ON THE AIR

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 347, 7 May 1928, Page 10

ON THE AIR

New Zealand broadcasting stations transmit as follows: TO-DAY 1 Y A Auckland: Silent clay. • m * 2YA Wellington: 420 metres. 5,000 watts. 3 p.m.. Gramophone items; 6 p.n;., children’s hour, Aunt Gwen and Uncle .K-ff; 7 p.m., news; 7.40, p.m., lecture, ilr. !1. E. South, “Books—Grave and Gay”; • s p.m., overture, Orchestra, “Zampa”; tenor, Ml*. C. Williams, (a) “Thou Art Risen,” (b) “The Sea Gypsy”; orchestra, <a> “Alt Wien,” (b) “Sleeping Beauty”; quartet, Ariel Singers, “Love is a Sickness”; Symons-JBUwood-Short Trio, “Trio in G Minor” (Dvorak); mezzo-contrailo, Miss N. Coster, “Amarella”; bass with chorus. Mr. J. M. Caldwell, three sea chanties, (a) “Blow the Man Down,” (b) “A-roving,” (c) “Johnny, Come Down to Hilo”; orchestra, “Surpise Symphony”; soprano, Miss J Briggs, “Come Out, My Dears”; orchestra, (a) “Melodie Arabe,” soloist, Mr. G. Ellwood; (b) “Village Dance; character sketch, Mr. A. S. Warwick, “The Price”; madrigals, Ariel Singers, (a) “April is in My Mistress’s Pace,” (b> "Now is the Month of Maying”; orchestra, request items; tenor. Mr. Williams, “I’ll Sing Thee Songs of Araby”; vocal. Miss Briggs and Mr. Caldwell, “On Jhelum River”; orchestra, (a) “What’ll I Do.” (b) jazz arrangement of Delibes’s “Naila.” • • • 3YA Christchurch: 306 metres, 500 watl3. 3 p.m., Afternoon concert; 6 p.m., children’s hour. Uncle Jack; 7.15 p.m., lews; 7.30 p.m., talk, Mr. E. J. Bell, on the Public Library, “Books”; 8 p.m., relay from Strand Theatre; vocal, Miss A. Graham, Mrs. D. W. Stallard, Messrs. W. Bradshaw and W. H. Inkster, “On the Banks of Allan Water”; selection, Derry’s Military Band, “His Majesty”; soprano Miss Graham, (a) “Love the Pedlar,” <b) “A Birthday”; band, “The Dawn of To-morrow”; tenor and bass, Messrs. Bradshaw and Inkster, “The Battle Eve”; tone poem, band, “Finlandia”; bass, Mr. Inkster, (a) “On the Shores <>f tho Aegean Sea,” b) “The Dinder Courtship”; band, "La Ritarata Ttaliana”: dramatic recitation, Mr. Moses, “The 801 l Buoy”; relay from Strand Theatre; vocal. M iss Graham. Mrs. Stallard, Messrs. Bradshaw and T #kster, “Because”; election, band, “Humoresque”; contralto, Nit s. Stallard. (a) “Chiming Bells of Long Ago.” (b) “Passion of Spring”; fox-trot, band, “Highways are Happy Ways”: soprano and contralto. Miss Graham Mrs. Stallard, “When Song is Sweet’’, humoresque, band. “A Lightning Switch”: tenor, Mr. Bradshaw, (a) “When Other Lips,” (b) “Good-bye. Sweetheart, Goodbye”: humour. Mr. Moses. “Only One”: march, band, “Dixie Rube.” • * • 4YA Dunedin:--463 metres, 250 watts Silent day. TO-MORROW IYA Auckland: 333 metres, 500 watts. m * m 3 p.m., Afternoon concert; 6 p.m., children’s hour, Uncle George; 7.15 p.m., news; 8 p.m., relay from Majestic Theatre; contralto, Madame Ainsley, “O Mio Fernando” (Donizetti); instrumental, the Auckland Trio, “Trio—Adagio and Scherzo” (Chopin); baritone, Mr. W. Brough, “Will o’ the Wisp”; soprano, Miss N. Hanna, “Lament of Isis”; tenor, Mr. R. Peter, (a) “Cloth of Heaven,” (b) “My Lady”; relay from Majestic Theatre; 8.56 p.m., talk. Mr. A. B. Chappell, M.A.. “Old New Zealand, (8) “The Treaty of Waitangi”; 9.11 p.m., contralto, Madame Ainsley, “Spinning”; Auckland Trio, “Overture Raymond” (Keler Bela); J. 25 p.m., scene and excc*pts from the opera, “The Daughter of the Regiment” (Donizetti), produced under Madame Irene Ainsley; cast, Marie (Daughter of the Regiment), Miss Hanna: Tonio, Mr. R. Peter: Sergeant Sulpice, Mr. Brough: and the Countess, Miss M. Hamilton. Items include, “The Camp and the Battle,” “ ’Tis Known to All.” “Ah, Do You Love Me?”, “Mv Gallant Friend,” “Dear Friend, Farewell.” lesson scene. “The Rosy Morn,” “Two Grenadiers.” “To My Heart, What is Wealth?”. “All Hail. France, My Countrv,” and “Ah, We Three Meet Again.” , 2VA Wellington:—420 metres, 5,000 watts. 3 p.m., gramophone items; 6 p.m., children’s hour; 7, news; 7.40, lecture by representative of Agricultural Department; 8.0, overture, orchestra, “Maritana: vocal, Orpheus Quartet, “To Music”; tenor, Mr. A. Coe, “You !n a Gondola”; orchestra, “Pagliacci”; humour, Mr. D. Stark, “The Bird on Nellie’s Hat”; voca\. Miss Mackie and Mr. 1 Barnes, “Love Thou”# orchestra, (a) “Andantino,” (b) “11 Bacio”; soprano, Miss Harris, “My Hero”; Orpheus Quartet, “O, Who Will O’er the Downs?”; orchestra, “Scenes Pittoresque”; piano, Miss Bennett, (a) “Nocturne,” (b) “Viennese Waltz”; contralto, Miss Mackie, “Coming Home Along”; humour, Mr. Stark, “Roaming in the Gloaming”; orchestra, request items; tenor and chorus, Mr. Coe, “Come Back to Me”; baritone, Mr. Barnes, (a) “Four by the Clock,” (b) “Slow, Horses, Slow,” (c) “Sing, Break Into Song”; orchestra, “Carmen”; Orpheus Quartet, “Robin Hood’s Wedding”; original sketch, Mr. Stark and Mr. Barnes; orchestra, “My Blue Heaven.” • • • 3YA Christchurch 306 metres, 500 watts. Silent day. * • * 4VA Dunedin: 463 metres, 250 watts. 3 p.m., gramophone concert; 6 p.m., children’s hour, Big Brother Bill; 7.15. news: 7.30, address on “Tourist Resorts,” hv- Mr. R. W. Marshall; 8.0, concert by the St. Hilda Band and assisting artists. ACROSS THE TASMAN TO-DAY Australian broadcasting stations transmit as follow: —* 2BL Sydney: 353 metres, 5,000 watts. 715 p.m., children’s session: 8 p.m., country session and news service; 9.30, concert programme, including items by Broadcasters’ Topical Chorus and vocalists; dance music. * * * 2FC Sydney: 442 metres, 5,000 watts. \ 7.15 p.m., children’s session. Hello \ Man; S p.m., dinner music; 5.30, news; ' <i’ studio concert and dance music. * • ♦ 3LO Melbourne: 371 metres, 5,000 watts. 7.30 p.m., children’s session: 9 p.m., talks and news items; dance music. * * * 4QG Brisbane: 385 metres. 6,000 watts. 7-30 p.m., news; 8, children’s session; O. studio concert of vocal and instrumental items; dance music. NOTES In future the Bosworth-Heinus-Tow-sey Trio will broadcast under the name the Auckland Trio. The Daughter of the Regiment,” founded on a romance pf the NapolV<?r ,C ' Vars » is the opera which Madame ,y 10 Ainsley’s Quartet will produce at asu, to-morrow evening This opera. Sfe in "’ns first produced in Paris I i *- aler in London, where Jenny ■ in, - iPal Part * “