FRIDAY NATIONAL

New Zealand Listener, Volume 1, Issue 13, 22 September 1939, Page 35

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NZ, AUCKLAND 650 k.c. 462 m. 7. Oa.m. Physical exercises 7.10 BREAKFAST SESSION 9.0 Close down 10. 0 Devotional Service, conducted by Adjutant Chandler 10.15 Selected recordings 11. @ Talk to women by " Margaret " 11.10 Selected recordings 12. O Lunch music 2. Op.m. Selected recordings 2.30 Classical hour 3.15 Sports results 3.30 Light musical programme 4. QO Special weather report for farmers 4.30 Sports results 5. O Children’s session, conducted by * Cinderella" and " Aunt Jean", with, at 5.40, the special feature: " David and Dawn in Fairyland" (episode 106) 6. 0 DINNER MUSIC; "Zampa’ Overture (Herold); "Shadow Waltz’ (Warren); "The Dancing Clock’ (Ewing); "st. Mary’s Chimes" (Strauss); "Spanish Dance No. {4° (Moszkowski); "Wake Up and Dream’ (Porter); "La Source Ballet Suite’ (Delibes); "The Hubgoblins’ Story’ (Brecht); "Waltz Medley’; "Saltarella"’ (Viewr'emps); "Cocktail; "Suite Algerienne"’ (Saint-Saens); ‘‘Echoes of the Volga" (Ritter); ‘A Summer Evening" (Waldteufel), 7. 0 NEWS SERVICE ISSUED BY. THE PRIME MINISTER’S DEPT. BRITISH OFFICIAL WIRELESS NEWS 7.10 NEWS AND REPORTS (approx.) 7.30 SPORTS TALK by Gordon Hutter 7.42 TALK: Frank Campbell, chairman of the New Zealand Football Association 8. 0 CONCERT PROGRAMME Readings of prose and poetry, translated from the Chinese, by Judith Terry 8.32 The Studio Orchestra, "Magic Flute" Overture Mozart 8.38 Elisabeth Schumann (soprano), "Hark, Hark, the Lark" Schubert 8.41 Owen Jensen (solojst), accompanied by the Studio orchestra, Piano Concerto i in A Major Mozart Weather report and station notices Recordings: Dorothy Helmrich (mezzosoprano), Four songs by d’Arba * Carol" " Wizardry " " Racers " "The Lamb Child"

9.13 London Symphony Orchestra, conducted by the composer, "In the South" Overture Elgar This work was the outcome of Elgar’s visit to Italy during the winter of 1903-4, and the seore is headed with the following lines from Tennyson, which serve as 4a motto:"What hours were thine and mine, In lands of palm, of orange blossom, Of olive, aloe, and maize and wine." There is an additional quotation of two verses from the sixth canto of Byron’s "Childe Harold" extolling "a land which was the mightiest in its old command." 9.33 Stewart Harvey (baritone), "The Two Grenadiers" Schumann " Dedication" .... Schumann "TIT am a Roamer" Mendelssohn 9.45 Recordings: London Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by the composer, "Facade Suite" Wm. Walton 10.0 MUSIC, MIRTH AND MELODY | 11. 0 CLOSE DOWN Wx 2a 5. 0-6.0 p.m. Light music 7.0 After dinner music 8. 0 ‘Romance and Melody" 8.15 Comedians’ corner 9. 0 ‘Crazy Couplets" 9.30 Musical comedy gems 10. 0 Light recitals, featuring George Swift (trumpet* 10.30 Close down

AY WELLINGTON | 570 k.c. 526 m. In the event of Parliament being broadcast in the evening, 2Y A’s programme will be transmitted by 2YC. 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 10.28t010.30 Time signals from the Dominion Observatory BROADCAST OF PROCEEDINGS FROM THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 1. Op.m. Weather report for aviators Recordings 2. 0 Classical music 2.30 BROADCAST OF PROCEEDINGS FROM THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 5.80 Children’s session, conducted by Andy Man 6. 0 DINNER SESSION: "The Old Marches For Ever" (Robrecht); "Fiddlin’ the Fiddle" (Rubinoff); "Triane (Albeniz); "Stealing Through the Classics" (arr. Somers); "The Swallows" (Strauss); "A Kiss in Spring" (kKatman); "Zigeuner You Have Stolen My Heart" (Eygen-Grothe); "I Live far.Love’ (Abraham); ‘The Dancing Violin" (Lohr- -Markgraf); "The Flight of the Bumble Bee" (Rimsky-Korsakov); "Sweet Adeline" (Hammerstein-Kern); "Zip. Zip" (Byron Brooke). 7. 0 OFFICIAL NEWS SERVICE ISSUED BY THE PRIME MINISTER’S DEPT. BRITISH OFFICIAL WIRELESS NEWS 7.10 NEWS AND. REPORTS (approx.) 7.28 to 7.30 Time signals 8. 0 CONCERT PROGRAMME *Song Hits with a_ Miss," featuring Mavis Edmonds and her Rhythm-Makers 8.17 Recordings: Orchestra of the German Opera House, "Meeting in Vienna" Overeee ae eR | 8.23 Carson Robison and his. Pioneers, "The West Ain’t What it, Used. te: Bes. Robison 8.26 Charlie Kunz (piano) with Rhythm accompaniment, — " Charlie Kunz Piano Medley" 8.29 Bebe Daniels and Ben Lyon — vocal), with the Three in "Three Little Fishes" Dowell

8.32 Orchestre Raymonde, *Strauss in Vienna" arr. Walter 840 TALK, by Martin Nestor: "WELLINGTON’S NAME" Everybody knows that Wellington is called after the Duke of Wellington, but it may not be generally known how ‘the name came to be chosen. Mr. Nestor tells the story, and has something to say about the origin of other Wellington place names. 9. 0 Weather report and station notices 9. 5 Eb and Zeb 9.15 Programme by the PORT NICHOLSON SILVER BAND with yocal interludes by the Cameo Three The Port Nicholson Silver Band (conductor, J, J. Drew), "Lustspiel" Overture Kela Bela " Sizilietta " Intermezzo Von Blon 9.26 The Cameo Three, A Cameo, " Break of Day" arr. Howe 9.29 The Band, *Rimington," Hymn arr. Scotney "Maid of the Mountains" Selection .,.. Fraser Simson 9.41 The Cameo Three, "Songs of the Open" arr. Howe 9.48 The Band, "His First Waltzes" Valse . Horatio Nicholls "The Elephant" March Ord Hume 10. 0 Rhythm on record. A> pror gramme of new rec compered by " Turntable " 10.28to 10.30 Time signals 11. 0 CLOSE DOWN QV) WELLINGTON] : 840k.c, 357m, wy 10.30a.m. Selected recordings 10.46 A talk to women by " Margaret" 12. 0 Lunch music 1, Op.m. Close down 2.30 Classical music 3. 0 Talk ig he by the A.C.E, Home Science Tutorial Section me Otago University: " Emergency Meals" 3.15 Sports resulis (approx.) Selected recordings 3.30 Weather forecast for farmers and frost forecast for Canterbury and Otago 4. 0 Sports results 5. Q Children’s session, conducted by Andy Man 5.30 Light musical programme 6. 0 Close down 7. 0 After dinner music 8. 0 "Hail Variety!" recorded gramme, es and by by Gale Podrick. Produced by: R. Speer 8.30 "Dr. Ralph Vaughan — Williams (born 1872)": A programme of Poerponicions by the foremost Fug Hie # British composer. olos and Duets"; A pr of salon mus a 2 Sorstas by Brahms Beethoven. Featuring at O28. Dm... **Sonata in FP Minor Op. 57 (Beethoven), layed by Artur Sebnabel (piano) 10. 0 ight variety 410.30 Close down

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CHRISTCHURCH SY 720 k.c. 416m. 7. Oa.m. Physical exercises 7.10 BREAKFAST SESSION 10. O Selected recordings 10.30 Devotional Service 10.45 Selected recordings 11. O Talk to women by "Margaret" 11.10 Selected recordings 11.15 Talk by Miss M. A. Blackmore: "Help for the Home Cook " 11.30 Selected recordings 12. 0 Lunch music 2. Op.m. Selected recordings 3. 0 Classical music 4 . O Frost and special weather forecast, and light musical programme 4.30 Sports resulls 5. 0 Children’s hour: " Niccolo" " Book Lady " 6. 0 DINNER MUSIC: "Amina’ fLincke); "By the steepy Lagoon’ (Coates); "Minuet in D" (Mozart); "Lazy Night" (Coates); "Love in Idicness’ (Macbeth); "Longing" (Haydn Wooed); "Pique Dame" (Tschaikovski); "Vivienne (Fincke); "Poppies" (Meret); "Vienna Blood" (Strauss); "La Petite Tonkmoise (Christina); "Amoureuse" (Berger); "Fan tasie Orientale’" (Lange); "The Love Letter Waltz" (Stewart); "Under the Starlit Sky’ Roeland). 7. 0 OFFICIAL NEWS SERVICE ISSUED BY THE PRIME MINISTER’S DEPT. BRITISH OFFICIAL WIRELESS NEWS 7.10 NEWS AND REPORTS (approx.) 7.35 Recorded TALK by an Officer of the Department of Agriculture: "Milking Shed Equipment and Practice" 8. 0 3YA. Orchestra, conducted by Will Hutchens, Mus.Bac., Ry Hungarian Rhapsody No. Ee. bc hag bavce ce Ss Liszt 8.15 Recording: N. Balieff’s Chauve-Souris Company, "The Alluring Gipsy Girl," "Gipsy Caravan," "T wo Guitars," "Venetian Night" Traditional The Chauve-Souris Company’s records were mace when its founder, the late Nikita Bulieff, was at the helm. M. Balieit was originally a member of the famous Art Theatre of Moscow. We organised light entertainments for the benefit of theatregoers after the usual evening performances, The show was open all night, hence its name ‘" Chauve-Souris" (The Bat). Later the Chauve-Souris passed into existence as a separate organisation, and tonred Europe, Great Britain and America. 827 3YA Orchestra, "Saschinka" (Potpourri of Russian Gipsy Airs) Schirmann 8.41 Recording: De Svenske, the famous Swedish Male Chorus, "Sweden" .:.. Stenhammer "Dalvisa" Folk Song arr. Olsson ‘* Hear Us Svea" Wennerberg "Dance of the Judges" . arr. Olsson

9.21 9.27 3YA. Orchestra, "Slavonic Rhapsody " Friedmann Weather forecast and station notices ; Dramatised TALK: "Some Great Women Treated Lightly: Mary Shelley,"’ by Charles Thomas Recording: The Internationa! Radio Orchestra, "Four Cameos ": *Amarylilis ?*...... Ketelbey Tae: Fire * 7.5. Engleman "A Villainous Theme " Engleman "Mixed Drinks" . Engleman Ernest Rogers (tenor), | "The English Rose." .German "Bird Songs at Eventide " Coates "Eileen Aroon" ...,° Cooke " Eleanore ". Coleridge Taylor

9.39 9.48 9.54 10. 0 11. 0 Albert -Sandler and his Orchestra, "Sandler Minuets " Recordings: Essie Ackland (contralto), "Coming Home" .. Willeby "Homing" ...... del Riego Barnabas Von Geezy and his Orchestra, "Rustle of Spring "..Siding "Serenade" ...... Heykens MUSIC, MIRTH AND MELODY CLOSE DOWN SV CHRISTCHURCH 1200 k.c. 250 m. 5. 0-6.0 p.m. Kecordings 7. 6 8. 0 8.30 8.36 8.42 8.48 8.54 9. 0 9.30 9.44 10. 0 10.30 After dinner miusic "Khyber and Beyond" (12) Jeanne Aubert (soprano) Our friends the stars Harry Horlick and his orchestra Richard Crooks (tenor) Cedric Sharpe Sextet . MiseeHaneous operatic excerpts " The Crimson Trail" Patricia Rossborough tn ae short recital Melody time Close down

+t y 790 k.c. 380 m. 6.50am. Weather report for aviators 7. O Physical exercises 7.10 BREAKFAST SESSION 9. 0 Close down 10. 0 Weather report for aviators Selected recordings 10.15 Devotional Service 10.50 Talk to women by " Margaret " 11. 0 Talk by Miss I. Findlay: " Cooking and Recipes " 12. 0 Lunch music 12.15 p.m. Community singing. (Relay from Strand Theatre) 1. QO Weather report for aviators 1.10 Community singing (approx.)

1.30 Weather forecast Lunch music 2. 0 Selected recordings 3.15 TALK, by the A.C.E. Home Science Tutorial Section: "ON WASHING WOOLLENS " 3.30 Sports results Classical music 4. 0 Weather report and special frost forecast 4.30 Light musical programme 4.45 Sports resulls 5. O Children’s session, conducted by Big Brother Bill 6. 0 DINNER MUSIC: ‘Marche j#leroique de Szabady~ (Massenel); "Evening Stars’’ (Lanner); "Jidy™ (Lerner); "Bavarian Dance No, 2° (Hammerbach); "Castles in the Moon" (Lineke); ‘Lave’s Nour’ (Siede); "Brahms' Waltzes"; "Baby Parade’ (Mannfred); "The Golden Vusical Bor’ (Krome); "Dance of the fercles" (Russell);.‘Stars Fell on Ala®ama"’ \Perkins); "tmpromptu in A Flat Major’ (Thiele);| "Norwegian Pance. No. 2" (Grieg); "Mon Coeur" (Pata); "The Ba'kan Princess" (Rubens). ""Carrirhoe’ (Chaminade) 7. © NEWS SERVICE ISSUED BY ‘THE PRIME MINISTER’S DEPT. BRITISH OFFICIAL. WIRELESS NEWS

7.10 NEWS AND REPORTS (approx.) 8. 0 Dad and Dave 8.15 "Pinto Pete in Arizona" Fifteen minutes of song and dance from the Wild West. 8.30 "The Rich Uncle from Fiji" (episodes 63 and 64). A sparkling comedy serial Wherein Uncle Jim, of Fiji, gives bis niece and nephew some practical lessons in the art of living on no money at alll 8.42 "Just a Job of Work." An interview with a deep. sea diver 9. 2 Weather report and station notices 9.5 The Royal Choral Society, "He Was Dressed in Shirt of Doeskin " "Till the Wind Became a Whirlwind" from "Hiawatha’s Wedding Feast" Coleridge-Taylor Although Coleridge-Taylor had produced |} a number of other works before it, many | of which won more than-merely respectful interest. it Was the appé@arance in 1898 of the first part of his trilogy "Hiawatha." | (called " Hinwatha’s Wedding Feast,’’) | which spread his fame all over the Englishspeaking world, And it has remained the most popular of all his music. 9.13 The Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra of New York, conducted by Arturo Toscanini, "Lohengrin: Prelude to Act Be eee ais eee se Wagner 221 READINGS by Prof. T. D. Adams, with musical interludes Longfellow’s " Evangeline " Musie from: "Enigma Variations" . Elgar "Prelude in E Flat Minor" Bach "Quartet in D Minor" (Death and the Maiden) 2nd movement: Andante con MOND Sc 4 5X ..« Schubert 10. 0 Dance music by the Savoy Dance Band. (Relay from Savoy Restaurant) 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 "Classics for the connoisseur " 9.0 "Nigger Minstrels" 2.13 Modern variety 10. 0 Melody and humour 10.30 Close down

TRANSMISSION HOURS In the meantime, the four National Stations, 1YA, 2YA, 3YA and 4YA, will observe continuous hours. of transmission from 6 a.m. till 12 midnight. These hours are for Sundays and week-days. The extra transmission periods will either be occupied with Daventry news broadcasts or miscellaneous musical programmes

September 29

AY INVERCARGILL 680 k.c. 441 m. 7. 0-9.0a.m. Breakfast session 12. 0-2.0p.m. Luncheon session 5. 0 5.30 ,5.45 6.15 6.30 6.45 7.0 8. 0 8.18 9. 0 9.30 10. 0 Light music Children’s session: "Toyshop Tales" Laugh and sing "Marie Antoinette" Jack Hylton and His Orchestra "Carson Robison " After dinner music (7.30, Station announcements ) "The Heart of Australia’: lKecorded talk by Mrs. M. FosterBarham "Concerto in F Minor for Piano and Orchestra " (Bach, arr. Busoni) ; Elizabeth Schumann (soprano); "Symphony No. 91° in Ek Flat Major" (Haydn); ° Beniamino Gigli (tenor) and " L’Arlesienne Suite No. 2" (Bizet) Music from the movies Supper dance Close down YAR Ba oie ei 7. Oa.m. Breakfast session 9. 0 9.30 10. 0-10.10 Weather report 12. 0-2.0 p.m. Luncheon music 1.0 3. 0 4.30 5. 0 6. 0 6.30 7. 0 7.30 8. 0 8.30 8. 0 9.15 9.41 9.47 10. 0 Morning programme Recipes, etc., by Josephine Clare Weather report Afternoon programme Weather and shipping news "Richard the Lion-Heart" ‘(episode 8 Dinner music News and reports World-famous bands Solo concert Orchestra Mascotte, and Richard. Tauber (tenor) Let’s be gay: Dance music The latest, presented. by Charlie Kunz at the piano George Edwards and Company: "The Rajah’s Heirloom" Louis Levy and His Gaumont British Orchestra "Carson Robison " Close down

2 Fl 760 k.c. 395m. 7. 0O-9.0 a.m. Breakfast session 41. 0 Light music 12, 0-2.0p.m. Lunch session 5. O Light musical programme 5.30 Uncle Charlie and Aunt Nin 6. O Light music 6.45 Weather report and forecast for Huwke’s Bay. "Lorna Doone" 7. 0 After dinner music 8. 0 Concert session 8. 2 Trio in D Major (Beethoven); first movement 8.20 John McCormack (tenor) 8.35 Schumann’s *’Cello Concerto in A Minor " 9. O ‘* Personal Column " 9.12 Light music 9.356 "Night Nurse" 10. O Close down 2 y N 920 k.c. 327m. 7. Op.m. Light music. and Carson Robison 8.0 Concert programme: Light classical music 8.30 Light music and sketches 9. 0 Grand opera selections 9.35 "The Japanese Houseboy ’"’ 10. 0 Close down AV {D okra et 7. Op.m. Showmen of syncopation 7.35 oo from the Diary of a Film an 8.5 Musical digest 8.28 Carson Robison and his Buckaroos 8.45 Wandering with the West Wind, by the Wayfarer 9.15 Supper dance 9.45 Records at random 0. 0 Glose down 1AM 1250 k.c. 240m. 5. Op.m. Light orchestral, and popular recordings 6.45 Announcements 7. 0 Orchestral selections 7.30 Concert session 8. 0 Tit-bits by Maorilander 8.20. Operatic selections 9.20 Instrumental items 9.35 Pamela’s Weekly Chat -9. 0 Close down