OVER THE WIRELESS

Wairarapa Times-Age, 20 May 1939, Page 2

OVER THE WIRELESS

TONIGHT’S PROGRAMMES. 2YA, Wellington. 570 k.c. 5.0: Children's session. 0.0: Dinner music. 7.0: News. 7.28: Time signals. 7.40: Talk, Professor H. B. Kirk, Victoria University College. “A Biological Survival.” 8.0: “Coronets of England: “The Life of Queen Elizabeth” (chapter 18). 8.29: The London Palladium Orchestra. “The Spirit of Youth” March (Gilbert),. 8.32: T. J. Lacey (tenor) presents a bracket of Irish character songs, “Rory O'More” (arr Moffatt); “Kitty, My Love, Will You Marry Me?” (arr Hughes). 8.38: The London Piano-Accordion Band. “When Mother Nature Sings Her Lullaby” (Brown). 8.41: Wilfred Thomas, Noreena Feist. Emmie Joyce and Cecil Harrington (sketch), “A Tea-Time Concert Party” (Harrington). 8.49: Charlie Kunz, (piano) with rhythm accompaniment. “Charlie Kunz Piano Medley No D 23.” 3.52: A further bracket of Irish character songs by T. J. Lacey (tenor). “On the Road to Bally Bay”; “Larry; Mick McGarry” (French). 8.58: Ambrose and his Orchestra. “No! No! A Thousand Times No” (Lewis, Silver). 9.1: Weather. Station notices. 9.5: Dance programme. 10.0: Sports summary. 10.10: Continuation of dance programme. 11.15: Close down.

2YC, Wellington. 840 k.c. 3.0: Recordings. 4.30: Close down. 5.0: Light musical programme. G.O: Close down. 7.0: After-dinner music. 8.0: “Everyman’s Music.” 9.0: Show of shows. 10,0: Fun for all. I. Close down. 2YD, Wellington. 990 k.c. 7.0: The 2YD Listeners’ Own Session. 8.40: Trailer. 8.45: On with the Dance. 9.5: The Nigger Minstrels. 9.20: “Mittens”—an. epic of the Turf. 9.35: Soft Lights 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 Studio Orchestra, conducted by Harold Baxter, “Children’s Suite” No 2 (Ansell). 8.12: Myrtle Chote (meizosoprano), “The Arrow and the Song” (Balfe); “Achal by the Sea” (Lawrence); “If any Little Song of Mine” (Teresa del Riego); “Thanks Be To God” (Dickson). 8.24: Joan Bolger (piano), Pastorale and Capriccio (Scarlatti); Rhapsody in G Minor (Brahms); Waltz in A Flat Major (Chopin). 8.36: The Studio Orchestra, “Cockney” Suite (Ketelbey). 8.48: The Melody Five (concerted vocal), “In a Shanty in Old Shanty Town” (Little); “The Rosary” (Nevin); “Grandfather’s Clock” (Parks); “Moonlight on the Colorado” (King). 9.0: Weather. Station notices. 9.5: Maria Hester (soprano), with Herbert Groh and Max Schipper (tenors), chorus and orchestra, “Vienna Blood” Selection (J. Strauss). 9.13: Berlin State Opera Orchestra. “Paganini” Selection (Lehar). 9.17: Marion and Mac (Scottish entertainers), “The Rehearsal”—Scottish comedy sketch by A. L. Macpherson. 9.25: Patricia Rossborough (novelty piano), “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs” Selection; “Sailing Along” Selection. 9.31: Jack Hulbert (comedian), “Miss What’s Her Name” (Gay): “My Dancing Lady” McHugh.). 9.37: Louis Richard Day (accordion)-, “Accordion Revels.” 9.43: Marion and Mac (Scottish entertainers), in a further Scottish comedy sketch, “A Link With the Past,” by A. L. Macpherson. 9.50: The Mills Brothers (novelty quartet), “Goodbye Blues” (McHugh). 9.53: Otto Kermbach Orchestra, “Dutch Clog Dance”; “Japanese Tea House” (Winkler). 10.0: Sports summary. 10.10: Dance programme. 11. 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: “One Good Deed a Day,” a comedy serial. 8.27: Len Fillis and his Novelty Orchestra. “Lullabyland.” 8.35: “Coronets of England.” 9.0: Weather. Station notices. 9.5: Dance programme. 10.0: Sports summary. 10.15: Resumption of oldtime dance programme.. 11.30: Close down. 4YA, Dunedin. 790 k.c. 5.0: Children’s session. G.O: Dinner music: 7.0: News. 8.0: The Dajos Bela Orchestra. “Orpheus in the Undeiworld” Overture (Offenbach). 8.10: Trevor Thomas (baritone), “Sea Fever” (John Ireland); “An Eriskay Love Lilt” (Kennedy Fraser). 8.16: The Lang Worth Concert Orchestra, “La Paloma” (Yradier); “My Hula Love”; “Augustia” (Peterossi): “Leda Vais” (Tonsecal. 8.29: Mary Pratt (contralto), “Wonder” (Schubert): “O That It Were So” (Bridge); “Linden Lea (Vaughan Williams). 8.39: The Edith Lorand Orchestra, “Aubade Printaniere” (Lacombe); “Il Soldato Valoroso” (O. Strauss). 8.46: Trevor Thomas (baritone), “The Two Grenadiers” (Schumann); “Glorious Devon” (German). 8.52: The Parlophone Salon Orchestra, “La Source” Ballet Suite (Delibes). 9.0: Weather. Station notices.' 9.5: Dance music. 10.0: Sports summary. 10.10: Dance music. 11.15: Close down. Empire Programme. GSD, 25.52 m.; GSB, 31.55 m.; GSF, 19.82 m.; GSO, 19.76 m. GSI, 19.66 m. 4.30 p.m.: “Cards on the Table.” 4.45: Dance music. Jack Hylton and his Band. 5.25: Vocal recital. 5.45: “London Log.” G.O: News. 6.15: Students’ Songs. 6.45 (till close down): Sports news.

‘TOMORROW’S PROGRAMMES. 2YA, Wellington. 570 k.c. 9.0: Recordings. 10.0: Weather report for aviators. 10.28: Time signals. 11.0; Presbyterian Church service from St John’s Church, Willis Street. 12.15 (approx): Recordings. 1.0: Weather report for aviators. Dinner session. 2.0: “Composers of the Romantic Period: Frederick Chopin 11810-18491. Scherzos No 1 in B Minor and No 2 in B Flat Minor, played by Arthur Rubinstein. 2.16: Recordings. 3.0: “Two Worthies and a Highwayman: Notable Centenaries of 1939” (group 3). 3.15: Recordings. 3.28: Time signals. 4.30: Close down. 6.0: Children’s, song service.

7.0: Baptist Church service from Vivian Street Baptist Church. 8.15 (approx): Recordings. 3.30: Leopold Ludwig, conducting the Berlin State Opera House Orchestra, “Don Juan” Overture (Mozart). 3.38: An operatic recital by Gwenyth Greenwood (soprano), Mimi's Song. “They Cal) Me Mimi” (Puccini); Non So Piu” (Mozart); “Elsa’s Dream” (Wagner). 8.48: Pablo Casals (’cello). “The Prize Song” (from “The Mastersingers of Nuremberg) (Wagner). 8.52: Joseph Hislop (tenor), and Apollo Granforte (baritone), “O Mimi, Tu Piu Torni” (Puccini) (“Ah! Mimi. You Will Never Come Back To Me”); “Solenne in Quest Ora” (“Swear in This Hour”) (Verdi). 9.0: Weather. Station notices. 9.5: The Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra. “The Bartered Bride” (Smetana). 9.13: Marion Anderson (contralto), “Softly Awakes My Heart”; “Love, Come to My Aid” (Saint Saens). z 9.21: Bos.ton Promenade Orchestra, “Thais— Meditation” (violin solo by Robert Gundersen) (Massenet); “Xerxes—Largo” (Handel). 9.29: Ezia Pinza (bass), with the Metropolitan Opera House Chorus and Orchestra. “Le Veau d’Or” (“The Calf of Gold”) (Gounod). Ezia Pinza (bass), “Donne, Che Riposate” (Meyerbeer). 9.35: Franz Alfred Schmidt, conducting the Berlin State Opera House Orchestra, “Mignon Fantasia” (Thomas). 9.43: Margaret Slezak (soprano), and Erich Zimmermann with Chorus and- Orchestra of the Berlin State Opera House, “Operetta in Brief” (“The Bat”); “Die Fledermaus” (Strauss, Hofner). 9.49: Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Eugene Ormandy, “Der Rosenkavalier” Waltzes (Strauss). 10.0: Close down.

2YC, Wellington. 340 k.c. 0.0: Recordings. 8.30: Sunday night band concert, featuring H.M. Welsh Guards Band. 9.0: “Scrapbook for 1900.” 10.0: Close down. 2YD, Wellington. 990 k.c. 7.0: Ted Flo Rita and his Orchestra. 7.35: “Coronets of England—the Life of Charles IT. the Merry Monarch," chapter 22. 8.0: Tit-Bits of Today: Hits of Yesterday. 8.40: Trailer. 8.45: Dad. and Dave from Snake Gully. 9.0: Radio play, “A Trip to the Continent” —a tale of the Silver Greyhound. 9.45: Carson Robison and his Buckgroos. 10.0: Close down. IYA, Auckland. 650 k.c. \ 9.0: Recordings. 11.0: Anglican service from St Mark’s Church. 12.15: Recordings. 1.0: Dinner music. 2.0: Recordings. 3.30: Concerto in F by Gershwin. played by Roy Bargy (pianist), with Paul Whiteman's Orchestra, 3.57: Recordings. 4,30: Close clown. C.O: Children’s song service. 7.0: Catholic service from St Patrick’s Cathedral. 8.15: Recordings. 8.30: Orchestra of the Opera Comique. Paris, “Manon” Overture (Auber). 8.36: Sydney Mac Ewan (tenor), “She Moved Thro the Fair” (trad); “O Men from the Fields” (Colum). 8.42: Alois Melichar, with the Philharmonic Orchestra, Berlin, “Baron Neuhaus’s” Suite (Melichar). 9.0: Weather. Station notices. 9.5: “Macbeth." by William Shakespeare. 10.18: Close down.

3YA, Christchurch. 720 k.c. 9.0: Recordings. 11.0: Congregational service from Trinity Church. 12.15: Recordings. 1.0: Dinner music. 2.0: Recordings. 3.0: Thom Denijs (baritone), presents Schumann’s “Dichterliebe” (“The Poet’s Love”). 3.26: Recordings. 4.30: Close down. 5.30: Children’s song service. 6.15: Recordings. 7.0: Roman Catholic service from the Christchurch Cathedral. 8.15: Recordings. 8.30: The 8.8. C. Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Adrian Boult, “Coriolan” Overture, Op 62 (Beethoven'. 8.38: Ray Trewern (tenor), “Ombra Mai Fu, ’ “Where’er You Walk” (Handel); “Do Nbt Go My Love” (Hageman); “Ich Liebe Dich” (“I Love Thee”); “The Dream” (Grieg). 8.53: The 8.8. C. Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Sir Edward Elgar, “The Kingdom.” Prelude, Op 51 (Elgar). 9.0: Weather. Station notices. 9.5: “Man of Destiny,” by George Bernard Shaw. 10.0: Close down. 4YA, Dunedin. 790 k.c. 9.0: Recordings. 10.0: Weather report for aviators. 11.0: Congregational service from Moray Place Congregational Church. 12.15 (approx): Recordings. 1.0: Weather report for aviators. Dinner music. 2.0: Recordings. 2.30: “Thus Spake Zarathustra,” a tone poem by Richard Strauss. 3.7: Recordings. 4.30: Close down. 5.30: Children’s song service. 6.15: Recordings. G. 30: Anglican service from St Paul’s Cathedral. 7.45: Recordings. 8.2.0: Verdi’s opera, "Il Trovatore.” 10.30: Close down. ( Empire Programme. GSD, 25.52 m.; GSB. 31.55 m.; GSF, 19.82 m.; GSO, 19.7 G m.; GSI, 19.G0 m. 4.30: p.m.: J. H. Squire Celeste Octet, with June Garden. 5.0: Sports talk. 5.10: Religious service (Roman Catholic), from St Barnabas’s Cathedral. Nottingham. 5.55: News. 6.15: “The Cltib of Queer Trades”—s. 6.45: Saturday sport. 6.50: Close down.