Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-02
EGYPTIAN TENOR
TO SING OVER WRC
Armand Tokatyan to Join
GeneVieve Irene Rowe
in Broadcast.

The musical culture of the Near East
and West will meet in joint recital In
the Atwater Kent hour tonight over
WRC and other National Broadcasting
Co. stations with Genevieve Irene Rowe,
soprano, of Wooster, Ohio, and Armand
Tokatyan, tenor, of Alexandria, Egypt,
as the guest soloists.
Miss Rowe is the winner of the re-
cent national radio addition of the
Atwater Kent Foundation and Tokat-
yam is singing In the Metropolitan
Opera Co. The Shadow Song" from
the Meyerbeer opera "Dinorah," which
won the addition for Miss Rowe, will
be repeated by her in the joint recital
with Tokatyan, who will demonstrate
his ability to put the poetry and pas
sion of music into songs. One Of his
contributions will be the so-called
Flower Song" of Done Jose in Bizet's
opera Carmen"
Aside from the Atwater Kent hour.
WRC'S other musical attractions in
clude the weekly broadcast Of the Chase
81 Sanborn Choral Orchestra, the pop
ular program of the Studebaker Cham
pions and the presentation of the Capt.
toll Theater family" In addition theI c
Company Male Quartet and the rural
sketch Sunday at Seth Parker's."
To Contrast Dance Numbers.
Popular selections Of the first 10 years
of the century dominate the Old Com
pany songalogue. while the Capitol
family will feature the works Of
Tschaikowsky. The Champions will
contrast the latest dance melodies with
those which caught the popular fancy
in the last two or three years.
In the afternoon WRC viii broadcast
its regular features. These include a
production by the National Light Opera
Co., which is to be tabloid version Of
Planquette's rip Van Wrinkle" and
the service at the Washington Cathe-
dral. Right Rev. James e. Freeman.
Episcopal Bishop Of the Diocese of
washington, will preach the sermon.
WMAL's special Sunday feature will
be rebroadcaSt of a message from
London by Frederic william VILE on
the progress of the five-power Naval
Conference. Wile'S voice viii cross the
Atlantic via short waves. His message
will be picked up in New York and
distributed over the Columbia Broad
casting System network.
The stations principal attractions to-
night include the Majestic Theater of
the Air. the Sonatron program, the La
Palma RhapSodiZers and Jesse Craw-
ford's weekly organ recital. There also
will be the regular resume by DR.. julius
Klein, Assistant Secretary of Commerce,
on The Worlds Business" and the
ArabeSque dramatic sketch.
Three AristOcrats" Featured.
"The Three Aristocrats," an instru-
mental and vocal trio, who have Just
completed long and successful vaude-
vile tour, will be the principal con-
tributors to the Majestic program. Mu-
ial % Dadfornn LJ01Ifv1cI1aod
and Arnold johnson also will take part
in this program by contributing group
Of the most popular compositions OF
Victor Herbert.
Zinaida Nicolina will sing the beauti-
full aria "Connaid-tu-le-PayS," from
Thomas opera ''Mignon," as a feature
of the La Palma program. The orches-
ira win present a medley Of Civil War
tunes. Mrs Jesse Crawford will assist
her husband In. the Royal program,
which opens with medley Of the out
standing hits Of the day.
The Arabesque presentation will be
the musical playlet 1.-THE Gypsy" which
depicts q romance between an English
lord and gypsy girl.
VOL will be on the air tonight with
. special Franz Schubert memorial
operetta Blossom Time" at q local
theater. will take a prominent part
An orchestra directed by Robert How
ard. father of Bobby" Howard, former
VOL announcer, win provide special
numbers.
WJSV has added variety to its pro-
gram tonight by scheduling several new
features. These include q concert by
the senior choir of the Metropolitan
A. NJ. z. Church and broadcast Of the
evening service Of the P. P. E. AsSo-
ciation.