The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-05-23
Wagner Selections Chosen
for CHS 'Everybody's
Concert Hour.

Most appropriate TO spring is the
selection of the sprightly, lyrical
music OF Wagner's die Meister-
singer by Howard Barlow as the
presentation on the "Everybody's
Music" series at l tomorrow, over
WFBM and the CHS network.
Henry M. Nicely again is to give
nontechnical comments on the pro-
gram.
Though designed as an educa
tional and "leSs serious" broadcast
TO I'LL the spot vacated by the New
York Philharmonic Symphony So
lciety concerts, the present series
mas assumed a rather pretentious
guise for tomorrow's broadcast. Mr..
Barlow has prepared a concentrated
version Of the operas first and last
acts, which includes the Prelude,
Church Scene" and Am Stillen
Herd" from Act l. and the Prelu, e,
Dance Of the Apprentices, "Wach
Auf," "Eucht Macht hrs Leicht,"
Prize Song" and Finale from Act
III
Theo Karle is to have the tenor
role of Walther; John Barclay,
baritone, is to be the amusing
Beckmesser, ana Eugene Loewen-
thai, bass-baritone, is to portray the
poetic cobbler, Hans Sachs. die
Meistersinger' was given it's first
English presentation in America this
spring in Cincinnati, under Eugene
Goosens. Mr.. Barclay sang the
same role in an English perform
ance at the Metropolitan later in
the Geason, with Walter Damrosch
conducting.
Usually it is rare opportunity
for school children to take part in
radio broadcast, but 1t is nothing
new for the Al pupils of the Green
field Village Schools of the Edison
Institute, Dearborn, Mich, who are
to share honors with Ilya .Schkolnik
and Georges Miquelle on the Ford
program tomorrow night. Each
Thursday morning for the past two
years these children have broadcast
a song service which has been car
ried on The CHS network.
Mr.. Schkolnik, distinguished con-
cert master of the Detroit Symphony
Orchestra Whose players, of course,
make up the Ford orchestral, and
Mr.. MiqueIle first 'cellist for the
same organization, are to present
groups of solos. Orchestra .Selec-
tons under Victor Kolar's direction
will complete the program, Obs
WFBM at 7.
Emo Rapee flew to the West
Coast this week to conduct tomor-
row nights General Motors con-
cert from Hollywood Bowl. Rosa
Ponselle is to be guest soloist, for
the second time this season, and the
Los Angeles Philharmonic will be
guest orchestra
Miss Ponselle is scheduled to do
arias from Rossinis "Semiramide,
Verdis La Traviata" and Mas
cagnis "Cavalleria Rusticana." Mr..
Rapee is to conduct the orchestra i'll
works by Wagner, Tschaikowsky,
Debussy and Enesco. The broadcast
is to be at 8, on the NBC Red net
work and WIRE.
LIE Petit MirSha, sensational Rou-
manian boy soprano whose recorded
"audition" was brought to this coun-
try aboard the Hindenburg, is to
make his American radio debut at l
tomorrow at noon, on the NBC Blue
network and WLW. He is to sing In
Budapest, and his voice is to be
shortwaved across the Atlantic.
Mirsha, who sings the repertoire
of operate sopranos, is to appear"
on the same program with Helen
Jepson, Metropolitan soprano;
Harold Bauer, internationally famous
concert pianist, and many others
including Fats" Waller, another pl-
anist of note.
A word of reminder about the Bos-
ton Pops" broadcast at $50 tonight
on WIRE and the NBC Blue chain.
Wagner, Mendelssohn, Grieg and
David Guion are programmed. g.
Maurice Baron, of the Radio City
staff, is to conduct the orchestra
in a program of French music at
1920 tomorrow morning, NBC-WJz
and WLW. Abram Chasins,
young American pianist-composer
of Rush Hour in Hong Kong fame,
is to play the Schumann piano con-
certo with Alfred Wallenstein and
his orchestra at tomorrow night,
WOR Newark, N. j. and the Mu-
tual network. (By j. To