THURSDAY NATIONAL

New Zealand Listener, Volume 1, Issue 7, 11 August 1939, Page 31

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| V/ AUCKLAND 650 k.c. 462 m. 7. Oa.m. Physical exercises 7.10 BREAKFAST SESSION 9. 0 Close down 10. 0 Devotional Service 10.15 Selected recordings 41. O Talk to women by "Margaret" 11.10 Selected recordings 412. 0 Lunch music 12.30 p.m. Mid-week Service relayed from St. Matthew’s Church 912.50 Lunch music (continued) 2. 0 Selected recordings 2.30 Classical hour 3.15 Sports results 3.30 TALK, prepared by the Association for Country Education, Home Science Tutorial Section of University of Otago: " VEGETABLES WITH A DIFFERENCE" 3.45 Light musical programme 4. 0 Special weather report for farmers 4.30 Sports results . 5. O Children’s session, conducted by " Cinderella," with, at 5.40, the second episode of " Little Women"-a dramatisation of the book by Louisa M. Alcott 6. 0 DINNER MUSIC: "The Opera Ball" Overture (Heuberger); "Fantasie Impromptu. in € Sharp Minor" (Chopin); "Veronique" Selection (Messuger); "Let's Have a Tango" (arr. Mikulicz); "Perfection Polka’ (White); "The World’s Best Waltzes’ (Robrecht); "‘Firefly's appointment" (Siede); "Hungarian Rhapsody No. 10° (Liszt); "Negro Spiritual Medley" (arr. Virgo); ‘Three Cornered Hat Suite" (de Falla). 7. © NEWS SERVICE ISSUED BY THE PRIME MINISTER’S DEPT. BRITISH OFFICIAL WIRELESS NEWS 7.10 NEWS AND REPORTS (approx.) 7.30 WINTER COURSE TALK by S. Leatham: "Some Leaders of Reform in the Nineteenth Century: C. J. Holyoake " 8.0 CONCERT PROGRAMME "Mr. Chalmers, K.C.": "THE CARTWRIGHT CASE" (chapter 2) 8.15 "Wandering with the West Wind " Footloose, though Seldom fancy-free, we wander the highways and byways of the world with that cheery soul, the Wayfarer. 8.45 "The Fourth Form at St. Percy’s" 9. 0 Weather report and station notices 9.5 TALK: "Memories of the Nineties (2), ‘The Old-time Dance,’" by Isabel Cluett 9.20 A studio concert by the Band of the Ist Battalion, Auckland

Regiment, conducted by Lieutenant G. W. Bowes The Band, "The North Star," March Rimmer "The Swallows’ Serenade," Cornet Duet ..... McKenzie 9.30 Dad and Dave 9.43 The Band, "Round the Capstan" Maynard a* Walter Glynne (tenor), "Faery Song" .. Boughton 9.53 The Band, " Grasshopper’s Dance," Characteristic Piece ., Bucalossi "The Cossack" March Rimmer 10. 0 An hour of dance music by the bands of Jack Hylton, Bert Ambrose and _ Brian Lawrence, with vocal interludes by Vera Lynn 11. 0 CLOSE DOWN | Y 880 k.c. 341m. 5. 0-6.0p.m. Light musical programme 7. O After dinner music 8.0 Chamber music hour: Wilhelm Kemp!t (piano), "French Suite in G Major" (Bach) 8. 8 Elizabeth Schumann (soprano), "Night and Dreams," ‘‘ Happiness"’ (Schubert) 8.12 Lener String Quartet with L. ad’Oliviera (2nd viola), ** Quintet in G Minor" (Mozart) 8.44 Heinrich Schlusnus (baritone), "Gracious and Kind Art Thou, My Queen" (Brahms) 8.48 Joseph Szigeti (violin), Nikita de Magaloff (piano), "Sonata in D Major" (Handel) 9. O Classical recitals 10.0 Variety 10.30 Close down

VY WELLINGTON 570k.c. 526m. 6.50 a.m.. Weather report for aviators 7. O Physical exercises 7.10 BREAKFAST SESSION 9. 0 Close down 10. O Weather report for aviators 10.10 Devotional Service 10.25 Recordings 10.28to010.30 Time Signals 10.45 Talk to women by "Margaret" 12. O Lunch music 4 1. Op.m. Weather report for aviators 1.30 EDUCATIONAL SESSION: "The Changing World " 1.42 "The Merry-go-Round " (episode 10) 155 "Animals at Home" (5), by D. W. McKenzie 2.13 "Exploring New Zealand". (3), by A. H. Scotney 2.30 BROADCAST OF PROCEEDINGS FROM THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 5.30 Children’s session for tiny tots. 6. @ DINNER SESSION: "In Town To-night" March (Cvates): ‘Hungarian Serenade" (Lavotta); " Hits of 1935"; "Spring in Japan’ (Ohno); "Tales From the Orient" (Strauss); ~l Want to be in Grinzing Once Again’. (Benatsky); "In Old Vienna" (Hirsch); "My- Darting (Strauss); "Snappy Weather,’ "Vanilla Blossoms" (Shitkret); "Virgin Forest Tale" (Ipse); "In a Clock Store’ (Orth); "The Frolicsome Hare’ (Hope);-.* Capricious Intermezzo’"’. (de ~ Micheli); ~"* Blossom Dreams" (Tsuke); "In Old" Budapest" (Krish); "Black Eyes,’ "Your Charming Eyes’ (arr. Benedict); "Under the Linden Tree’ Feliz).

7. 0 OFFICIAL NEWS SERVICE ISSUED BY THE PRIME MINISTER’S DEPT. BRITISH OFFICIAL WIRELESS NEWS 7.10 NEWS AND REPORTS (approx.) 7.28to7.30 Time signals 7.30 BROADCAST OF PROCEEDINGS FROM THE. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES | 10.30 MUSIC, MIRTH AND (approx.) MELODY ; 11. 0 CLOSE DOWN QV WELLINGTON 840 k.c. 357m. 2.30 Classical music 3. 0 Selected recordings Sports results — 3.30 Weather report for farmers and frost forecast for Canterbury and Otago 4. 0 Sports results 5. O Children’s session for tiny tots 5.30 Light musical programme. 6. O Close down 7. O After dinner music 7.30 "Who’s Who and What’s What?" A ramble.in the news by " Coranto " 8. O Popular programme "What I Like." A session with the world’s workers. His favourite. items arranged and presented by A BOOT SALESMAN 8.30 "The Rich Uncle from Fiji" Episodes 71 and 72 8.42 Talk: Just a Job of Work, An interview with a Whaler 9. 0 Weather report and station no2ices 9. 5 Chopin recital. by Dorothy Downing (pianist): "Impromptu in F Sharp Minor, Op. 36," " Ballade in A Flat, Op. 47 % 9.19 The Tudor Singers. Conductor: H. Temple White, Accompanist: Audrey Gibson Foster Unaccompanied. Madrigal: "Pretty Swallow" (Claude de Jeune) (1582-1602) Solo with Chorus: "Serenade" (Schubert, arr. Temple White) 9.26 Recording: Cedric Sharpe Sextet, "Intermezzo" (Coleridge Taylor) 9.30 The Tudor Singers, A Song Cycle on Old Dance Forms, " Dorothy’s Wedding Day" (arr. Lane Wilson) 9.48 Recording: Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Dr. Malcolm Sargent, "Lane Wilson Memories" (Lane Wilson) 9.52 The Tudor Siigers, "Finale Act 2 of ‘ Faust’" (Gounod) 40. 0 Music, mirth and melody 96 $0 * Cléas. "down

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Y/ CHRISTCHURCH) IS 720 k.c. 416m. | 7. Oa.m. Physical exercises 7.10 BREAKFAST SESSION 9. 0 Close down 10. O Selected recordings 10.30 Devotional Service 10.45 Selected recordings 411. & Talk to women by " Margaret " 11.10 Selected recordings | 41.15 TALK, under the auspices of the Christchurch Branch of National Council of Women 11.30 Selected recordings 12. O Lunch music 2. Op.m. Sclected recordings 2.30 TALK, prepared by the Association for Country E !ucation, Home Science Tutorial Section: "VEGETABLES — WITH A DIFFERENCE" 2.45 Selected recordings 3. 0 Classical music 4.0 Frost and special weather forecast and light musical programme 4.30 Sports results 5. O Children’s session, with Rainbow Man and the Kiwi Club 6. 0 DINNER MUSIC: "Crown Diamonds’ Overture (Auber); "Danse Orientale’’ (Glazounoj}); "Gaiely Echoes" (Caryll Monckton); "The Clock is Playing" (Blaauw); " Classicu’’ Selection (arr. Ewing); "Khowantchina’ Persian Dances (Moussorgsky); "La Resita"’ (Dupont); "Shepherd's Song’ . (Elgar); "Dance of the Waves’ (Cuialani); "On Wings of Song’ (Mendelssohn); "Neath Sunny Sktes’’ Medley. 7. 0 OFFICIAL NEWS SERVICE ISSUED BY THE PRIME MINISTER’S DEPT. BRITISH OFFICIAL WIRELESS NEWS 7.10 NEWS AND REPORTS

7.35 8.14 8.17 8.29 8.32 8.45 8.48 9.20 11. 0 TALK, under the auspices of the New Zealand Federation of Young Farmers’ Clubs, by M. Meyer and D. Partridge: "History of Implements " "The Woman in White" A dramatisation of Wilkie Collins’ novel by George Edwards and Company Recording: Leslie Bridgewater Quintet, " Pierrette" .... Chaminade "Night Nurse" Drama in a great hospital. A James Raglan production Recordings: Serge Krish Instrumental Septet, "In Old Budapest" .. Krish Dramatic feature, " Thrills " Leslie Bridgewater Quintet, "Prunella" .... Bridgewater "Personal Column" Drama from the Agony Column of a newspaper Weather forecast and station notices | TALK, by Leicester Webb: "WORLD AFFAIRS" DANCE MUSIC CLOSE DOWN SYV LL Stites 250m 5. 0-6.0 p.m. Recordings 7. 0 8. 0 8.32 8.41 8.47 8.56 9. 0 9.30 9.44 10. 0 10.30 After dinner music * On Parade": A brass band programme with humorous interludes Presenting ‘" Torchiight Music" Bell Soli Famous ballads by Frederick Weatherly, presented by Dennis Noble with chorus and orchestra ‘By the Tamarisk " Gems from light opera David Copperfield (episode 17) Celebrity ~ session Mirthful moments Close down

mal DUNEDIN 790 k.c, 380 m. 6.50 a.m. Weather report for aviators 7. O Physical exercises 7.10 BREAKFAST SESSION 9. 0 Close down 10. O Weather report for aviators Selected recordings 10.15 Devotional Service 10.50 Talk to women by " Margaret" 12. O Lunch music 1. Op.m. Weather report for aviators Weather forecast 1.30 EDUCATIONAL SESSION (rebroadcast from ?YA): "The Changing World" 1.42 "The Merry-go-Round " (episode 10) 1.55 "Animals at Home" _ (5), by D. W. McKenzie | 2.13 "Exploring New Zealand" (3), by A. H. Scotney 2.30 Selected recordings | 3.30 Sports results Classical music | €. 0 Weather report and special frost forecast 4.30 Light musical programme 4.45 Sports results 5. O Children’s session, conducted by Big Brother Bill 6. 0 DINNER MUSIC: "Mock Morris Dances’ (Grainger); "Minuet in D Major’ (Mozart); ‘‘Pierrette Cherie’ (Ives); "Les Patlineurs"’ (Waldteufel); "Policeman's Holiday" (Ewing); "Melodious Memories" (arr. Finck); "Gypsy Princess" (Kalman); "Perpetuum Mobile" (Strauss); ‘Piccolo, Piccolo" (Strauss); "Dolly's Dancing" (Rhode); -"Pizzicalo Polka" (Strauss); ‘The Smiling Lieutenant" (Strauss); * ‘Humoreske"’ (Dvorak); "Under the Stars" (Ravini); "The King Steps Out’ (Kreisler). 7. 0 NEWS SERVICE ISSUED BY THE PRIME MINISTER’S DEPT. BRITISH OFFICIAL WIRELESS JEWS 7.10 NEWS AND REPORTS (approx.) 7.30 GARDENING TALK 8. 0 Concert by the BERLIN PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA Soloists: Emma _ Oestreicher (mezzo soprano — in the Studio), Mitja Nikisch (piano), Alexander Kipnis (bass) The Orchestra, conducted by Wilhelm Furtwangler, "Der Freischutz" Overture j Weber

8.12 Studio recital by Emma Oestreicher (mezzo-soprano), in songs by Schubert: " Wanderer’s Night Song" " Whither" ‘Spring Dreams" "The Trout" 8.23 The Orchestra, conducted by Albert Wolff, "Pelleas and Melisande" Faure Faure’s orchestral music, none the less delicate and expressive than his chamber music, chiefly consists of suites and incidental music to plays. The effects of instrumental colour are handled with consummate skill. The little Suite, ‘ Pelleas and Melisande,’ was commissioned by the Prince of Wales’ Theatre, London, on the occasion of the English production of Maurice Maeterlinck’s romantic tragedy in 1898. 8.35 Man Through the Ages: "The Battle of Waterloo" A historical panoramic serial written by James J. Donnelly, and produced by the National Broadcasting Service 9. O Weather report and station notices 9. 6 Mitja Nikisch and the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Rudolf SchulzDornburg, " Piano Concerto in D Minor" Mozart 9.37 Alexander Kipnis (bass), in songs by Brahms, * Remembrance " "Ever Lighter Grows my Slumber " "To the lvightingale " 9.49 The Orchestra, conducted by Alois Melichar, "Scenes Pittoresques " Massenet Massenet’s purely orchestral musie {is hardly less popular than his operas, and this Suite has always been a favourite. Though popular in the best sense, the music is thoroughly sound in workmanship, and fully of that sensitive grace which makes French music so easy to enjoy. If any music is ever picturesque, this certainly is. 10.0 MUSIC, MIRTH AND MELODY 11. 0 CLOSE DOWN DUNEDIN aly 1140 k.c. 263 m, 5. 0-6.0 p.m. Recordings 7. 0 After dinner music 8. 0 "Rosalie and Her Romances" 8.33 Kandon recordings 9. 0 ‘Night Nurse" 9.30 ‘** The Homestead on the Rise" 410. 0 In order of appearance: Ronald Chesney (mouth organ), Deanna _ Durbin , (soprano), Rawicz and Landauer (piano duettists) 40.30 Close down

August 17

EV Meine an 7. 0-9.0 a.m. Breakfast session 41. 0 Recordings 712. 0 Luncheon session 4.30-2.30 p.m. Educational session, from 2YA 5. O Dance music 6.30 Children’s session: "David and 5.45 Light music Dawn "’ 6.16 °* Personal Column" 6.30 Leaves of shamrock 6.45 ‘The Woman in White" 7. O After dinner music 7.30 Station announcements 8. 0 Book talk by H. B. Farnall, City Librarian 8.16 New dance releases 8.45 "The Hunchback of Notre Dame" 8. O Melodies with memories 9.30 Bach, Beethoven, Brahms 10. 0 Close down SY/AR iar et 7. Oa.m,. Breakfast session 8. 0 Morning programme 10. 0-10.10 Weather report 12. 0 Luncheon music 1. Op.m. Weather report 1.30-2.0 Educational session, from 2YA 3.0 Afternoon programme 4.30 Weather and shipping news 5.0 "David and Dawn" 5.30 Variety 6. O Dinner music 6.30 News and reports 7. 0 Alexander’s Ragtime Band 7. 8 "Marie Antoinette’"’ (episode 9) 7.20 South Sea Island music 7.30 ‘‘Rhythm all the time" 7.43 Anton and the Paramount Theatre Orchestra, with Al Bollington at the organ 7.49 ‘Dad and Dave" 8.0 Egon Petri (piano): ‘" Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Handel," Op. 24 (Brahms) 8.25 "In the Sports Club," interviewing J. D. K. Taylor, chairman of the Fiji Rugby Union 8.45 ‘Rhythm Cocktail" 8. 6 "In The Mystery Club" 9.30 ‘These were popular’’-old hit tunes 10. 0 Close down QV inl e. hy cP m, 7. 0-9.0 a.m. Breakfast session 41. 0 Light music 12. 0-2.0p.m. Lunch session 6. O Light musical programme 5.30 Uncle Ed and Aunt Gwen 6. 0 Pinto Pete 6.15 Light music | 6.45 Dad and Dave 7. 0 After dinner music 7.15 Inspector Scott of Scotland Yard 8. 0 Concert session by the Heretaunga Maori Choir, with instrumental interludes 9. 0 Light variety entertainment 10. 0 Close down 2 Y N 920 k.c. 327m. 7. Op.m. Miscellaneous light music 8. 0 Concert programme of chamber music, introducing ‘ Quintet in A Major’ (Mozart), played by Budapest String Quartet and Benny

Goodman: ‘"‘ Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Handel" (Brahms), played by Egon Petri (piano) 9. 0 His Last Plunge (21) 9.15 Humorous interlude 9.30 Dance music in correct tempo 10. 0 Close down 2QW/ WELLINGTON 990 k.c. 303m. 7. Op.m. Ragtime marches on 7.36 The Crimson Trail 7.46 Ensemble: Orchestral combination from famous rendezvous 8, 5 The Old-Time The-Ayter: ‘ Wedding Bells "’ 8.20 2YD singers 8.40 2YD trailer 8.45 Khyber and Beyond (chapter 17) 9. 6 Piccadilly on parade 9.20 Console-ation, from the organist’s point of view 9.35 Youth must have its swing 10. 0 Close down |Z AUCKLAND 1250k.c. 240m. 5. Op.m. Light orchestral and popular selections 6.45 News, announcements 7. 0 Sports session: Bill Hendry 745 " The Life of Cleopatra" 8. 0 Concert session 9. 0 Old time dance 10. 0 Close down