Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-11
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NEW NET NUMBER
Golden Gems" to Feature
Program to Be Given First
Time Tonight.

Golden Gems" newly weekly radio
musical presentation, will have its pre-
miere tonight over WRC and an extern
sive network of National Broadcasting
Co. stations.
Elsie Baker, prominent recording
and oratorio contralto, will be the indi-
vidual star of the first Golden Gems"
broadcast, assisted by Theodore Webb.
baritone, and a string quartet. The
works of MendelSsohn, Grieg and Rach-
maninoff make up a major portion OF
the program. Miss Bakers contribu-
lions will be Griegs 1.-The Princess
Wekerlins Mother, Tell Me-" and De-
bussy's THE Mandolins." With Webb
she will sing one duet number, the
Night Hymn at Sea-" by Thomas. the
string quartet'S speciality will be the
fascinating "Scherzo" from MenoeIS-
sohns Quartet in E Minor.
MobiIoiI Program.
The compositions of Bizet also domi-
nate the Mobiloil concert, another out
standing WRC attraction. The pro-
gram, to be provided by an orchestra
under the direction of Emo Rapee, also
includes Albeniz's "Serenade ESpagnol."
Gladys Rice, soprano; Harold van
Duzee, tenor, and Douglas Stanbury,
baritone, will be the soloiStS.
The Palmolive hour, the Happy Bak-
ers and the Orpheus Trio are among
WRC's remaining attractions that are
musical in character. The Bakers have
arranged a program featuring songs
from Rudolf Frimls operettas. These
include Indian Love Call" Rose
Marie" "Song of the Vagabonds" and
"Gianinna Mia" from THE Firef1y."
The Shavers, with the assistance of a
male trio, will present group OF old
and new songs. Olive Palmer, soprano;
Paul Oliver, tenor, and Elizabeth Len
nox, contralto;. the Cavaliers Quartet
and an orchestra under the direction OF
Gustave HaenSchen will present the
Palmolive program.
The second of the new Red Seal
presentations tonight over WMAL and
other Columbia Broadcasting System
stations will be dramatic SKETCH. The
Black Forest" Germany's romantic
SchWartZWald. 1t is dramatization OF
happenings during the postwar depres-
sion in Germany.
Other Musical Offerings.
The La Palma Smoker, the holster
hour and Jesse Crawford's weekly organ
recital are among WMAL's other m1si-
cal offerings. In the holster hour a
concert orchestra will play a group of
classical numbers, featuring the first
movement of Brahms Clarinet Quintet
in B Minor, Opus 115." DenZa's Isl
Vouz L'Aviez Compriz" and selections
from Delibe's "Lakme" will be sung.
Crawford's program includes Suppes
Light Cavalry" THE Meditation
from Massenet's "Thais," and Victor
Herberts "Puncinello."
Miss Bessie Craney, secretary of the
home service department of the Ameri-
can Red Cross, will speak from VOL
tonight on the activities of her depart
nlent. The musical portion of the sta
tons program consists of concert by
Edith Reeds Entertainers and a re-
Cital by LiZette Follmer, contralto.
Ahlenfeld and Myers, who sing Negro
spirituals, will be heard again tonight
from WJSV. The station also has
scheduled a number of other musical
features. Prominent among them are
a dance program by Ray Actions Sere-
naders and harmonica solos by Big Ed.
Tropical Durham South Africa, Is to