The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-01-26
|HARP|ST PLAYS
| WITH MARINES

There Is every indication that the
program of the U. S. Marine Band
with Grace Stevenson. harpist, as
guest artist, will pe the outstanding
loud speaker delivery in several
1 thousands of homes this evening
There are several reasons why this
should be true, in addition to the
engagement of the distinguished
harpist as guest soloist.
Principal Musician Siegfried Schar.
bau will direct the bard during the
concert, which is more or less an
! innovation in these programs. Sonar.
bau is a solo ce1list of the symphony
orchestra formed from the hand and
| plays the bassoon in the band itself.
/ But he is best known tn music
| lovers as a composer, having been
represented on several OF The band
and orchestra programs by compo-
sitions> of more than usual merit.
| It is to be hoped that he will play
| at least one of his own compost
tons as an encore this evening.
SOUSA SUITE
DEALS WITH STARS
The chief feature of the program,
aside from the solCist, is the Men.
delssollm "Ruy Bias" overture, the
second number on the schedule. A
transcription for the harp o. Bale s
Then You'll Remember Me-" will
be the principal feature Of Miss
Stevenson's program. The concert
will also include suite by Sousa,
Looking Upward" and dealing with
| legends of the stars. The concert
will be broadcast by WRC at z
| o'clock.
In the regular WRC activities
there will be a Dodge program at
8, one of the Hoover exeI cises at
| $50, an Eskimo frolic at and the
cough drop brothers at TO- Dance
| tunes from the Swanee ballroom will
complete the evening.
Portia Clifford Bailey, mczzo So
prano, and Donald Brown, pianist,
will be heard in joint recital at $50
| as the chief feature Of tbs WMAII
citaI by Mary Louise Ora ham, So
prano, with Elizabeth Gardener
Coombs as accomIanist, from
WMAL at S:15.
CHICAGO OPERA
| STARS SING AIDA"
The big features of the outside
broadcasts come from WIZ In a con-
tinuous flow throughout the evening,
starting at o'clock with the o.
Henry story, NINE. Bc.Peep of the
| Ranches" At $50 the weekly
Ampico program will present Moriz
| Rosenthal, the famoug pianist, and
Frank Mum, tenor. The Maxwell
ians, directed by Nathaniel Shilkret,
provide a sort of international pro-
gram of dance music. at 3 o'clock,
taking the listener around the world
| and into many out of the way places
| to hear dance tunes.
The Chicago Civic Opera Company
at 10 o'clock presents The WIZ ad-
| diets with that company's most
colorful production, Aida" The gIeat
operate spectacle by Verdi. The
| Chicago company began it's career
with a production of this opera by
! Andraes DIPPED, eighteen years ago
| and has made it truly a spectacle,
| setting a pace with it that few com
panies have ever eQuallsd. The cast
this evening includes Rosa Ratsa,
soprano; Augusta Lenska, mezzo-so'
prano; Charles Marshall, tenor;
Luigi Montesanto, baritone, Chase
Raromeo and Virgilio Lazzaf1,
| basSes.
There will be a concert by the
famous Rochester Philharmonic or
| chestra broadcast by WGY and
WIIAM at $40 this afternoon and
the weekly concert of the New York
| Philharmonic will come TO radio
listeners through WOR at $50 this