Evening star., 1929-06-30
GANDOLFI MAKES
AIR DEBUT TONIGHT
New Metropolitan Star Sings
on Chain Program Broad
cast by WRC.

Alfredo Gadonlfi. the latest addition
to the Metropolitan Opera Co.'S galaxy
of singing stars, viii make his radio
debut tonight in the Atwater Kent
presentation to be broadcast By WRC
and associated National Broadcasting
Co. stations.
Gandolfi, a baritone, will be assisted
In his recital by concert orchestra
under the direction of Josef Pasternack
He will sing group of ballads, one of
which, THE Gypsy King" he composed
himself. Another will be the "Kash-
miri Song" The program also includes
Secchi'S Love Me or Not" and LeoniS
Tally Ho."
The outstanding presentation of
WMAL and other Columbia Broadcast
ing System stations tonight will be
Edgar Guest, Americas favorite poet,
who will appear before the microphone
in the Majestic hour. The musical
background for the poets part in the
broadcast will be provided by Arnold
Johnsnn'S Orchestra, Harry A. McDon-
IA and Redferne Hollinshead, vocalists.
Wendell Hall, as usual, will be the mas
ter of ceremonies.
Artists Hour in Afternoon.
In addition to the Atwater Kent half
hour, WRC'S program is made up of
its usual Sunday attractions and one
additional feature described as Echoes
of the Orient" to be broadcast at 5
o'clock. In the afternoon there will be
the Concert Artists hour, the Roxy
Symphony concert, the Riviera String
Quartet, the Maestro's hour and the
violin recital of Godfrey Ludlow, as
we'll as the services at the Washington
Cathedral. The night attractions in
clude the Capitol family program,
Rapid Transit the Studebaker Cham
pions and the Russian Cathedral Choir.
Florence Wightman, harpist, will be
the individual star of teh Roxy program.
while Ludlow will play as his speciality
seldom heard sonata by Strauss. The
Capitol presentation viii feature Rella
Wtnn, lyric soprano and prima donna
Of many successful New York musical
productions. Miss Winn, incidentally, is
q Washington girl.
The Champions have arranged q
special program of familiar favorites in
symphonic jazz arrangements. These
include: Anything Your Heart De-
sires." "a Garden In the RAIN" Fallen
Leaf" and Venetian Nights" The
tat1s the first performance In America
Of a romantic song by the Russian
composer Prokofleff, II Approach"
Other Columbia Offerings.
Aside from the Majestic Hour, other
Columbia offerings scheduled by WMAL
are Arabesque, the Sonatron and La
Palma presentations and Around the
Samovar," period devoted to Russian
music by Russian artists.
The La Palma program will present
another episode "In Mrs. Murphy's
Boarding House." with the Mayfair
sisters as the principal entertainers
Rimsky- -Korsakoff's Song of India"
will be featured in the Samovar pres
entation. It will be played as violin
solo by Mile. KaZanova.
A specially arranged record concert
presenting Albert Coates and his SYM
phony orchestra of London and CALI
Curci, the famous soprano, will be
broadcast by VOL this evening during
the vesper hour. In addition there viii
be another amos n Andy" episode
and the regular meditation hour
Vocal and instrumental solos domi-
nate the WJSv program tonight. The
artists to take part include Roland
Wheeler, tenor; David Martin, BARI
tone, and L. z. Phillips, trombonist.