
Moscow Art Orchestra and Is to be
regular Sunday afternoon feature
from now on.
Another new feature of novel
character will be sent to its affili-
ated stations by WIZ at $50 each
Sunday evening, beginning this eve
ming. by Golfers Weekly. 1t is to
be called National Weekly Re-
vue' and will consist Of music and
talk.
The usual Peoples Vesper Hour
will be heard from WRC at 6:45
and the Capitol Theater program
will come to listeners at 7:20. Dur.
ing the Atwater Kent hour, which
begins at 9I5. Tito Ruffo, baritone
of the Metropolitan Opera Company,