RADIO PROGRAMME

Hokitika Guardian, 30 October 1930, Page 8

RADIO PROGRAMME

(Supplied by the Radio Broadcasting Company of N.Z. Ltd.) THURSDAY, OCTOBER 30th. The talk from 1Y A,• 2YA and 3YA this afternoon, will be about “Savoury Dishes?’—a talk prepared by (the Home Science Extension Department of Otago University. A con-ert of old time songs will lie broadcast by IYA this evening. The vocalists will be the New Clarion Quartet. Many old favourites, songs and older listeners knew in their youth, will be heard. “Radio Magic,” by Mister Ree, will occupy a portion of the evening's programme. Instrumental items will be given by the IT A String Octet, under the direction of Mr J. Whitford Waugh. A violin solo “The Old Refrain” will be played by. Mr Haydn .Murray. A popular concert will be presented by 2YA. The Salon Orchestra will contribute to the programme. The vocalists will be Miss L. M. Harwell (soprano), Miss Edith Buckmaster (contralto), Mr Lewis Campbell (tenor) and Mr Harry Matthew (baritone). Two humorous numbers' by Jefferson Jarieon will be given by Mr Cedric Gardiner, and instrumental novelty numbers will be given by Reno and Arta, the well known xylophone duo.

Lira Johmann’s famous song cycle “A Persian Garden.” , the .verses of which ere to he found in the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, will be featured on 3YA’s programme, to hie sung by the newly formed Harmonic 'Quartet —Miss SvY’ia Angus, Miss Yera Martin, Mr James Slmiv and Mr E. J. Johnson—to instrumental ae-

oomnaniment bv the Christchurch Broadcasting Trio. Tn the second half of the programme, the same vocalists will contribut" items of a. miscellaneous nature. Recitations will be given bv Miss Florence Brewing I 'and there

will be flnte solos bv Mr. W. Hay. Of

nn.rtirnlar interest on the, programme will be the item to be given bv a brilliant young Christchurch pianirte, • Miss Marmrie Alexander, who b-s been particular successful at Oomm petitions and in Trinity College exa.mmations '! Sißnt dav at 4YA. tm . i! FRIDAY, OCTOBER 31st. is lYA’s programme this evening will | consist of hailf-hour ne.itals. The | evening will commence with a special \ recording of Kurt Atterberg’s “Sym- '! phony No. 6in C Major—Op.3l” by If the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra unjl der the direction of Sir Thomas | Beecham. This Symphony was selI ected from over five hundred works if by a jury of eleven international mus- '* icians to receive a grand prize award ‘f of £2,(03. The fi:st vocal recital of If the evening will be given by Mr Fred- | crick W. Simpson, who will be new !l to It'A listeners. This contribution to .j the programme will be followed by a i half-hour’s pianoforte recital by Mr | Simpson’s wife, formerly known as = Miss Thelma Gallagher, an outstand- | ing pianiste in Auckland. The proI gramme will conclude with Mr J. M. | Clark and his Company giving a scene j from Shakespeare’s “Henry. VIII.” j The evening’s programme is of a type | that will appeal to listeners and they I will have an opportunity of hearing ’ some very fine artists. The record--1 ing of the Symphony will in itself be I an entertainment that is seldom } heal'd.

An operatic-—mainly, light operatic—and miscellaneous programme of a high order will be given during the concert session from 2YA. The vocal portion of the programme will feature Miss Beryl Hope, a young operatic soprano of promise, Mr 11. J. G. Madigen the winner of the men’s vocal championship at the recent Wellington Competition Society’s Festival, Mr Chas. P. Edwards, a tenor of outstanding ability, and Miss Dorothy gpiller, a young Christchurch contralto whose work at 3YA is well known to listeners. The elocutionary portion of the programme will be provided by Miss Vivienne Tait, and an instrumental programme will be given by the Orchestriiia. Dance music, played by the popular Bailey-Marston Dance Orchestra, will be broadcast from 3YA following on a session of popular concert items. The contributing artists will he the Dulcet Duo (Miss Nellie Lowe and Mr A. G. Thompson) in solos and duets, Mr G. Titchener (humorist), Miss Irene Morris (violinists) and the Christchurch Broadcasting Trio. Two half hour plays will be the principal attractions at 4YA. These will be presented by “The Sketchers” under the direction of Miss Sheila Neilson, the well known elocutioniste. The plays are entitled “The Stnitlmm Amateurs Present” and “Eldorado.” Excellent easts of characters have been arranged. Solos will be sung by Miss Millie Vickers, the possessor of one of the finest iadio soprano voices in Dunedin. The Studio Trio will supply the instrumental porti .n of the programme. the items including several light numbers.