Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-19
MAX BLOCH HEADS
PROGRAM TONIGHT
Opera Tenor viii Appear as
Guest SoIoist on the
National Net.

Max Bloch, tenor of the Metropolitan
Opera Co.. will be the guest soloist in
the second of the abbreviated Summer
series of Atwater Kent radio concerts
tonight over WRC and associated sta
tions. A concert orchestra under dlrec-
ton of Josef Pasternack will assist him.
Bloch will open his recital with an
old ballad, III Sing Thee Songs OF
Araby," and will follow this with the
equally we'll known Because of d'Har-
delot. His other selections are 'Duna'
and Caruso's Dreams of Long Ago"
Starting at i O'Clock with broad
cast of the services at the Memorial
Lutheran Church, WRC will follow with
its regular afternoon features, which m
clude the Concert Artists hour, the
Roxy symphony concert, the Balladeers,
the Riviera String Quartet and Godfrey
Ludlow. violiniSt In addition there
will be special song cycle, In Per-
sian Garden" by quartet composed
of Mrs. Oscar Schneider, soprano; Hazel
Arth, contralto: Gilbert Fraser, tenor.
and George Boucher, baritone.
WRC Evening Features.
Aside from the Atwater Kent pro-
gram, WRC's evening schedule is made
up of the Capitol Theater broadcast.
concert by the Studebaker Champions,
Xylophone solos by Sam Herman, an
other Rapid Transit sketch and con-
cert of Russian liturgical music by the
Russian Cathedral Choir. :"
The Continentals, an operate troupe,
and the Old Company Songalogue also
are included in WRCs program. Fa-
vorite arias and preludeS OF well known
operas will be sung by the Continentals.
The songalogue broadcast is composed
principally of college songs.
To- y &c ifaI I 1lIlnUy will NAV six
selections. Prominent among them are
MacMillanS "Barcarolle," DVorak
"Slavonic Dance" and the "Viennese
Melody of Kreisler
The BalladeerS will sing group OF
old favorites, such as Red Wing,
Shade of the Old Apple Tree and
Banks OF the Wabash" The featured
offering of the Riviera String Quartet
is announced as the "A Major String
Quartet" of Robert Schumann.
Theme of Spanish Airs.
Mai. Edward Bowes of the Capitol
family" will present as his star soloist
Dave Schooler. pianist and conductor
of the Capitolians. His specially Will
be "A Contrapuntal Study in Spanish
Airs" the themes of which, "Rosita"
and Ramona" are played contrapun-
tally against an orchestral accompani-
ment of Little Spanish Town" and
Valencia" with musical interpretations
of Blue Danube" and Sousa's STARS
and Stripes"
Diane" will be the theme song of
Jean Goldkette's Orchestra in the
Studebaker Offering. Cradle of Love,
Road to Mandalay" and Dance. Little
Lady" are among the other numbers.
Anne Dorothy Baughman. popular
concert soprano, will make her radio
debut tonight in the DeForest hour, one
of the major attractions of WMAL and
other Columbia Broadcasting System
stations She has chosen for her selec-
lions PLUS Grand dams son ObScurite,"
from GounodS opera, The Queen OF
Sheba." and Lierrance's Waters OF
Minnetonka."
Other WMAL Offerings.
The La Palma hour, the Sonatron
program and the Majestic Theater of
the Air are among WMAL's other fea-
tured offerings tonight The Majestic
Theater will present something different
in the shape of a four-in-one contrast
program with Wendell Hall acting as
the master of ceremonies. 1t includes
a one-man vaudeville show, orchestral
selections, vocal and instrumental num-
bers. A male quartet, orchestra and
soprano will contribute to the La
Palma hour, which Is OF semi-claSStc
nature.
WMAL's afternoon program includes
its regular features, with the Ballad
and Cathedral hours among the out
standing. Adele Vasa, popular young
soprano. who sang leading roles with
the American Opera Co, will be the
guest artist in the Ballad hour. She
will contribute 10 solos TO the program.
The Grace Reformed Church Orches-
ira and the Ladies Choir of Fairfax.
Va, are featured tonight by WJSV.
There also will be trombone solos by
L. z. Phillips, piano recital by Kath-
ryn Crowley and a hymn recital by
Chick Godfrey, tenor.
VOL has condensed its Sunday eve
ming schedule, offering as its only eve
ming presentation another Amos n
Andy" skit. The other regular earlier
features have been retained, however.
These include the vesper service and a
program by the Christian Science Par
ent Church.