The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-04-18
THE famous london String GUAR


tulre attractions of the Columbia
Photograph hour to be radiocaSt
through the stations of the Colum-
bia Broadcasting System, from
WOR, Newark-N York, at to-
night.
The London String Quarter con-
sists of John Pennington, first vio-
lin; Thomas Petre, second violin; H.
Waldo-Warner, viola and c. War
wick Evans, cello. The Londoners,
as they are frequently called, were
organized in 1908. The group is
unique in that it is the only cham
Der music organization which has
been sustaining since Its in
ception, winning its way in ccmpe-
tition with endowed q,tartetS.
They have made eight transcon-
tinental tours of the United States
and Canada, and visited Honolulu
twice. In addition they have toured
Norway, Sweden, Denmark and
Spain, and also toured extensively
in South America. The London
String Quartet has recently COM
pleted another transcontinental
tour Of the United States and be-
fore embarking for their homeland
have agreed to play this final fare
we'll" concert for the" American
people.
James Melton, the young Ameri-
can tenor, who will be co-starred
with London String Quartet, is a
southener, having been born in
Ocala, Florida. He attended the
University. of Florida, the Univer-
sity of Georgia, and Vanderbilt Uni
versity, and while a student at Van
derbilt he studied music in Nash
vile, Tenn, under the direction of
Gaetano De Luca, and worked his
way through college playing a sax
ophone in a dance orchestra.
He was for a while leader Of the
orchestra at the Hermitage Hotel in
Nashville, and also took part il the
glee clubs of the various colleges he
attended, being featured in each as
a soloist. Coming to New York in
the early part of 1927 he was I'M
mediately taken over by Roxy and
he made his debut at the Roxy
Theater. He has been active in
radio circles since that time.
The following compositions are to
be played by the London String
Quartet:
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"Andante Gantabile' ,..." .Tschaikowsky
hz0 rom 20 le M NO
Melton will sing:
'NIy' Heart stood Still, Where NY
Caravan Has Rested. ......... .Lohr
II Can't Do Without You"
'Rosita"
William Wallace's Mariana" will
be broadcast for the first time by
the National Grand Opera Ensem-
BILE, under the direction of Cesare
Sodero, through the NBC Red net
work at $50 tonight.
The opera was first performed in
London in 1845.
The principle soloists will be:
Mariana ..,............ Katherine Palmer
Lazarillo .........t...PaGla Hemminghaus
Don Caesar (Mez1o s0DFa9Sq 2ioraa o,prton
Don caesar ''''j lTeno or George . Hlie"
Don Jose ,(1B3a5rrjt;on;c:ii carr Rollins
w (BassI % '-S' 'N'' N'''''
Gould, who is heard with the Ma
tional Grand Opera Company for
the second time, has oeen associated
with the Chicago Civic Opera Com
pany.
C J1T0ic11p oI1G o,71nt11r
broadcasts as it is among pictures,
that epic of aerial warfare, wings"
will be broadcast by VICES, New
York, tonight, beginning at 8. Radio
listeners will know what an ACE"
experiences when seated in his pur-
suit plane, he hears the approach of
enemy planes, hears their machine
guns open fire, and finally hears the
wind wailing through the wires as
his plane careens madly earthward,
q mass of flames.
Smaller Mathews, dean of the Di-
vinity School of the University of
Chicago, and one of the leaders of
religious thought in this country,
will speak from the downtown cam
pus of Northwestern University to-
night at on the subject, Mans
Religion" This is one of the weekly
series of contemporary thought lee
lures instituted by Northwestern,
the policy of which is to bring to the
university only outstanding men re-
garded as leaders and authorities on
their subject.
The National High School Or
chestra, made up of 270 of the finest
high school musicians in America,
directed by Frederick Stock, con-
ductor of the Chicago Symphony
Orchestra, will present program
which will be broadcast through
stations associated with the NBC
Blue network, at tonight.
The program will be presented in
the grand ball room of the Stevens
Hotel in Chicago, before the annual
convention Of the Music Supervisors
National Conference. The members
of the National High School Or
chestra, who come from 200 cities
and represent practically every
State in the union, have been
chosen through series of conlpeti-
tons.
For this program the orchestra
will play four movements of Dvorak's
symphony From the New World
This was based on theme which at
tracted the attention CT the Bchem-
ian composer on a visit to America,
and thus is especially appropriate
for concert by an orchestra repre-
senting all parts of the United
States.
The sextette from "Floradora"
and "Tell Me Pretty Maiden" will be