Radio: Program Preview, Mar. 17, 1947

For the week beginning Sunday, March 16. (All times are E.S.T., subject to change without notice.)

The Art of Fugue (Sun. 9:15 a.m., CBS). Second of three programs devoted to Bach’s immense essay in counterpoint. Soloist: Organist E. Power Biggs.

NBC Symphony (Sun. 5 p.m., NBC). An all-Beethoven program: For the Consecration of the House overture, the Sixth (Pastoral) Symphony. Conductor: Arturo Toscanini.

Jack Benny (Sun. 7 p.m., NBC) hires an expensive quartet for a one-night stand: Bing Crosby, Dennis Day, Dick Haymes, Andy Russell.

Margaret Truman (Sun. 8 p.m., ABC) makes her radio debut as a vocalist with the Detroit Symphony, unless her laryngitis persists (see PEOPLE). Tentative selections: Tosti’s Serenata, Fernández’ Cielito Lindo, Sadero’s Fa La Nana, Bambin, Bach-Gounod’s Ave Maria.

St. Patrick’s Day (Mon. 6:15 p.m., CBS). Eire’s Prime Minister Eamon de Valera makes an address to the Irish-speaking world.

Burke of Scotland Yard (Tues. 8 p.m., Mutual). Basil Rathbone as radio’s newest sleuth—a sort of marked-down Sherlock Holmes, with a girl friend instead of a hypodermic needle.

The Whistler (Wed. 10 p.m., CBS). The West Coast’s No. 1 deep-freezer in a coast-to-coast spot. Characteristics: a foolishly “Shadowy” beginning, an O. Henry ending, separated by good, creepy scripting.

Henry Morgan (Wed. 10:30 p.m., ABC). A wit who is sharpest, he says, “under the influence of money.”

Invitation to Music (Wed. 11:30 p.m., CBS). The CBS Symphony in the radio premiere of Richard Strauss’s Metamorphosen. Conductor: Leopold Stokowski.