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The Andre Kostelanetz Show

29 episodes · 1943–1946 · CBS · Variety & Music

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The conductor's concert program with star guests, including Lily Pons. RadioGOLDINdex files it as The Pause That Refreshes...On The Air and Music Millions Love, both on CBS. Many copies here were made for the Armed Forces Radio Service, labeled The Andre Kostelanetz Show or Music by Kostelanetz on the Archive.

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Episodes

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1943

Dorothy Kirsten May 2, 1943 · 30 min
Frank Parker and Oscar Levant May 9, 1943 · 30 min
Nadine Conner July 18, 1943 · 29 min
Robert Weede August 22, 1943 · CBS · 30 min
Andre Kostelanetz's orchestra begins with "I'll Take Romance," and the Golden Gate Quartet perform "You'd Better Run." Soprano Eileen Farrell and host David Ross are on hand. This Armed Forces Radio copy is titled Music By Kostelanetz.
Irma Gonzalez September 19, 1943 · 29 min
Rose Bampton October 24, 1943 · 29 min
Welcome Back Jane Froman November 7, 1943 · 29 min
Kenny Baker (1943) November 14, 1943 · 29 min
Nestor Mesta Chayres (1943) November 28, 1943 · 29 min
Jan Peerce December 5, 1943 · 29 min
Jan Peerce Sings the New Moon December 19, 1943 · 29 min
Frank Parker December 26, 1943 · CBS · 30 min
Frank Parker sings and violinist Ruth Posselt plays "Poem" and "Turkey in The Straw." Andre Kostelanetz's orchestra starts with the Desert Song romance and plays two numbers from Porgy and Bess.

1944

Nestor Mesta Chayres (1944) January 2, 1944 · CBS · 30 min
The orchestra opens with "Remember." Tenor Nestor Chayres sings "Granada," and violinist Erika Morini is billed as a child violinist, though she was an adult.
James Melton January 16, 1944 · 30 min
James Melton Sings Jocelyn January 23, 1944 · 30 min
Eleanor Steber May 21, 1944 · 29 min
Percy Faith Latin Suite August 13, 1944 · 29 min
Irra Petina November 5, 1944 · 30 min
Earl Wrightson November 12, 1944 · CBS · 30 min
Andre Kostelanetz begins with "Oh, What A Beautiful Morning" and then leads "Impressions Of Basie." Guests include Mona Paulec and baritone Walter Cassel.
Earl Wrightson Sings Romance November 26, 1944 · CBS · 30 min
Andre Kostelanetz begins with "Deep In My Heart." Eleanor Steber and Earl Wrightson sing, and the score Cole Porter wrote for The Seven Lively Arts is heard on radio for the first time.
Frank Parker Sings Let Me Love You December 3, 1944 · CBS · 29 min
Andre Kostelanetz opens with "Beautiful Lady" and features singer Frank Parker and mezzo-soprano Mona Paulec, with David Ross announcing.

1946

Lily Pons (January 17, 1946) January 17, 1946 · CBS · 30 min
Andre Kostelanetz's orchestra begins with "Tales From The Vienna Woods." Guest Lily Pons sings "Ay, Ay, Ay!" and "Song Of The King's Garden," and finishes with "Hymn To The Sun" from Le Coq d'Or.
Ginny Simms Sings Full Moon January 24, 1946 · CBS · 30 min
Andre Kostelanetz and his orchestra open with "Deep In My Heart." Ginny Simms is the guest singer, and Alexander Scott hosts.
Lily Pons (January 31, 1946) January 31, 1946 · CBS · 30 min
Lily Pons is the guest and her first number is "Dream World," with Andre Kostelanetz and his orchestra and host Alexander Scott.
Kenny Baker (1946) March 7, 1946 · 30 min
Lily Pons Farewell Concert March 14, 1946 · 29 min
Lanny Ross March 28, 1946 · 29 min
Ethel Smith April 11, 1946 · CBS · 29 min
A musical fantasy called "Fiesta!" carries listeners by magic carpet to a carnival city in a Latin setting. Organist Ethel Smith and tenor Nestor Chayres join Andre Kostelanetz's orchestra.
Lily Pons Sings April in Paris April 25, 1946 · CBS · 29 min
Andre Kostelanetz's orchestra opens with "Stars In My Eyes," and guest Lily Pons sings, with Alexander Scott announcing.