OVER THE WIRELESS

Wairarapa Times-Age, 21 April 1939, Page 2

OVER THE WIRELESS

TONIGHT’S PROGRAMMES. 2YA, Wellinflton. 570 k.c. 5.0: Children’s session. 6.0: Dinner music. 7.0: News. 7.28: Time signals. 7.34: Recorded talk, Mr James Thorn. M.P., chairman of the Centennial National Historical Committee, "Preparing for the Centennial—The Work of the National Historical Committee.” 7.45: Talk by a representative of the Wellington Interhouse Football Association. 8.0: Carroll Gibbons (piano) and his Boy Friends, “Carefree” film selection (Berlin). 8.8: Meliza Korjus (soprano), with violin and orchestra, “One Day When We Were Young,” “There Will Come a Time” (Kammerstein, Strauss). (Violin soloist: Toscha Seidel). 8.14: Lloyd Thomas (organ), “Alexander’s Ragtime Band” film selection (Berlin). 8.20: Royal Naval Singers, Portsmouth, conducted by C. T. Lee, B.Sc., R.N., “Songs of the Sea” (arr. Terry). 8.28: Ivor Moreton and Dave Kaye (pianos) with bass drums and Hawaiian guitar, Lehar Waltz Medley. 8.34: Sydney Mac Ewan (tenor), “Mowing the Barley,” “Silent, Oh, Moyle” (trad.). 8.40: Alois Melichar and the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, “Music of the Spheres” Waltz (Strauss). 8.48: Talk by Dr. D. Jolly, "A New Zealand Doctor in the Spanish War.” 9.0: Weather. Station notices. 9.5: “Eb and Zeb.” 9.15: Massed Bands of the Aidershot and Eastern Commands, at the Aidershot Tattoo, 1938, conducted by W. N. Campbell, “Tournament” Quick March (Young); Band of H.M. Coldstream Guards, "Zampa” Overture (Herold). 9.26: Danny Malone (tenor), “My Irish Song” (Kennedy); “My Heart’s In Old Killarney” (Towers and Robins). 9.32: Band of H.M. Grenadier Guards, “Tom Jones” Selection (German). 9.40: Pipes and Drums of H.M. 2nd Battalion Scots Guards, “Cock of the North,” “Skye Boat Song” (Lawson). 9.46: Gracie Fields (light vocal), “The Dicky Bird Hop” (Gourly); “An Old Violin” (Taylor). 9.52: Band of H.M. Royal Horse Guards (The Blues), “Gallantry” (Ketelbey). Band of H.M. Life Guards, “Old Panama” March (Alford). 10.0: Dance recordings. 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: “The Heart of England.” 8.30: "Girl Friends, Old and New.” 9.0: Sonata hour, featuring at 9.16, Sonata in B Minor (Liszt), played by Vladimir Horowitz (piano); and at 9.44, Sonata in G Major (Grieg), played by Paul Godwin (violin), with piano. 10.0: Melody and humour. 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. 7.45: The Singing Hill-Billies. 8.3: Records at random. 8.25: The Old-time The-Ay ter. 8.40: Trailer. 8.45: Wandering With the West Wind. 9.15: Supper dance.' 9.45: The Easy Chair. 10.0: Close down. IYA, Auckland. 650 k.c. 5.0: Children’s session. 0.0: Dinner music. 7.0: News. 7.30: Sports talk by Gordon Hutter. 8.0: Talk, “The Origins and Meanings of Our Names,” Mr Llewellyn Etherington. 8.26: Maurice Clare, violinist, "Sicilienne and Rigaudon” (Francoeir, Kreisler); “Canzonetta” (Tschaikowsky): “Spanish Dance” (Granados, Kreisler); “Perpetuum Mobile” (Ries). 8.40: Joseph Schwartz (baritone), “Thanked Be the Lord” (Handel). 8.44: Berlin College of Instrumentalists, Symphony in C Major, K2OO (Mozart). 9.0: Weather. Station notices. 9.5: Esma Leach (soprano), “Als Die Alte Mutter” (Dvorak); “Hills” (La Forge); “Virgin’s Slumber Song” (Max Reger); “Laughing Song” (from “Three Songs of Innocence”) (Gordon Jacobs) 9.17: 'London Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Sir Edward Elgar, Symphony No 1 in A Flat Major, Op. 55 (Elgar). 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. 7.20: Talk under the auspices of the North Canterbury Acclimatisation Society. 7.35: Talk by an Officer of the Department of Agriculture, “Losses Following Careless Handling of Fat Stock.” 7.45: Recorded talk, Mr C. N. R. Mackie, “Penal Reform in England.” 8.0: The 8.8. C. Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Adrian Boult, “Light Cavalry” Overture (Suppe). 8.8: Nancy Evans (contralto), Spanish Folk Songs (de Falla). 8.20: Peter Cooper (pianoforte), Caprice Espagnol (Moszkowski); Valse in B-Min-or, Op. 63, No. 2; Etude in E Minor, Op. 25, No. 5 (Chopin); Rigoletto Paraphrase (Verdi, Liszt). 8.35: The 8.8. C. Symphony Orchestra, Hungarian Dances, Nos. 19, 20 and 21 (Brahms). 9.39: Rex Harison (baritone), recital of Maori songs. “Tangi,” “Waiata Poi” (Alfred Hill); “Hine E Hine” (Te Rangi Pai); “Waiata Maori” (Alfred Hill). 8.52: The 8.8. C. Symphony Orchestra. “Pomp and Circumstance” Marches. Nos. 1 and 2 (Brahms). 9.0: Talk by Dr. G. D. Osborne, “Off the Track in Western Ireland.” 9.20: Orchestre Raymonde, “The Grand Duchess” Galop (Offenbach); “Tritsch, Tratsch” Polka (Strauss). 9.26: Ailsa Crompton (soprano), ‘What’s in the Air Today?” (Robert Eden); “A Bird Sang in the Rain” (Haydn Wood) “Silkworms" (Rowley); ‘Achal by the Sea” (Lawrence). 9.36: Eric Coates and Symphony Orchestra, “A Song by the Way,” “Song of Loyalty” (Eric Coates). 9.44: “The Blue Danube” (episode 15). 10.0: Music, mirth and melody. 11.0: Close down. 4YA, Dunedin. 790 k.c. 8.0: “Dad and Dave from Snake Gully.” 8.15: “Pinto Pete in Arizona.” 8.30:. “The "Rich Uncle from Fiji” (episodes 17 and 18). 8.42: Reserved. 9.0: Weather. Station notices. 9.8: The Baraldi Trio, ‘Orpheus with His Lute” (German). 9.12: New Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Dr. Malcolm Sargent. “In Memoriam” Overture (Sullivan). 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, 19.82 m.; GSO, 19.76 m.; GSI, 19.66 m. 6.30 p.m.: “Arms of the Man” (part 2). by Bernard Shaw. 7.5: Dudley Beaven at 8.8. C. Theatre Organ, with “The Cavendish Three.” 7.40: “The Adventures of Alonzo MacTavish” (6). 8.0: News. 8.15: Short talks on matters of topical interest. 8.30: Recital by Stephen Dornan (Australian pianist). 8.45 (till close down): Sports news, market notes, and next week’s programities.