World-Radio, July.8, 1927. [i(;oJ= w - 'T ' \ ?TDOMIÑION(T7j IL WITH WHICH IS ÌNCORPORATED "THE RADIO SUPPLEMENT Reg!ster:dNatt:P.P.O. V'ol. 5. No. 102. FRIDAY, 8, 1927.- - Two Pence. JULY - : PRINCIPAL CONTENTS. From the Swis Alps. Scottish War Memorial (Photograph). A Review of European Programmes Langenberg and -its Annòuncers. - By YODELLER - - '.. Fault Finding and Receiver ,, -June is now - at an end, and In the eening picked up a truly splendid here in Switzerland it has done its best Maintenance. FLAMING to rendering of The Geisha from Vienna, an Opera live up to its reputation for sunshine, and this station seems particularly fond of, and later By Capt. P. P. EckrsIey. - for radio reception the has been passably - month on found Langenberg doing I Pagliacci. good. I have managed to pick up some wonderful The next day, Sunday, during the afternoon, Continental Programme Events. operatic items, and for the lover of opera Switzer- found Breslau coming in with great strength, landis indeed a paradise, being within easy reach- with a concert of Balalaika music, played by a 'Which Station Was That? ing-out distance ofsuch places as Rome; Vienna, Russian orchestra-quite a pleasing little broadcast. with its magnificent Grand Opera House; Milan, For some time I have noticed the Eiffel Tower Replies to Queries. and the Scala Theatre; and all the German opera. comes in at simply terrific strength in the evenings loving cities. Space does not permit of any dis- after 8prn. and ozi Monday, the 20th, turned on cussing all the operas and other items of note I this station and received a very fine concert of have heard in this past month, sol must content operatic selections from all the well-known operas. myself with mention of just a few of the outstanding One of the best light opera performances of the features. month came from Frankfurt-on-Main the following WORLD-RADIO Sunday, June 12; Ipicked up a fine performance night, The Count of Luxemburg, and one could not Station Identification Panel I of Verdi's Rigoletto, relayed from the New Theatre, help admiring the wonderful playing of the orchestra i Leipzig, and, on the Tuesday following, Suppé's with its perfect rhythm and balance. This same - (No. 70.) comic opera Poet and Peasant from the same evening a little earlier I had been listening to the RADIO.YITUS (Paris). station. Later on in the evening I turned over first half of A Mid,eummer Night's Dream from es to Radio Paris for a studio version of Samson and Daventry, and found it a1solutely perfect, using es Wav'elength: 3226 in. Power: 350 w. Delilah, with several of the stars from the Paris only two valves and headphones, no atmospherics Frequency: 930 kc. Opera taking- the leading parts. whatever being present. E ApproanaaLe distance from London: - Wednesday, Jusi,e 15; During the lunch hour, Wqlnesday, J3ene 22 : n the evening picked sip es 212 miles. tuned in Lausanne for the usual hour's gramophone the 3rd and 4th Acts of Ciirmen from Milan, a Opening Signal: Ticking of metronome. music, and was much surprised to hear coming station whose operas are always as near perfect from a Swiss station the stirring strains of Elgar's as possible. Two days later, from Berne, T heard iall: 'Allo! Allo! Ici le poste de Land of Hope ansi Glory, played by a Guards band, an Englishwoman, Miss Olga Thomas. of London, Montmartre Radio-Vitus. Early this same evening picked up a recital of giving a piano recital, quite a welcome surprise, Interval Signal: The ringing of two Italian music by the Leipzig Symphony Orchestra, for one so seldom hears anything of English per- bells: F sharp, D sharp, and abbre- a very fine combination indeed. About 9 pm: formers on the Continent. viated call : Radio-Vitus." - went over to Bruenn for Verdi's opera Aïda, relayed - The last few days of the month the principal Closes down with Marseillaise (when the from the - Bratislava -National. Theatre, and' items wére the following: A performance oL orchestra is in studio) and usual thoroughly enjoyed the whole performance. Handel's Mesiah by a huge choir from Stuttgart; French formula. The next day I heard what-to: me was one of Liz Traviata from the Scala, Milan; the German (Copyright.) the best things -of the month-a concert from Derby, and sounds of racing motors, relayed from Munich. The exeoutants were a wonderful tri6 Koenfgsiî-usterhausen, the German high-power - li whose names I am unable to find out, but whosd station; ond a yodelling concert from Berne. - playing of the piano, 'cello, and violin woe indeed - I have also picked up several mandoline, zither, Letters should be addressed to The Editor, a revelation. and accordion concerts, and, late at night, dance "WORLD-RADIO," Savoy Hill, Strand, Saturday, June 18: I was listening to t)aventry music and cabaret performances can be heard from and the community singing of the children at most of the German London. W.C. - stations. the "Gug Nuncs" party, ond thought hdw tho- SuuiuÄay. 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