OVER THE WIRELESS

Wairarapa Times-Age, 11 February 1939, Page 2

OVER THE WIRELESS

TONIGHT'S PROGRAMMES. 2YA, Wellington. 570 k.c. 5.0: Children’s session. G.O: Dinner music. 7.0: News. 7.28: Time signals. 8.0: “Ports of Call: A Visit to Norway." 8.32: “Coronets of England: The life of Queen Elizabeth” (chapter 4). 9.0: Weather report. Station notices. 9.5: Old-time dance programme by the 2YA Old-time Dance Orchestra. 10.0: Sports summary. 10.10: Continuation of old-time dance programme. 10.28: Time signals. 11.30: Close down. 2YC, Wellington. 840 k.c. 5.0: Light musical programme. GO: Close down. 7.0: After-dinner music. 8.0: Light classical hour. 9.0: "On With the Show.” 10.0: A happy half-hour. 10.30: Close down. 2YD, Wellington. 990 k.c. 7.0: 2YD Listeners’ Own Session. 8.40: Trailer. 8.45: Dance Time. 9.5: Nigger Minstrels. 9.20: “Mittens”—an epic of the turf. 9.35: Soft Light and Sweet Music. 10.0: Close down. IYA, Auckland. 650, k.c.

5.0: Children’s session. 6.0: Dinner music. 7.0: News. 8.0: The Carina Tria. “Night” (Hamish MacCunn), “Hearts Feel that Love Thee” (Mendelssohn); “To a Wild Rose” (McDowell); “Honey Chile” (Strickland). 8.14: Marjorie Seel (piano), Nocturne in the form of a Valse (Besley): Concert Study in D Flat. Major (Liszt); Waltz in E Minor (Chopin). 8.26: lan Burry (tenor), “I Heard You Singing” (Coates); “The Watchman (Squire); “Yearning” (Coates); "Love’s Mirror” (Coleridge Taylor). 8.38: Quintet Jean Ibos. Chanson Napolitaine (d’Ambrosio); Menuet Gothique (Bdellmann). 8.44; Harold Williams (baritone), four cautionary tales and a moral (words by H. Belloc; music by Liza l/ehmann): “Rebecca”; “Jim”; “Matilda’ ; “Henry King”; “Charles Augustus Fortesque.” 9.0: Weather report. Station notices. 9.5: 8.8. C. Dance Orchestra, “C. B. Cochran Presents.” 9.13: Reserved. 9.28: Alfredo Campoli and his Orchestra, “The Dancing Cluck” (Ewing); “Snowman” (Le Clerq). 9.34: Leslie Sarony (comedian), “My Old Dog” (Sarony): “The Farmyard Waltz” (Butler). 9.40: Sol. K. Bright and his Hollywaiians, “Honolulu. How Do You Do” (Phelps); “It’s Just an Old Hawaiian Custom” (Noble). 9.46: Wild and his Jolly Swiss Yodelling Boys. “Merry-Go-Round”; “Harmony Yodel” (Wild). 9.52: Arthur Young and his Youngsters. “Bundle of Blues.” 10.0: Sports summary. 10.10: Dance music. 11.15: Close down.

3YA, Christchurch. 720 k.c.

5.0; Children's hour. 6.0: Dinner music. 7.0: News. 8.0: “A Pleasant Quarter-hour in the Homestead on the Rise.” 8.15: “The Fourth Form at St Percy’s.” 8.28: Mario Lorenzi (harp), “Harping in the Highlands”; “Harping in Erin.” 8.35: “Coronets of England: The Life of Mary Queen of Scots” (episode 17). 9.0: Weather report. Station notices. 1 9.5: Harold Prescott (tenor), ."Here is a Song” (Longstaffe); “Laugh and Song” • (Drummond): “Lass o’ Killean” (Stickler); “Lolita” (Peecia). 9.19: Tony Lowry (pianist) “Rose Marie” Selection (Friml); “The Stu-

dent Prince” Serenade (Romberg). 9.28: George Titchener (comedian), “The Song Without a Name” (Hastings); “Let’s Have a Song About Rhubarb” (Stanley). 9.39: Harold Ramsay (Wurlitzer organ), “My Moonlight Madonna” (Fibich); “Six Great Melodies” (various). 9.48: The Hawaiian Serenades presenting “Sweet Lei Lehna”; “Waipio”; “Kalakana’s Serenade” and “Hawaiian Medley.” 10.0: Sports summary. 10.15: Dance music. 11.15: Close down.

4YA, Dunedin. 790 k.c.

5.0: Children’s hour. 6.0: Dinner music. 7.0: News. 8.0: The New Mayfair Orchestra, “Casanova” Selection (Strauss). 8.10: Raymond Beatty (Australian bass-baritone), “Myself When Young” (Lehmann); “Youth” (Allitsen); “Sylvia” (Speaks); “The Floral Dance” (Moss). Heather Kinnaird and Raymond Beatty, “The Fairy Pipers” (Brewer). 8.25: The Lang-Worth Concert Orchestra, “Song Without Words” (Tsfehaikowsky); “Ayero” Tango; “Shining Moon” (trad); “Flowers of Spain.” 8.38: Heather Kinnaird (Australia contralto), “Ca’ the Yows to the Knowes” (arr Lee); “Jessie’s Dream ’ (Blockley); “Hail, Caledonia” (Stroud). Heather Kinnaird and Raymond Beatty, “O Wert Thou in the Cauld Blast" (Mendelssohn). 8.52: Ambrose and his Orchestra, two concert arrangements, “Falling Leaves”; “Piccadilly” (Carr). 9.0: Weather report. Station notices. 9.5: Dance music. 10.0: Sports summary. 10.10: Dance music. 11.15: Close down.

Empire Programme. GSD, 25.53 m.; GSE, 25.29 m.; GSF, 19.82 m.; GSO, 19.76 m.; GSI, 19.66 m.

8.0 p.m.: “Cards'on the Table.” Exchange of views on the news of the day, between speakers from different parts of the Empire. 8.20: 8.8. C. Theatre Orchestra. 9.15: Cruft’s Dog Show. 9.40: “London Log.” 9.50: News and announcements. 10.15: Close down.

TOMORROW’S PROGRAMMES.

2YA, Wellington. 570 k.c.

9.0: Recordings. 9.15: Wellington Salvation Army Band. 9.45: Recordings. 10.0: Weather report. 10.28: Time signals. 11.0: Methodist Church service from Trinity Methodist Church. Wellington South. 12.15 (approx.): Close down. 1.0: Weather report. Dinner session. 2.0: Schubert Symphonies Series—Symphony No 5. 2.21: Recordings. 3.0: ‘‘Scrapbook for 1938”—some highlights in literary and dramatic circles. 3.28: Time signals. j 4.30: Close down. 6.0: Children’s song service, conducted by Uncle William, assisted by children from the Wadcstown Presbyterian Sunday School. 7.0: Baptist Church service, from Vivian Street Baptist Church. 8.15 (approx.): Recordings. 8.30: The 8.8. C. Symphony Orchestra/“Fidclio” Overture (Beethoven). 8.37: Chorus and Orchestra of the State Opera, Berlin, “Wake Up, the Day is Approaching” (from “The Mastersingers of Nuremberg”) (Wagner). 9.42: Paul Schramm (Viennese pianist), Sonata in C Major, Op 53 (“The Waldstein") (Beethoven).

9.0: Weather report. Station notices. 9.5: “Music from the Theatre”; Act 111 of Gounod’s ever-popular opera, "Faust." 10.0 lapprox.): Close down. 2YC, Wellington. 840 k.c. 6.0 to 8.30; Recordings. 8.30: Sunday night concert, featuring Richard Tauber (tenor), Stuart Robertson (baritone), Zonophone Concert Quartet, Thomas Waller (pianist), and Viljo Vesterinen (accordion virtuoso), supported by the Robert Renard Dance Orchestra. 10.0: Close down. 2YD, Wellington, 990 k.c. 7.0: Trans-Tasman transmission. 7.35: Coronets of England. 8.0: Tit-bits of today: Hits of yesterday. 8.40: Trailer. I 8.45: Dad and Dave from Snake Gully. 9.0: Radio play—the 12 labours of Hercules: "The Mares of Diomedes.” 9.45: Carson Robison and his Buckaroos. 10.0: Close down. IYA, Auckland. 650 k.c. 9.0: Selected recordings. 11.0: Methodist service from Epsom Methodist Church. 12.15: Close down. 1.0: Dinner music. 2.0: Recordings. 3.30: Brahms’s Variations on a Theme by Haydn (St Antoni Chorale), played by the Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra, Nevz York. 3.46: Recordings. 4.30: Close down. 6.0: Children’s song service. 7.0: Presbyterian service. from St David’s Church. 8.15: Recordings. 8.30: London Symphony Orchestra, conducted by the composer, “Meadow to Mayfair” Suite (Eric Coates). 8.45: Reserved. 9.0: Weather report. Station notices. 9.5: Leopold Stokowski and the Philadelphia Orchestra, Choral Prelude, “Christ Lay in the Bonds of Death”: Fugue in G Minor (Bach, Stokowski). 9.13: Leeds Festival Choir: Excerpts from “Israel in Egypt” (Handell; “Moses and the Children of Israel”: "But as for His People": “The Lord is a Man of War.” 9.27: Berlin State Opera Orchestra, German Dances (Mozart l. 9.35: Andre d’Arkov (tenor), “Ave Maria" (Gounod). Mlle. J. Laval and Andre d’Arkov l duel l, “Benedictus" Chant Liturgigue (Gounod). 9.43: Societe des Concerts du Conservatoire, “Le Tombleau de Couperin" (Ravel). 10.0: Close down. 3YA, Christchurch. 720 k.c. 9.0: Recordings. 11.0: Presbyterian service, from Knox Church. 12.15 (approx.): Close down. 1.0: Dinner music. 2.0: Recordings. 2.0: Wilhelm Backhaus (pianist), presents variations on an original theme by Brahms. 2.9: Recordings. 4.30: Close down. 5.30: Children’s song service. G. 15: Recordings. 7.0: Anglican service from the Christchurch Cathedral. 8.15: Recordings. 8.30: Sir Thomas Beecham conducting the London Philharmonic Orchestra. “La Scala di Seta” Overture ("The Silken Ladder”) (Rossini). 8.40: Heinrich Rehkernper (baritone). “O God Have Mercy”; “It is Enough" (Mendelssohn). 8.48: Valmai Moffett (’cello). “Melodie Arabe" (Giazounovl; “Orientale” (Cui); “Une Larme (Moussorgsky); “Romance” (Rach-

maninoff). 9.0: Weather forecast. Station notices. 9.5: Harold Prescott (tenor), “Lord Randall” (Scott); “To the Moon” (Voerji.l; “Indian Serenade” (Podmore). 9.19: Boston Promenade Orchestra, “Divertissement” (Ibert). 9.35: Kirsten Flagstad (soprano), “In the Boat”; “A Swan” (Grieg); “O Lovely Night” (Ronald); “Lullaby” (Scott). 9.47: The Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, “Ballet Egyptien” (Luigini). 10.0: Close down.

4YA, Dunedin. 790 k.c.

9.0; Recordings. 10.0: Weather report. 11.0: Anglican service, from St John’s Church. 12,15 (approx.): Close down. 1.0: Weather report. Dinner music. 2.0; Recordings. 2.30: Symphony in D Minor (Cesar Franck), played by Leopold Stokowski and the Philadelphia Orchestra. 3.15: Recordings. 4.30: Close down. 5.30: Children’s song service. 6.15: Recordings. 0.30: Presbyterian service, from First Presbyterian Church. 7.45: Recordings. 8.15: An organ recital by Julian Lee (blind boy organist). 8.30: The Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, “Aida” Prelude (Verdi). 8.34: Raymond Beatty (Australian bass-baritone), “Il Lacerate Spirito” (Verdi); “Now Yoiw Days of Philandering are Over” (Mozart): “The Calf of Gold” (.Gounodl. Duet with Heather Kinnaird (Australian contralto), “Love and the Stars” (Brahms). 8.48: Ferenc Vecsey (violin). “Canzonetta” (Palmgren). Nocturne (Sibelius). 8.54: Heather Kinnaiid (Australian controlto), “The Emperor”; “Invocation to the Nile” (Granville Bantock); “A Prayer” (Hiller). Duet with Raymond Beatty, “The Huntsman and His Lass” (Brahmsl. 9.3: Weather report. Station notices. 9.13: “Hay Fever ’ —a play by Noel Coward. 10.28: Close down. Empire Programme. GSD, 25.53 m.; GSE. 25.29 m.; GSF. 19.82 m.; GSO, 19.76 m.; GSI, 19.66 m. 8.0 p.m.: “Royal Palaces—2: St James s Palace.” 8.30: Recital by William Murdoch (Australian pianist). 8.50: Religious service (Church of England), from Croydon Parish Church. 9.40: Sunday news, weekly newsletter. sports summary. Saturday’s sport. Announcements. 10.15: Close down.