Evening star., 1943-03-07
By J. ". Sfepb.

its limitations, as any one who owns
his own Bach "Partita" or Shostako-
vich FIRST" is painfully aware. You
hear the Interpretation engraved on
wax once, and you have heard it
all No variation of rhythm here,
no change in nelodic infection
there as you certainly would per-
ceive if the same program you were
to hear over the radio happened to
be "live" and conducted one week,
say, by Toscanini and another by
Rodzinski. Nevertheless, music that
is canned has an overwhelming ap-
peal, not only to persons sufaciently
stable financially TO afford their own
private collections, but to those who
by twisting the dial may avail them
selves Of some of the best in the
classical repertory. AS one network,
huge and prosperous, terms its late
evening recorded show, Music You
Want When You Want It" holds an
enchantment for the listener which
cannot be rivaled by any number of
concerts direct from Carnegie Hall
or Studio 8-H.
A comparative small station,
WINK. took this thesis to heart
less than month ago, devoted IA
programs each Of SIS minutes dura-
ton out Of every week-and found
the experiment a stimulating sue
cess. So much 80, that the Sym
phony Hours" presented mornings
o,,d Avay,inUe ~ tb> ~,aair aaxe e.Iy
at the relaxation hour of O'Clock
Sunday nights are q definite fixture
on the WINK schedule for an In
definite period ahead.
The idea for symphony in the
forenoon and evening throughout
the week logically evolve as a
conference.-the against (a) the
yammerings Of the soap operas. on.
one hand, and (b) the banalities of
the guest star and professional
comic parade around 9 pm. period.
That the local radio public wanted
extended programs Of contemplative
or at least soothing-music to
make their day degree more pleas
urable has been substantiated by
those infallible shde-rules, the tele-
phone call and the daily mail.
This response on the part Of the
listening audience has run into fig-
ures Of hundreds since the inception
OF WINK symphony policy. Typical
notes Of praise come from war
workers who grind through the
swing shift and like to have q bit
Of Ravel with their II am. break
fast coffee. Such outposts as the
engineering research plant in Riv-
erdale, Md, have made the record
clear on their majority stand of
approval. Pleasant relaxation, -
states a housewife, obviously re-
lieved after absorbing months of
the torments Of some maladjusted
radio family to disrupt her house.
hold chores.
Testifying to the spirit of pos
sessive welcome of the stations
tuners-in are the marked prefer
ences voiced in the general direc-
ton OF the program department
The range, fortunately, is seldom too
great for the WINK record library
that particular section having been
assiduously built up in the short
span Of the stations existence.
Composers of the moment seem to
Russians-Shostakovich, Rachman-
inoff and, of course, Tschaikowsky,
with smattering Of Sibelius thrown
in. Which may or may not have in
ternational significance.
The clear fact, judging from this
poject. is that the music-loving
faction of Washington-contr to
the evidence of the annual prostra-
ton DR.. Kindler's National SYM
phony undergoes to gain subsistence
is large, enthusiastic and dis
eliminating in its tastes.
1t is something for all stations to
consider. .E
The 1A1st anniversary Of the AS
sociation of Graduates of West
Point will be marked Saturday
(WRC, 7 p.m) by the customary
speeches (Maj. Gen. Francis B
Wilby, Military Academy superin-
tendent: Maj. Gen. Robert M. Dan
ford, U. s. A., retired. and others or
whom details cannot be revealed "fol
military reasols~, and music by the
West Point cadet choir and the en-.
listed mems band. Despite depletion
of their numbers, due to retired
members recall to active duty, loca
societies of graduates will meet the
Nation over.
Listeners no doubt are waiting ir
fear and awe of Cecil B. DeMille's
adaptation (WJSV, Monday, PM
of his own stupendous motion pic.
ture production of Reap the Vile
Wind There need be no apprehen.
) sions over that octopus, but wher
the hurricane starts to blow keep 9
firm hand on the volume control ol
your set. De Mile, after all, is Ok
Mile.
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from VOL adding II. "Woonegib.