RADIO PROGRAMME

Hokitika Guardian, 21 September 1931, Page 8

RADIO PROGRAMME

(Supplied by the Radio Broadcasting Company of N.Z. Ltd.) MONDAY, SETBBMBER 21st. IYA wilji be broadcasting wrestling. Tj'he 2YA “Musical Portrait” this evening will be of Rossini, the popular Italian composer. .The well known operas “Tancredi,” “Seiniramide,” ‘‘William Tell,” and ‘‘The Barber ojfy f Seville” all come from his pen. Cesaroiii and t his operatic company will present solos and choruses, the soloists being Miss Eunice Standen, Miss Janet Stirling, Mrs M. McAlluw, Messrs R Trewern asd G. Gray and Signor Lucien Cesaroni. The orchestra will also' play numbers by Rossini. Another delightful item will be a violin with orchestral accompaniment by Miss Ava Symons, while Mr Gordon Short will play "Berceuse” by Chopin.

3YA artists will be associated with the Ashburton Salvation Army Band; under Mr George E: Argyle, in giving a studio concert this evening. Approthe programme will open with the overture “Ashburton,” ) composed by the well known Salvation Army composer, Scotpey. Taken altogether the band will present an exclusive programme. Miss Nora Gray, the well known Wellington soprano, and Mr Russell Sumner, tenor, will be the vocalists. The items by Mr George Titchener, humorist, will include Chevalier’s ‘‘The Future Mrs ’Awkins,” a number in which Mr Titchener excels himself. Instrumental selections and accompaniments to the songs will be played by the Christchurch Broadcasting Trio. During •the evening, 'Mr D. E. Parton, Chairman of the 3YA Children’s Sessions Advisory Committee, will give a talk on the work of the committee.

During the International Programme from 4YA, lilr H. D. Skinner, M.A., Lecturer in Ethnology at Otago University, will speak on "The East Indian 'Archipelago and its Peoples.” At 6.30 to-morrow morning, all stations will be oil the air to rebroadcast Station GSSW, Chelmsford—the Faraday Centenary celebrations in the Queen’s Hall, London.

TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 22nd. The Rev. William Constable, one of 1 the most eloquent of Auckland s speakers, will be the lecturer during lYA’s International. Programme this evening, takjing as His subject "The Spirit of Ancient Greece.” Mr Constable will deal with the glories of Ancient Greece and influence on the present day. Featured on 2YA’s programme will be Madame Margaret Mercer (contralto) of Dannevirke. The popular Melodie Four will be heard in solos and in such quartettes as “My Cairo Love,” “Wanganui Moon,” "Sweet Jenny Lee” and “An, Evening Pastoral.” The Salon Orchestra, will play the suite “L’Arlesienne,” ‘Nights," “Lovers Garden,’ “Four Trifles,” “Folk Tune and Fiddle Dance” and the latest dance novelties. Selected electrical recordings will be included in the programme. The Dunedin Tramways Band, under Mr Chas. A. Morgan, will provide an attractive programme for 4YA. The assisting vocalists will ~ be Miss Estelle Burnard (soprano), Miss Helen Roy (contralto) and Mr J. A. Sligo (baritone), with, humorous elocutionary items (selections from “Pickwick Papers”) by Mr D. E. Dali. Bandsman Reader will play a cornet solo and Mrs C’ Drake a pianoforte solo. Silent day at 3YA.