The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-12-22
ROAMING THE AIR WAVES

Andre Kostelanetz presents Lily Pons, coloratura soprano, as guest soloist on his digest broadcast to- night ct 300 o'clock, EST, over the KABC-CBs network. Operatic fea- ture of the program will be Miss Pons' interpretation of the famous coloratura aria, "Bell song," from Delibes' 'Lakme," the opera which the soprano has sung with Sensa- tional success at the Metropolitan. Orchestral highlights of maestro fasteners Digest" will be the Farandole from Bizet,s 'L' Arlesienne Suite" and the "Dapfnis and Chloe Suite" by Ravel. Among Miss Pons' selec- tions will be two of her favorite Christmas songs, 18th Century French carols, titled Bureau la Duree" and ''Tous les bourgeois de Chatres" and "Jes suis Titania," aria from Thomas "Mignon," which Miss Pons sings in her fourthcom- A11& 1AlIup 8AAVVuA Q GUW 61ASAs
 Moshe Paranov, distinguished
 New England conductor, pianist
 and educator, has been engaged
 as director of music of station
 WTHC, Hartford. He will be fin
 charge of . concert orchestra
 being added to the staff of Con-
 necticut's 5000 watt trans-
 hitter. Mfr. Paranov has been
 we'll known as pianist since
 his teens. Following service in
 the World War, he made his
 formal debut at Ae0llan Hall ln
 New York City. Subsequently
 he appeared in many solo re.
 citals i'm eastern cities. Recent
 ly, he, together with Harold
 Bauer and the late Osslp Gab-
 rilOwistch gave . performance
 of Bach's concerto for three
 pianos. He is conductor of the
 Hartford Symphony Orchestra
 and has directed the Young
 Mans Symphony Society of New
 York. Besides being dean of the
 Julius Hartt School of music,
 he directs several choral and
 instrumental groups of the Con.
 necticut capital
 The Madison Square Boys Club Choir, well-known choral group composed of IS young voices, will be heard over the CBS Network on the Dr. Allan Roy Dafoe program tonight and again on Friday, in a special program of Yuletide songs. The group, organized three years ago to sing Christmas Carols In their Ieighborhood on Christmas eve, have aroused such interest that they were asked to appear on the country doctors famed air pro- gram. Numbers to be vocalized by the group of youngsters will be, 70 Little Town of Bethlehem" which will be heard tonight and "Adeste Tidelis" and Holy Night to be sung on Friday.
 What does . swing band lead-
 CT think of on Christmas Eve?
 Like you and me, his thoughts
 are more apt 70 EuM VI AMy
 Tim than to "Tiger Rsg," to
 santa rather than "Dlpsy
 Doodle" and Co families sitting
 around the hearth while bulging
 stockings hang in warm glow
 from the mantle. When Tommy
 Dorsey goes into his NBC.Blue
 network show on Christmas Eve
 at 9:3O, there won't be . swing
 tune in 1t. Tommy will start out
 with "Stardust," just to get
 everybody in the right mood. He
 will end up with special sweet
 trombone solo of Going Home,"
 from his own arrangement of
 Largo" Tn between will be
 heard one of the most tunefuI
 and seemly programs of all the
 musical hours on the night be.
 fore Christmas. "Sweet Some.
 one" is meant to remind the
 people ct home of the members
 of the family who can't be
 there. Candle Light" Is the
 perfect atmosphere song. I
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