The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-03-19
WE RRE NRATH IS
PINCH SINGER

uvUH uHlULu
Starring IN with the bang and
clatter Of all sorts of static noises
Saturday night. weekend recep-
ton threw itself into reverse in
the late hours Of Sunday and pro-
vided clear programs In good vol.
uIne from Minnesota to Texas
and the welI-knOWn Atlantic to
the Rocky Mountains. Interior
e11ce was manifest from code and
overlapping bro q beasts at all
points Of the dials most Of the
time.
Reinold Werrenrath, premier
concert baritone, who recently re-
lapsed into n1atrimony, was the
surprise feature of the loud speaker
delivery over the week-end-to radio
editors as well as regular union
listeners who take their broadcasts
as they come. Saturday the
National Broadcasting Company
burnt up telegraph and telephone
lines to inform the editors that
Lucrezia Bori, soprano, would be
the soIist of the Atwater Kent
doings Of q Sunday instead Of Mime.
Ernestine Shurnann-Heink, who had
been announced but had been
striIxen with severe cold. Radio
editors pestered city editors to
obtain additional space for the an
nouncement and listeners were all
set to hear Boris wonderful voice
when Werrenrath appeared on the
scene.
had been caught on the fly between
concerts, had no program prepared
but was glad to oblige If regarded
simply as a pinch hitter. He sang
Just that way. In but one Of his
groups Of songs did he approach
doing Justice either to himself, his
vocal equipment or the music he
was interpreting-the Maesfield
group OF sea songs.
SYMPHONY SCORES
WITH TSCHAIKOWSKY
Perhaps the real feature of the
weekend of programs was the I'M
usually dainty and poetic irlterpreta-
ton OF five Of the parts of Tschai-
kowsky's ''Nutcracker' suite by the
New York Symphony Orchestra
Saturday evening. The orchestra
has not provided anything quite so
fine for listeners during It's entire
series of radio exercises and coming
after q rather noisy and uninspired
delivery OF the finale of Brahms
Second Symphony which opened the
program, the Tschaikowsky number.
was doubly appreciated.
Another interesting and satisfac-
tory performance to loud speaker adj
diets was that Of Gus Edwards dur
ing the ACQUISITION outburst yester-
dav afternoon. Edwards has become
an institution in the theater and
rather appropriately appears on
program that is supposed to present
music of a quarter of century ago.
He was as interesting in 1903 as he
Is today-or perhaps one should say
he is as interesting today as he was
in 1903, which is the best test OF his
powers to entertain.
st. Patrick's spirit stalked the
wave lengths here and there in
enthusiastic style, the broadcast OF
VIZ early Saturday evening pro-
viding a fine introduction to the
holiday night was a symposium by
four Irish poets and later with an
excellent production Of Victor Her.
bert's Eileen In which WRC
shared. Caroline Andrews made
the Capitol hour distinctive last
evening by her return to that In.
stitution's program and the Bible
drama pleased as usual, even
though It had rather indetermi.
nate ending.
Oscar Shumsky, the boy violinist,
was the particular star OF WBAL's
broadcastings during Sunday eve.
ming. az was Grantland Rice and
his insistence on a fight for Gene
Tunney OF some kind during the
summer, from Golfers weekly con-
k,.iInn1fiosn Through WIZ