Radio Programme for MUSIC WEEK

Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 1052, 16 August 1930, Page 5 (Supplement)

Radio Programme for MUSIC WEEK

MONDAY Silent day. TUESDAY 3 p.m., studio concert; 5.0, children's hour. Uncle Dave; 6.0, dinner music session; 7.0, news; 7.40, talk. Mr. Alan Mcikimmine. "Voice Culture —Ancient and Modern"; 8.0, orchestra, "The Magic Flute," overture (record); S.B, baritone, Mr Frank Sutherland, "Great Isis, Great (Mosart): 8.12, Monte Carlo Conert Orchestra, under Mr. F. K. Cunningham, "Lohengrin" selection; 5.22, soprano. Mrs. Laetitia Parry, (a) "Mid Lures and rleasures" (Handel), (b) "Rose Softly Blooming" (Spohr); 5.29. orchestra. -Lucia di Lammermoor" selection; 8.34. tenor, Mr. A. H. Ripley, (a) "Soft Beams of Light,” (b) "I Was Dreaming”: 5.41, violin with harp. Dr. Eugene Ormandy, •Humoresque" (Dvorak); 8.45. talk, Dr. George de Clive Lowe. ".Music in Nature and Music in Our Daily Lives”; 9.2, orchestra. "La Traviata,” selection; 9.14, baritone, Mr. Sutherland, (a) "The Calf of Cold," (b) “When a Malden Takes Your Fancy”; 9.21, orchestra, “Cavalleria Rusticana" selection; 9.51, soprano. Miss Parry, "Knowest Thou the Land": 9.50. orchestra, "Rigoletto" selection: 9.43, tenor, -Mr. Ripley. "O Vision Entrancing :' ..'.49. orchestra. "Carmen" selection. WEDNESDAY 12.30 p.m.. relay of community singing: 3.9. studio concert; 5.0. children's hour, Uncle Tom; 6.0, dihner music session: 7.0, news: 7.40. talk, Madame Mabel Milne, "Health and Diet "; 8.0, Auckland Orphans’ Club Orchestra, (a) “Xlght,” lb) “Pique Dame" overture; 8.9, baritone. Mr. L. Stuart (a) "Close Props" (b) "Give a Man a Horse"; S.i6, orchestra, "A Darkey's Dreamland"; bassoon, Mr. J. Bamber, "Lucy Long"; 8.30, chorus, "Der Tanz” (record); 5.34. orchestra, (a> "Melcd> in F," (b) "Henry Vlir. Dances"; 8.48, talk, Mr. A. B. Chappell. M.A.; 9.5, orchestra, (a) "Fingal's Cave" overture, tb) "A Day in Naples '; 9.23. light baritone, Mr. F. Campbell, (a) "Pass Everyman," (b) "I Pitch My Lonely Caravan"; 9 30, orchestra, (a) "Eros,” (b) "Plymouth Hoe”; 9.46. choir with orchestra, "Men of England" (record): 9.54. orchestra, (a) "Wee McGregor," (b) “Vite.” (Continued in last column)

JF it takes all kinds to make a world, | then it goes without saying that it takes all kinds of broadcast programmes Lo satisfy them, and even by broadcasting the best music in the world everyone cannot be pleased. Listeners may be divided into several definite classes, all of which have different tastes, and even iu each class the tastes of the various listeners differ in an infinite variety of ways. Lovers of Mendelssohn, for instance, may not agree with Tehaikowsky’s idea of harmony, many prefer Irving Berlin, and so on through the musical gamut. j Comments, laudatory and otherwise, j have continued to pour into the main broadcasting stations of the Dominion ever since their establishment. Some object that too much jazz is being put over the air and others claim that the director is catering only for the musical “highbrow.” In radio, as in everything else, it is the aim of the controlling company to “give the public what it wants,” but it has long been realised that it is impossible to please everybody. Programme organisers have always endeavoured to arrange concerts which they believe will bo appreciated by the majority of listeners, but have here been hampered by the lack of talent or of variety of talent offering Again, attempting to pander to public taste is a difficult business. The British Broadcasting Company con-