OVER THE WIRELESS

Wairarapa Times-Age, 30 March 1939, Page 2

OVER THE WIRELESS

TONIGHT'S PROGRAMMES, 2YA, Wellington. 670 k.c. 5.0: Children’s session. 6.0: Dinner music. 7.C: News. 7.28: Time signals. 7.30: A ramble in the news by “Coranto.”’ 8.0: The Dude Ranch Boys. 8.15: “The Rich Uncle from Fiji” (episodes

31 and 32). 8.27: F. J. Woodham (mouth-organ): “Medley of Irish Airs” ’(arr. Woodham). 8.32: The Duncan Sisters (vocal), “Sweet Onion Time in Bermuda” (Duncan Sis-

ters and Coslow). 8.35: F. J. Woodham (mouth-organ), “Selection of Popular Airs” (arr. Wood-

ham), “Killarney” (Balfe). 8.40: Talk, “Just a Job of Work,” by a

tobacconist’s saleswoman. 9.0: Weather. Station notices. 9.5: Betty and Vivienne Blamires present, Folk Songs of the Appalachian Moun-

tains. 9.25: A recital by G. D. Cunningham, organist to the city of Birmingham, “A.D. 1620” (from “Sea Pieces”) (MacDowell); Allegretto (Wolstenholme); Fantasia in F * Minor (Mozart); Fanfare

(Lemmens); Grand Chorus in D Major

(Guilmant). 9.45: Lawrence Tibbett (baritone), “Edward” (Loewe); “De Glory Road” (Wolfe); “To the Forest” (Tschaikowsky); “Song of the Flea” (Moussorgsky). 10.0: Music, mirth and melody.. 10.28: Time signals. 11.0: Close down. 2YC, Wellington. 840 k.c. 5.0: Light musical programme. 6.0: Close down. 7.0: After-dinner music. 8.0: “Music' for the Salon,’ chamber music hour, featuring at 8.0, Quartet in D Major, K 575 (Mozart), played by the ■ Prisca Quartet; at 8.28, Quintet in A Major, K5Bl (Mozart), played by the Lener String Quartet and Charles Draper (clarinet). 9.0: “On With the Show,” sixty minutes of popular recording, featuring at 9.0, “The Merrymakers’ Carnival”: and at 9.36, Gems from Grace Moore’s picture, “The King Steps Out.” 10.0: “As They Come,” light recitals by Major and Minor (piano duettists), Edith Day (soprano), and the Dajos, Bela Orchestra. 10.30: Close down.

2YD, Wellington. 990 k.c.

7.0: Rhythm Pie. 7.35: “Here’s a Queer Thing.” 8.0: Dancing time—a session of dance music played in correct tempo. 8.20: Harmony by the 2YD Singers. 8.40: Trailer. 8.45: “Tales of the Silver Greyhound Killer at Large.” 9.15: Highlights from the scores of the Internationals. 9.35: Musical melange. 10.0: Close down. IYA, Auckland. 650 k.c. 5.0: Children’s session. 6.0: Dinner music. 7.0: News. 7.30: Winter course talk, “English Trade from Medieval Times to the Present Day; The Battle for Privilege.” 8.0: “Westward Ho!” 8.15: “Wandering with the West Wind” (episode 60). 8.45: “The Fourth Form at St Percy’s” (episode 29). 9.0: Weather. Station notices. 9.5: Talk, “The Meaning of Words,” Professor Arnold Wall. 9.20: Foden’s Motor Works Band, “The Cossack” March (Rimmer); “Shylock” Polka Brilliante (Lear). 9.26: Raymond Newell (baritone), “The Harvester’ (Talbot). 9.30: “Dad and Dave from Snake Gully” (episode 47). 9.43: Westminster Military Band, “Reminiscences of the Gaiety” (Lutz). 9,49: Jack' Mackintosh and Harry Mortimer (cornet duet), with brass band accompaniment, “The Swallows’ Serenade” (Mackenzie); “Gentle Zephyrs” (Windsor). 9.55: Raymond Newell (baritone), “Jane’s Big Umbrella” (Kennedy Russell). 9.58: Band of the Royal Air Force, “Royal Air Force March Past” (Walford Davies). 10.0: Dance music. 11.0.: Close down.

3YA, Christchurch. 720 k.c.

5.0; Children’s hour. 6.0: Dinner music. 7.0: News. 7.35: Talk, Mr I. D. Blair, “Trees on the Farm.” 8.0: “My Life With Ernest Rule.” 8.40: J. H. Squire Celeste Octet, “Good Company” medley (arr. Willoughby). 8.48: Personal Column. 9.0: Weather. Station notices. 9.5: Sheep survey. 9.10: Talk; Mr Leicester Webb, “World Affairs;” 9.25: Dance music. 11.0: Close down.

4YA, Dunedin. 790 k.c.

5.0: Children’s hour. 6.0: Dinner music. 7.0: News. 7.30: Gardening talk. 8.0: Orchestral programme, featuring early nineteenth century composers—Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847), The'Boston Promenade Orchestra, conducted by Arthur Fiedler, “Midsummer Night's Dream” Overture. 8.14: Robert Schumann (1810-1856), Lotte Lehmann (soprano), “Voices of the Wood,” “Oh Sunny Beam,” “Lady Bird,” “The Fortune-Tel-ler.” Berlioz (1803-1869), Sir Hamilton Harty and the London Philharmonic Orches-

tra. “Funeral March,” from the last scene of “Hamlet.” The Boston Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Serge Koussevitzky, “Damnation of Faust.” 8.35: “Man Through the Ages.” 9.0: Weather. Station notices. 9.5: Cesar Franck (1822-1890), Walter Gieseking and the London Philharmonic Orchestra. conducted by Sir Henry Wood, Symphonic Variations. 8.21: Franz Liszt (18111866), Theodore Soheidl (baritone). “O Come in Dreams.” “The Three Gipsies.” 9.29: Frederic Chopin (1810-1849), Bronislaw Hubermann (violin), Valse, Op. 70, No. 1; Nocturne, Op. 9, No. 2. 9.36: The London Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Dr Malcolm Sargent, “Les Sylphides’ Ballet. 10.0: Music, mirth and melody. 11.0: Close down. Empire Programme. GSD, 25.53 m.; GSE, 25.29 m.; GSF, 19.82 m.; GSO, 19.76 rii.; GSI, 19.66 m. 6.30 p.m.: “World Affairs.” Talk by J. L. Brierly, 0.8. E. 6.45: Italian Opera Music. 8.8. C. Empire Orchestra; leader, Leonard Hirsch; conducted by Clifton Helliwell. Joan Hammond (Australian soprano). 7.45: “Miners’ Wives.” 8.20: News and announcements. 8.45: Close down.