Evening star., 1938-04-17

The musicians, almost all of who
chestra, will be conducted each Sat-
urday evening from June % to early
September by such nationally known
baton wielders as Willem van Hoog-
straten, conductor of the Portland
(Oreg) Symphony: Alfred Wallen-
stein, general music director of Mu-
tual, and Alexander Smallens. assist
ant conductor of the Philadelphia
Orchestra. The men of the orches-
IRA undertook the administration of
the summer series on a cooperative
basis in 1885 after civic leaders had
contemplated abandoning the venture.
Started in 1880 in a natural OPEN
ar theater walled by huge trees. the
Dell has grown steadily in musical i'm
portance until audiences of 5000 have
become regular occurrances. A large.
ecouStlcally perfect shell has replaced
the canVaS-covered platform on which
early programs were played, and the
Falrmount Park series has achieved
rank AS the Nations outstanding
summer music feature.
The Mutual Broadcasting System
can crow to its hearts content about
landing the Robin Hood Dell concerts
exclusively. 1t is to be hoped that
Madeline Ensign up at VOL can lug
Gle the schedules in such manner
that local listeners will be able to hear
as much of each concert as the net
work mas to offer There are MANY
VINO can endure long -winded COM
merclals, gooey serials and creakv
Jokes, but rebel when slice is taken
on DIT of Brahms. They deserve
consideration, particularly in the case
OF this series.
TODAY'S PROGRAMS.
MUs1C-Gladys swarthout, oper-
attic mezzo soprano, returns for
her second guest appearance of the
.season on the Sunday Evening Hour
lWJsV, 81. Jose Iturbi conducts
tne orchestra, The program:
Overture 10 "Rosamunde" Schubert
Aimour' iro elens Alder Ms F,,ihlesse,"
from Samson and DelIlah
e, Mss sxar,hout and oTshss.+s sf,1t ;saens
Espanharlem Pedd;rx
lie Temps des oI1fhlsSttrs' Ilas cp.u..on
.voM MS s, s.aTtaout and orches tra Giaa'0s
.7,,Ms MS s ssva7,heat and orchei,ra hs!nSa0Fd
MS ~ ps,.i. $. aFshout Chorus and o-ches5ra
feee Granados
Foloyetsian- Dances from
. Chorus and Orchestra oo'ou'n
Cons Ye Faithful, Raise the
Chorus, Audience and orchsst4a henl-ivan
Jan Peerce, tenor, is the soloist
with the orchestra of Radio CITY
Music Hall (WMAL. 12:3o). The
program (probably not in order of
performance>
rre1uSss tebspr2,nr to rTst and third acts ,ef
Mr. IPeerce. Chorus and orchestrsN Stay
"1es Aemsmfsn eqs,3,dss2 Radio Premiere
Mischa Mischakof, concert master
OF the N. B. c. Symphony Orchestra,
will play two movements from Han
oels Sonata IN D Major" and the
prelude to Johann Sebastian Bach's
"Partlta" tWRC, 1l:O5 ann.
The New York Philharmonic pre-
eents its annual Easter performance
Of concert extracts from Wagner.s
"Parsifal" with the assistance Of
Baritone Richard Bonelli, Bass-bari-
tone Norman Gordon. the St. Pauls
Chorlsters and the New York Schola
Cantorum Chorus lWJSV, 81. The
program:
Trumpet Voluntary for Organ" -
Prelude, Transformation Scene and
.. 5rau Scene from "Parisfal' Wasner
Apoaiaenla Delius
The Belmont Opera Co. will make
guest appearance before the micro
phone during Cheerios program to-
night. The Belmont Opera Co. is
composed of IA canaries, trained birds
which sing such numbers as Father
Flnn's The Easter Sermon of the
Birds" and. Bird Songs at Eventide."
In fact those are the two selections
scheduled to be warbled over the NJ
B. C.-blue tWMAL)-at 10 go.
Lyn Murray inaugurates a series of
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