Show II III OVERTONES i UPON THE SUBJECT OF RADIO The popular definition or radio is an indoor sport in which the he typical typical typical ical Salt Lake City audience can be perfectly natural and talk as much muchas as it desires But there is another and more serious side What is the relation of radio to the arts 1 Musicians in particular are asking this and some even go so far as asto asto asto to assert that the present lull in inthe inthe inthe the musical profession sion is au aue to the advent of the radio Air Mr Louis Victor is one of these He cites the situation in the Chicago musical world with which he is very familiar There are he says two thirds of those who belong to the Chicago Musical Union out of work at the present time Why 1 Radio No one wants to go and hear a very mediocre recital when one can hear a first class performance perform perform- ance by the leading art artists of the world by merely turning a little dial to the correct number All of which comes to this How long is isit isit isit it going to be before there will be bea a small number of artists say one onehundred onehundred onehundred hundred who will be subsidized by bythe bythe bythe the government to produce all aU of our music for us s and serve and serve it in sugar-coated sugar pills i Last S Sunday evening marked the beginning of the Kent Atwater-Kent radio concert series for this season The artists of the week were Alda AIda and Chamlee both of whom were in superb voice but slightly hesitant hesitant hesitant ant about giving their utmost to the performance Miss Alda AIda very soon dispelled the superstition that the soprano voice is not as good goodover goodover goodover over the radio as the alto and the masculine voices She gave us a a richness and a vibrancy of tonal quality a combined grace and ease I with which we were ery lery well i pleased Mr Chamlee being Ing one of our our opinion of his performance is quite likely to tobe tobe tobe be prejudiced We Ve did enjoy hearing hearing hearing hear hear- ing him better than Miss Alda AIda however The program consisted of selections from the the- operas operas' of of Puccini In the interim of National broadcasts broadcasts broadcasts broad broad- casts radio audiences might be gratified by such operatic programs programs programs pro pro- grams as were presen presented ed over K S. S L L. this this' past summer The best of operatic records were secured and played in sequence for the several several several sev sev- eral operas with an explanation of the plot characters and of the musical musical musical mu mu- periods and schools which produced them In addition during during during dur dur- ing the concert conceit hours an intelligent pronunciation of the se selections and bits of delightful al criticism were given of the well selected records This was a commendable departure from the usual broadcasting broadcasting broad broad- C casting sting of the so called popular classics' classics which have prevailed and andare andare andare are again prevailing in local broad broad- casts Malcolm Meacham |