OVER THE WIRELESS

Wairarapa Times-Age, 14 April 1939, Page 2

OVER THE WIRELESS

TONIGHT’S PROGRAMMES. . 2YA, Wellington. 570 k.c. 5.0: Children’s session. 6.0: Dinner music. 7.0: News. 7.28: Time signals. 7.30: Recorded talk, Sir Thomas Wiliord. “A Fugitive Queen —Recollections of Queen Geraldine of Albania.” 8.0: “West from Bristol.” 8.32: The Rex Show Wagon in “Lambeth Walk” (sketch). 8.38: Guiseppe Becce and his Orchestra, “The Count of Luxembourg” Potpouuri (Lehar). 8.42: Talk, Dr. E. G. Malherbe, “The Poor Whites of South Africa.” 9.0: Weather. Station notices. 9.5: “Eb and Zeb.” 9.15: The Port Nicholson Silver Band, conducted by Mr J. J. Drew. “Boscombe March (Rimmer); “Silver Threads” horn solo (soloist: Bandsman F. Ormrod) (Greenwood). 9.23: Bette Spiro (soprano), “I Wonder If Love Is a Dream” (Forster); “A May Morning” (Denza). 9.29: The Band, “Caliph of Baghdad” Overture (arr. Rimmer); “Teddy Bears’ Picnic” Novelty (Bratton). 9.39: Bette Spiro (soprano), “My Own” (McHugh) “Italian Street Song” (Herbert). 9.45: The Band. “New Sullivan Selection” . (arr. Denis Wright). 9.55: Dick Todd (baritone), “Hi-Yo-Silver” (de Leath). 9.58: The Band, Waltz, “Thoughts,” “Dunedin” March (Alford). 10.5: Dance music. 10.28: Time signals. 11.5: Close down. 2YC, Wellington. 840 k.c. 5.0: Light musical programme. 6.0: Close down. 7.0: After-dinner music. 8.0: A programme with the theme of stormy weather. 9.0: Classical recital programme, featuring Pablo Casals (violoncello), Niedzielski (pianist), Sophie Braslau (contralto), and Dino Borgioli (tenor). 10.0: In lighter vein. 10.30: Close down. 2YD, Wellington. 990. k.c. 7.0: Rhapsodies in rhythm. 7.35: Personal column—drama from the agony column of a newspaper. 7.48: The Singing Hill-Billies. 8.3: Records at random. 8.25: Aloha Land. 8.40: Trailer. 8.45: “Wandering With the West Wind.” 9.15: Dance music. 9.45: “The Easy Chair.” 10.0: Close down. IYA, Auckland. 650 k.c. 5.0: Children’s session. 6.0: Dinner music. 7.0: News. 7.30: Sports talk by Gordon Hutter. 8.0: Talk and reading, “Humour and Nonsense, With Some Examples,” Mr Llewellyn Etherington. 8.32: Recording. Felix Weingartner, conducting the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, “Egmont” Overture (Beethoven). 8.40: Sybil Phillipps (soprano), “Love Triumphant,” “The Maiden Speaks” (Brahms); “If Thou Art Near” (Bach) “The Rosebud,” “Impatience” (Schubert). 8.52: London Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Eugene Goossens, “Elegiac Melodies” (Grieg). 9.0: Weather. Station notices. 9.5: Herbert Janssen (baritone), “To the Beloved,” “Prayer,” “To an Old Picture” (Wolf). 9.13: Vincent Aspey (soloist), with the Studio Orchestra, conducted by Harold Baxter, Concerto in D Major for Violin and Orchestra (Brahms). 9.49: Richard Tauber (tenor), “Es Muss Ein Wunderbares Sein” (Liszt). 9,52: .London Symphony Orchestra. “Pavane.” “Passepied” (Delibes). 10.0: Music, mirth and melody. 11.0: Close down. 3YA, Christchurch. 720 k.c. 5.0: Children’s hour. 6.0: Dinner music. 7.0: News. 7.35: Talk, “The Dairy Industry Act and Its Application to the Farmer.” 7.45: Talk. 8.0: 3YA Orchestra, conducted by Will Hutchens, Mus.Bac., “Seven Seas” March (Coates); “Titania and Her Elvish Court” (Phillips). 8.12: Derek Oldham (tenor), “Now Sleeps the Crimson Petal” (Quilter); “Sigh No More, Ladies” (Stevens); “I Know of Two Bright Eyes” (Clutsam) ! “I’ll Sing Thee Songs of Araby” (Clay). 8.24: 3YA Orchestra, “Where the Rainbow Ends” Suite (Quilter). 8.38: Len Barnes (baritone), “The Cavalier’s Song,” “Eventide,” “Violet,” “Eleanore,” “Canadian Hunter’s Song” (Mallinson). 8.52: 3YA Orchestra, “Operetta” Selection (Coward). 9.0: Weather. Station notices. 9.5: Talk, Dr. G. D. Osborne, “Off the Track in Western Ireland.” 9.20: The London Palladium Orchestra, “The Spirit of Youth” March (Gilbert). 9.23: Mrs Wilfred Andrews (contralto), “Home Song” (Liddle); “A Spirit Flower” (Campbell Tipton); “The Blue Pigeon” (Alicia Needham); “A Summer Night” (Goring Thomas). 9.35: Albert Sandler and his Orchestra, “Sandler” Minuets. 9.44: “The Blue Danube” (episode 14). 10.0: Music, mirth and melody. 11.0: Close down. 4YA, Dunedin. 790 k.c. 5.0: Children's session. 6.0: Dinner music. 7.0: News. 8.0: “Dad and Dave from Snake Gully.” 8.15: “Pinto Pete in Arizona.” 8.30: “The Rich Uncle from Fiji” (episodes 15 and 16). 8.42: Talk, Dr. A. H. McLintock, “A Hundred Rooms of History: A Visit to the British Record Office.” 9.0: Weather. Station notices. 9.8: The Sheffield Male Voice Choir, “The Long Day Closes” (Sullivan). 9.12: Leopold Stokowski and the Philadelphia Orchestra, Adagio: Allegro molto. from the "New World” Symphony (Dvorak). 9.20: Readings by Professor T. D. Adams, with musical interludes. 10.0: Dance music. 11.0: Close down. Empire Programme. GSD. 25.52 m.; GSB, 31.55 m.; GSF, 10.82 m.; GSO, 19.76 m.; GSI, 19.66 m. 6.30 p.m.: “Turner”—biographical sketch of J. M. W. Turner, the artist, by R. Wilenski. Produced by Stephen Potter. 7.15: “Beethoven”—pianoforte recital by Louis Kentner. 7.40: “The Adventures of Alonzo MacTavish” —5. 8.0: News. 8.15: “More Food for Thought.” 8.30: A. J. Powell and his Banjo Octet. 8.45 (till close down): Sports news, market-motes, and next Week’s programmes.