Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-03-31
STAGE STARS HEAD
EASTER PROGRAMS
Mary Garden viii Be Guesi
Soloist Over Columbia
Chain.

A galaxy Of grand opera. concert AMI
musical comedy stars win provide tn
major Easter radio attractions to com,
the National and Columbia Broadcast
The worid-renowned Mary Garden
whose appearances before the micro
phone have been few, heads the i'm.
pressive group. She viii be the CUES
soloist Id the De Forest hour, q WMAI
feature. From this same station In thu
Majestic hour win be heard Evelyn Her.
bert and Robert Halliday, joint stars d
the current musical comedy hit, "Ths
New Noon"
WRc's stellar presentation win be tn,
weekly Atwater Kent hour, featuring
Paul Kochanski, famous Russian VIC.
lirist, and Alexander Brailowsky, the
poetic pianist of the same nationa
origin: Kochanski VIII play the "Medi-
tation'' from That's" Rimsky- Korsa.
koff's "Sadko" and Brahms waltz III
A Major" The contributions Of Brai.
lowsky win be Chopin's Waltz in I
Flat No. !. "Nocturne IN Sharp" ant
"Etude in q Flat" in addition to sew.
eral numbers Of Weber, List and other
famous composers.
Introduce New Features.
Aside from its regular Sunday fea.
lures. WRC will broadcast two Easter
specialties and Introduce two new reg
ular attractions, the Concert Artists
hour and the American Pro-Arts String
Quartet. The first Of the Easter spe.
cialties will be the sunrise service q
Walter Reed Hospital, scheduled at 7:3(
am. An hour later the station win b
linked in q Nationwide network II
broadcast similar services from Volun'
teer Park, Seattle, Wash.
The Walter Reed program includes o
sacred concert by the United States
Army Band vocal and instrumental Sc
lections, and an Easter message by Col
Edmund p. Easterbrook. chief OF chap.
lains of the United States Army. a
mixed chorus of 200 voices also win sirle
the "Hallelujah Chorus" from Handels
"The Messiah"
The Seattle oratorio Society has ar
ranged the Volunteer Park program
which Is composed Of symphonic music
anthems and hymns. There also win Be
an Easter message by Rev. Cleveland
Kleihauer. $50
Easter Marks Program.
A distinctive Easter flavor marks
nearly all Of WRC's remaining attrac-
tions. The Roxy symphony broadcast
win feature q presentation Of Handlers
Largo by the orchestra and q chorus
of rs voices. The Stetson Parade VIII
be sacred In character. TX
The Cathedral hour, one OF WMALs
principal afternoon attractions, Will pre-
sent Beethoven's beautiful Mass In c.
in addition to several other religious
compositions. The La Palma broad
cast, another wMAL feature, viii re-
nect the Easter holiday atmosphere In
Paris. In the Sonatron program, Ben
Bernie and Phil Baker will resume the
partnership they formed for the vaude.
Vile stage. Baker, an accordionist and
inonologist. achieved fame In ARTISTS
and Models" winter Garden" and
other noted successes. The Around
the Samovar" program will feature Q
violin solo entitled Lonely Road" II
will be played by Mile. Kazanova.
Both VOL and WJSV have scheduled
their usual variety Of Sunday attrac-
tions, although the latter VIII intro
duce several new features. The Ward
man Park Concert Orchestra, Ia Its con-
cert at VOL. will play Drigo's sSere.
made" q selection from Offenbach's
italics Of Hoffman" and selection
from Romberes Blossom Time" Wall
ter Nessul. director Of the orchestra.
also will play q violin solo, the Fan
taise Ballet"