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New Zealand Listener, Volume 1, Issue 19, 3 November 1939, Page 17

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WY AUCKLAND 650 k.c. 462 m. 9. Oa.m. Selected recordings 11. 0 Presbyterian Service, relayed from St. James’ Church. Preacher: Very Rev. George Budd. Organist: J. T. French 12.15 p.m. Selected recordings 41.0 DINNER MUSIC 2. 0 Recorded feature: "Two Worthies and a Highwayman" Notable Centenaries of 1939 (No. 3) 2.19 Selected recordings 3.30 Beethoven’s "Waldstein" Sonata, played by Artur Schnabel 8.56 Selected recordings 4.30 Close down 5.30 Children’s Song Service 7. 0 Anglican Service relayed from St. Matthew’s Church. Preacher: Rev. Canon R. G. Coats. Organist: Herbert Webb 8.15 Selected recordings 8.30 CONCERT PROGRAMME Recordings: The Opera House Orchestra, "Maritana" Overture Wallace 8.39 London Symphony Orches- ; tra, with chorus and organ, ! "The Miracle" Humperdinck Those who saw Reinhardt’s magnificent production of "The Miracle," at the Olympia in London in 1911, will not need to be reminded how much of its success was due to Humperdinck’s music. Wholly unlike the far better known ‘" Hansel and Gretel" though this composition is, it has the same feeling of belonging as of right to the scenes which it is illustrating, and_ it is in itself such effective music that it is still weleomed apart from its text. 8.47 Marek Weber and His Orchestra, "Columbine’s Rendezvous " Heykens "Still as the Night" Bohm 8.53 Peter Dawson (bass-baritone), "TI Heard a Forect Praying " de Rose "Tll Walk Beside You" _ Murray 9. 0 Reserved 9.20 Weather report and station notices

i} 9.25 Recorded play: " ARCTIC RESCUE" A radio reconstruction, part fiction but mostly fact, of an incident that occurred off Bear Island in November, 1931. Written by " Taffrail " (Captain Taprell Dorling, D.S.O., R.N.) A National Broadcasting Service production. 10. 0 CLOSE DOWN DYE AueKtano 6. Op.m. Selected recordings 8.30 8.38 8.42 Symphonic programme: BBC symphony Orchestra, " Fidelio" Overture (Beethoven) Sophie Brasiau (contralto) Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, "Symphony No. 4 in E Minor" (Brahms) Philharmonic Choir with Walter Widdop (tenor), "1! Would Beside My Lord," " Behold How Throbs" (" St. Matthew’s Passion") (Bach) Arthur Rubinstein (piano), and London Symphony Orchestra, "Concerto in A Major" (Mozart) Close down

QV WELLINGTON 570-k.c. 526 m. 9. Oa.m. Selected recordings 10. 0 Weather report for aviators 10.28to010.30 Time signals from 11. 0 the Dominion Observatory Methodist Church Service, relayed from Trinity Methodist Church, Wellington South. Preacher: Rev. Walter Parker. Organiste: Miss Lilian Thawley. Choirmaster: W. MeClellan 12.15 p.m. Selected recordings (approx.) 1. 0 3.30 4.30 5.30 Weather report for aviators DINNER SESSION: "Compositions of Robert Schumann." Concerto in A Minor (Op. 54). Played by Myra Hess (piano) with orchestra conducted by Walter Goehr Selected recordings "What’s in a Name?" (No. 8). Studies of people to Whom a Change of Name Brought Fame Selected recordings Close down Children’s Song Service, conducted by Uncle William, assisted by children from Vivian Street Baptist Sunday School

7. 0 8.15 Presbyterian Church Service, relayed from St. John’s Church, Willis Street. Preacher: Rev. Dr. J. G. Inkster. Organist and_ choirmaster: W. Lawrence Haggitt Selected recordings (approx.) 9. 0 9.20 9.49 10. 4 ORGAN RECITAL by Miss Enid Hugh-Jones, Hon, A.R.A.M., F.R.C.O. Miss Hugh-Jones, who is lecturer at the Lincoln Training College, England, has studied with two distinguished organ-ists-Professor Stanley Marchant, Principal of the Royal Academy of Music, and Dr. Gordon Slater, of Lincoln Cathedral (Relayed from the Town Hall) Reserved Weather report and station notices "Music from the Theatre": The Ballet "L’Oiseau de Feu" to the music of Stravinsky. Founded on the old Russian legend of "The Fire Bird." Choreography by Fokine, Played by the Philadelphia Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Leopold Stokowski Recordings Tito Schipa (tenor), " Aimant La Rose Le Rossignol" .. Rimsky-Korsakov (The Rose _ Enslaves the Nightingale) London Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Albert Coates, "Eight Russian Fairy Tales" Liadoff Close down QVC MLE 6. 0-8.30 p.m. Selected recordings 10, 0 "With the Choirs." A programme of concerted vocal items with instrumental interludes, featuring at 8.52 p.m., A Group of Sea Shanties sung by Cyril Whittle’s Shanty Party; at 9.16 p.m., A Recital by radio’s most quintet, The pomedy Harmonists; and at 9.39 p.m Songs of Other Days" by the Quartet Close down : ere

WAR MAPS Although there has been a strong demand for our special war map, a few still remain. Readers who would like to possess one should send an order, with two penny stamps, as soon as possible.

Broadcasts For Schools 1YA: Tuesday, at 1.30 p.m.: To-morrow’s History (9), by B. M. Kibblewhite; Music (25), by R. Howie; Man Begins to Trade, by Dr. W. S. Dale. 2YA: Thursday, at 1.30 p.m.: The Changing World, by the School Reporter; New Zealand History-Dramatisation (6), by Ralph Hogg; The East Indies (5), by R. J. Waghorn; Music (10), by T. J. Young. 3YA: Ended for the year. 3ZR, 4YA, and 4YZ: Thursday, at 1.30 p.m.: Re-broadcast from 2YA, sa es -o pt A EEE ESPEN EEL LE I LT LE SE CE TELE ES EEE I IE EE RE EY,

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SV, CHRISTCHURCH | 720 k.c. 416m. 8. Oa.m. Selected recordings 11. 0 Anglican Service, relayed from St. Mary’s Church. Preacher: Ven. Archdeacon A. K. Warren. Organist and Choirmaster: Alfred Worsley 12.15 p.m. Selected recordings 1.0 2. 0 3. 0 3.25 4.30 5.30 6.15 7. 0 8.15 8.30 DINNER MUSIC Selected recordings "Beethoven’s Symphony No. 8," played by the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Selected recordings Close down Children’s Song Service, conducted by Rey. W. Parker, assisted by Sydenham Methodist Sunday School Choir. Subject: "The King’s Command Promise and Coronation" Selected recordings Methodist Service, relayed from the East Belt Church. Preacher: Rey. H. L. Fiebig. Organist and Choirmaster: R. H. Sherris Selected recordings Recordings Sir Henry J, Wood, conducting the London Symphony Orchestra, "Don Giovanni Overture " Mozart Jussi Bjorling (tenor), "Heaven and Ocean" Ponchielli "The Stars Were Shining " Puccini "Woman is Fickle" .. Verdi

9.25 Recording: The Queen’s Hall Orchestra, conducted by Sir Henry J. Wood, "Song of the Rhine Daughters" Wagner Reserved Weather forecast and station notices MUSIC FROM THE THEATRE "LOUISE," the great French romantic opera by Charpentier, featuring Ninon Vallin in the part of Louise, the French

working girl, and Georges Thill as her lover, Julien, the artist. The opera depicts the conflict of two emotions in the soul of a young girl-love for her family, and the irresistible longing for complete personal liberty 10.42 CLOSE DOWN 3\/ CHRISTCHURCH 1200 k.c. 250m. 6. Op.m. Selected recordings 8.30 "The Rose"; Selection of English melodies 8.39 "The Mystery Club": "The Mysterious Footsteps " 9. 6 Recital programme, featuring: The wew Light Symphony Orchestra, Malcolm McEachern (bass), Eileen Joyce (pianiste), and Gladys Moncrieff! (soprano) 10. 0 Close down

ANY DUNEDIN 790 k.c. 380 m. 9. Oam. Selected recordings 10. OQ Weather report for aviators Selected recordings 11. 0 Roman Catholic Service, relayed from St. Joseph’s Cathedral 12.15 p.m. Selected recordings 1.0 Weather report for aviators DINNER MUSIC

2. 0 2.30 3.30 3.50 4.30 5.30 6.15 6.30 7.45 Selected recordings aS Cesar Franck’s " QUINTET IN F MINOR," played by Alfred Cortot and the International String Quartet "A Mixed Bag": Notable Centenaries of 1939. (Group 2) — Selected recordings Close down ducted by Big Brother Bill Selected recordings Methodist Service, relayed from the Methodist Central Mission: Preacher: Rev. L. B. Neale, B.A., F.R.G.S. Organist: Frank Cawley. Choirmaster: John T. Leech Children’s Song Service, con- : Selected recordings

8.30 8.42 9. 0 9.20 9.26 9.34 9.43 9.49 10.5 ORCHESTRAL CONCERT featuring Sir Hamilton Harty as conductor Soloists: Dusolina Gianinni (soprano), Parry Jones (tenor) Sir Hamilton Harty, conducting the London Symphony Orchestra, "King Lear »" Overture Berlioz Dusolina Gianinni (soprano), "Impatience" ..,, Schubert "Devotion" ...... .. Strauss "All Souls Day" .. Strauss Sir Hamilton Harty, conducting the Halle Orchestra, "Rosamunde Ballet Music," Op "26s sees Schubert Reserved Weather report and station notices The Halle Orchestra, conducted by Sir Hamilton Harty, "Londonderry Air" arr. Harty "Scherzo" from "An Irish Symphony" ..... .-- Harty Parry Jones (tenor), in songs by Warlock, "The Passionate Shepherd," "The Fox," "Sleep," "As Ever I Saw" Rene le Roy (flute), Jean Pasquier (violin), and Etienne Pasquier (’cello), "Divertimento in D Major," Op. 100 No. 6 ...... Haydn Sir Hamilton Harty (solo piano), and the Halle Orchestra with St. Michael’s Singers, conducted by Constant Lambert, "The Rio Grande" Constant Lambert CLOSE DOWN aly DPUNEDIN 1140 k.c. 263m. 6. Op.m. Selected recordings 8.30 9. 0 " Wandering with the West Wind" "Continental Cabaret" 10. 0 Close down

For Book-Lovers READINGS: 3YA: 4YA: O. L. Simmance, from Dickens and Bacon. Wednesday, November 8, 9.25 p.m. Professor Adams, from Mrs. Gaskell. . Friday, November 10. 9.30 p.m. REVIEWS: 4YA: 4YZ: Wednesday, November 8, 7.30 p.m. Thursday, November 9, 8 p.m., by H. B. Farnall.

Religious Services On The Air 1YA: 2YA: 3YA: 4YA: 2YH: 4YZ: This Sunday Presbyterian Service from St. James’s Church. Very Rev. George Budd. 11 a.m. Anglican Service from St. Matthew’s Church. Rev. Canon R. G. Coats. 7 p.m. e Methodist Service from Trinity Church. Rev. Walter Parker. 11 a.m. Presbyterian Service from St. John’s Church. Rev. Dr. J. G. Inkster. 7 p.m. Anglican Service from St. Mary’s Church. Ven. Archdeacon A. K. Warren, I1 a.m. Methodist Service from East Belt Church. Rev. se Fiebig. 7 p.m. Roman Catholic Service from St. Joseph’s Cathedral. 11 a.m. Methodist Service from Central Mission. Rev: L. B. Neale, 6.30 p.m. Roman Catholic Service from St. Patrick’s Church, Napier. Rev. L. J. Riordan. 7 p.m. Anglican Service from St. John’s Church. Ven. Archdeacon J. A. Lush. 6.30 p.m.

Farm Talks 3YA: Canterbury Agriculture College at the Show. Discussion by the College Staff. Thursday, November 9, 7.35 p.m. 4YA: Thinning Fruit, by E. F. Waters, of the Department of Agriculture. Monday. November 6, 7.40 p.m. 4YZ: Rape Crops, by A. Stuart. Tuesday, November 7, 8 p.m.

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a y il 680 k.c. 441 m. 11. Oa.m.-1.0 p.m. Sunday morning programme 2.0 Orchestre Raymonde, with vocal interludes 2.30 One to Eight 3.0 ‘Serenade to Music". (Vaughan Williams), specially composed and dedicated to Sir Henry J. Wood on ~ the occasion of his jubilee 8.16 Famous artists: Alexander Kelberine ‘ (piano), and Marie Bremner (soprano) 3.30-4.0 Medley time 6.30 Relay of Evening Service from 8t. John’s Anglican Church. Preacher: Ven. Arch. J. A, Lush. Organist: Charles Martin 7.46 Gleanings from far and wide 8.15 "John Halifax, Gentleman" 8.30 Coronets of England: " The Life of Queen Elizabeth" (fina] episode) 9. O Reserved 9.30 Slumber session 10. 0 Close down aS YAR 940k.c. 319m. 12. 0-1.30 p.m. Dinner music 12.30 Reserved 5.30 Sacred Song Service, conducted by the Salvation Army 6.15 Reserved 6.30 Tunes of to-day 6.46 "Carson Robison and his Pioneers" 7.0 The London Palladium Orchestra, and Joseph Schmidt (tenor) 7.30 Highlights of musical comedy and light opera 8. 0 Lighter moments with the masters 8.30 The Buccaneers 8.45 London Piano Ace Band: " Flanagan and Allen Memories " 8.51 Conrad Veidt, "The Airman Song" 854 Organ medley with Reginald Porter-Brown 9. O Reserved 9.20 Renara playing piano variations 8.23 Singapore Spy 8.60 Ambrose and his orchestra in "Con- | cert Arrangement of Piccadilly " 9.54 Rudy Vallee and the Male Quartet, with Carroll Gibbons and his orchestra, ‘* Vieni, Vieni" 8.57 Ray Ventura and his Collegians, in concert version of "‘I Made This Song For You" 970. 0 Close down 2 NAPIER 760k.c. 395m. 11. O0a.m.-1.0 p.m. Selected recordings 2. 0-4.0 Afternoon concert session 6.30 Miscellaneous recordings 7. QO Relay of Evening Service from St. Patrick’s Roman Catholic Church, Napier. Preacher: Rev, J. J. Rior- ’ dan. Organist: Rev. P. Abbott. Choirmaster: Rev. P. O’Reilly 8.15 (approx.) Selected recordings, Station announcements 8.30 Evening concert session: " The Bartered Bride’ Fantasia 8.38 Angela Parselles (soprano) 8.44 "Nocturne," from "A Midsummer Night’s Dream" (Mendelssohn) 9. O Reserved 9.20 The Neukolin Male Chorus 9.40 Excerpts from "DL Arlesienné Suite."’ played by the London Philharmonic Orchestra 470. 0 Close down

Q Y N] 920 k.c. 327m. 7. Op.m.. Classical music, introducing three "Military Marches" by Schubert, played by Artur and Karl Ulrich Schnabel (piano duets) 7.30 Light opera and musical comedy selections 8. 0 Light classical music 8.30 Concert programme opens with * Khowantchina " (Moussorgsky), played by Boston Symphony Orchestra 8.48 "Every Walk of Life: The Stenographer" (Episode 2) 8. O Light classical music 9.10 The Vienna Boys’ Choir 8.30 ‘Pinto Pete" (34) 10. 0 Close down 2 y 990 k.c. 303m. 7. Op.m. Ruby Newman and His Orchestra 7.36 ‘‘ Those We Love" (episode 19) 8.0 Tit-Bits 8.45 "Dad and Dave" (final episode) 9. 0 This Week’s Special: "The Booby Trap" — W. G. Holder mystery play 9.43 Strings 10. 0 Close down | 2 AUCKLAND 1250 k.c. 240m. 10. Qa.m. Sacred and orchestral selections 41. O Concert hour 12. 0 Luncheon music 2. Op.m. Selections from the shows and musical comedies 8.0 Piano, piano accordion and organ selections 4.0 Miscellaneous items, band music, and popular medleys 6.30 Announcements 5.40-6.0 Light orchestral items 7. 0 Orchestral session 7.30 Concert programme 8.15 Scottish session: J. M. Deas 9.16 Operatic gems 10. 0 Close down