WEDNESDAY NATIONAL

New Zealand Listener, Volume 1, Issue 26, 22 December 1939, Page 25

WEDNESDAY

NATIONAL

DECEMBER 27

IW AUCKLAND 650 k.c. 462 m. 7. Oam. BREAKFAST SESSION 9.0 Close down 10. 0 Devotional service, conducted by Rev. Ivor M. Rayner 10.15 Selected recordings 11.0 "A Housekeeper Talks to Women" 41. 9 Selected recordings 12.0 Running commentary on the Auckland Trotting Club’s meeting, relayed from Alexandra Park 2. Op.m. Selected recordings 3.15 Sports results 4. 0 Special weather report for farmers 4.30 Sports results 5. O Children’s session, conducted by "Cinderella" and "Peter " 5.45 DINNER MUSIC: (Subject to interruption by re-broadcasts) "Les Cloches be Corneville’’ (Planquette); "Song of India" (Rimsky-Korsa-kov): "The Butterfly" (Bendix); * Mexicali Rose’ (Stone-Tierney); ‘La Habanera"’ (Lucena); "The Zarewtlsch" (Lehar); " Joyousness "" ( Wood ); * Doectrinen" (Strauss); "Be Embraced Ye _ Millions" (Strauss); "Lightning Switch" (Alford); "4 Coon Band Contest" (Pryor); "Hungarian Dance in D" (Brahms); "Storm Galop" (Komzak). 6.55 Weather report 7. 0 News and reports

CONCERT PROGRAMME Band programme with popalar interludes: The Band of H.M. Coldstream Guards, "Dominion Medley"; The BBC Wireless Military Band, "Slavonic Rhapsody " Friedeman 8.16 The Andrews Sisters (vocal trio), "Oh, Faithless Maid" Donizetti "Says My Heart" .... Lane 8.22 Sergeant George Morgan (cornet), with organ, "For You Alone" .... Geehl The Band of H.M. Grenadier Guards, "Russian Easter Festival" Overture .. Rimsky-Korsakov 8.33 Danny Malone (tenor), "The Glory of Love" ... Hill "Poor Little Angeline " Kennedy 8.39 Bands of H.M. Coldstream and Welsh Guards, "Homage March" .... Wood "Solemn Melody" Walford Davies Sergt. Morgan (cornet), " Because" ...... d’Hardelot The story of how a famous song composer came to adopt Guy d’Hardelot as 4 pen name is almost romantic. She was

born at Hardelot Castle, Pas de Calais, France (hence Guy of Hardelot), and was of French and English origin, her mother being a well-known’ French singer, Madame Helen Guy, and her father an English sea captain, The married name of Guy dHardelot, who died early in 1936, aged 78, was Mrs. Helen Rhodes. Her song, " Because,’’ sold over a million.

8.53 9.0 9.20 11.0 The Ranch Boys (vocal trio), "The Old Corral" ... Hirsch Grand Massed Brass Bands, " Steadfast and True" . Teike "Semper Fidelis" .... Sousa Reserved Weather report and station notices "Those We Love": A story of people like us: The Marshalls "Concert Hall of the Air": Featuring the Rosario Bourdon Symphony Orchestra MUSIC, MIRTH AND MELODY CLOSE DOWN

YY AUCKLAND 880k.c. 341m. 5. 0-6.0 p.m. . Light music 7. 0 After dinner music 8.40 Popular choral music, with instrumental interludes 9. 0 In lighter vein 9.34 ‘Personal Column" 9.48 With the Lang-Worth Dance Orchestra 10. O Light recitals 10.30 Close down

AYIA WELLINGTON 570 k.c. 526 m. 6.50a.m. Weather report for aviators 7. 0 BREAKFAST SESSION 9. 0 Close down 10. 0 Weather report for aviators 10.10 Devotional Service 10.25 Recordings 10.28 to 10.30 Time signals from the Dominion Observatory 10.45 Talk to women by " Margaret" 11.15 Progress reports on play in the Plunket Shield Cricket Match, Wellington v. Auckland will be broadcast at | 11.15 a.m., 11.45, 12.15 p.m., 1.10, 2.15, 2.45, 3.15, 3.45, 4.15 (approx.), and 4.45 12.0 Lunch music 1. Op.m. Weather report for aviators 2.0 Classical hour 8.0 Sports results Selected recordings 3.28t03.30 Time signals Weather forecast. for farmers 4. 0 Sports results 5. O Children’s session conducted by Aunt Molly, relayed from the Exhibition studio

5.45 DINNER SESSION: (Subject in interruption by re-broadsasts and cricket summary at 6.0) "Rhapsodie Russe" (Nussbaum); "Manoeuvres in Lilliput’ (Charlie); "I'm in Love AH Over Ayain" (Fields); "panube Legends" (Fucik); "In the Rosary" (Bialezki): "The Dancing Doll" (Poldini); "Morgen Blatter’ (Strauss); **Romantique"’ (Lanner); "Die Dubarry’’ (Mackeben); "FRascination Tango" (Medrano); "panube Waves" (lvanovici); "Juanita" (Norton); "In the Shadows’ (Finck); "Fairy Doll Waltz" (Bayer); "In the Middle of a Kiss" (Coslow); "Starlight Sky" (Waldteu/fel); "Fairy Tale’ (Heykens). 6.55 Weather report {approx.) 7.10 NEWS AND REPORTS (approx.) | 7.20 Summary of the day’s play in the Plunket Shield Cricket Match, given by J. Reid 7.28to 7.30 Time signals 7.35 TALK by the Gardening Expert: "For the Home Gardener " 8,0 CONCERT PROGRAMME From the Exhibition studio: The National Broadcasting Service String Orchestra: Conductor, Maurice Clare. At the piano: Harold Whittle, "Norwegian Bridal March" Sandby "Sally in our Alley" arr. Frank Bridge "Cherry Ripe"... . arr. Frank Bridge

"Valse Bohemienne " Coleridge-Taylor " Abenlied" ..... Schumann 8.16 Round the piano: Songs and choruses of the early days by The Old-Time Concert Party Many who recall their "H.M.S. Pinafore"? will remember Sir Joseph Porter’s question to Ralph Rackstraw, "Can you sing?" and the prosaic reply, "I can hum a little, your honour." Most of us can hum a little, and the things we hum most of all are the old sorties. There was a time when we sang these old songs round tbe piano, but since the Great War this social custom has become almost extinct. The function of the Old Time Concert Party is to revive memories of the songs we once sang round the piano. 8.36 The NBS String Orchestra, "Styrian Dances" .. Lanner " Lovers’ Minuet" ... Cowan "Country Dance" ... Cowan "Seven Scottish Airs" Holst 9.0 Reserved 9.15 Weather report and station notices 9.20 "The Radio That Hitler Fears." Episode 6 The dramatised story of the German people’s Freedom Front, which for months past has continued to broadcast the truth to Germany, in spite of the Gestapo

9.35 "Exploits of the Black Moth" (Episode 5): " Trouble in the Limehouse " The Black Moth is a criminal who never profits from his crimes. Other criminals fear him more than they fear the police, yet Sergeant Smithers, of the C.1.D., would give ten years of his life to prove the identity of the Black Moth. Rut the debonair racing car driver, Denis Carcroft, produces a water-tight alibi every time. 10.1 "The Moonstone." The 24th episode of Wilkie Collins’s dramatic thriller, presented for radio by George Edwards and Company 10.15 Manuel Raymond and _ his famous orchestra relayed from the Centennial Exhibition 11.15 CLOSE DOWN Nah 7 0 After difner music 8. 0 Classics for the Connoisseur: A programme of miscellaneous clas sical recordings, featuring at 8.17 " Toccata in C Major for Organ’ (Rach, arr. for piano by Busoni), played by Alexander Borowsky (pianist) 8.40 Symphonic programme: An orchestral programme, featuring at 8.57, "Faust Symphony " (Liszt), played by the Grand Philharmonic Orchestra of Paris 40. O In lighter vein 10.30 Close down

WEDNESDAY

NATIONAL

SV, CHRISTCHURCH 720 k.c. 416m. 7- Oa.m. BREAKFAST SESSION 8.0 Close down 10.0 Selected recordings 10.30 Devotional Service 10.45 Selected recordings 11. 0 Talk to women by " Margaret " 11.10 Selected recordings 11.30 Progress reports of Plunket Shield cricket match, Otago v. Canterbury 12. 0 _ Lunch music 2. Op-m. Selected recordings Progress reports of Canterbury Lawn Tennis Championships 3. 0 Classical music 4. 0 Frost and special weather forecast and light musical programme 4.30 Sports results 5. O Children’s session 5.45 DINNER MUSIC: (Subject to interruption by re-broadcasts) "Oberon Overture" (Weber); **March of the Caucasian Chiefs’ (1ppoliteff-lvanof}); "Albumilatt'" (Wagner); "Chinese Street Serenade’ (Siede); "Faithful . Jumping Jack" (Heykens); "Coppelia’" (Delibes); " Standchen "’ ( Heykens ); Hassan" (Delius); "Slavonic Scherzo" (arr. Lotter); "Serenade Espagnole’ (Bizet); "Three O'Clock in the Morning" (Robledo); ‘Valse De Concert’ (Glazounov); "Spanish Dance in G Minor’ (Moszkowski). 6.55 Weather report 7. 0 NEWS AND REPORTS 7.35 Review of day’s play in Plunket Shield cricket match, Otago v. Canterbury 8.0 READINGS, by O. L. Simmance, "Pickwick Papers," by Charles Dickens "St. George and the Dragon" (traditional) 8.22 "Did You Know?" Items of interest about world famous songs 8.48 "Music Graphs." Tone pictures depicted by Ferde Grofe’s Orchestra 8. 0 Reserved 9.20 Weather report and station notices 9.25 "From the Theatre Box." The spotlight is directed on that popular Australian -entertainer, Jack Lumsdaine 9.40 The BBC Dance Orchestra, "A Musical Comedy Waltz Concoction".arr. Henry Hall

9.46 Gladys Moncrieff (soprano) and John Valentine (baritone) "If You’re In Love You'll LA + ME pe 9.49 Jesse Crawford (organ), "Indian Love Call" .. Friml Jesse Crawford has never played the organ anywhere but in motion picture theatres, ‘"‘ What I -*do on the organ is my own idea. If I merit praise, it is truly my own; but doubtless many skilled concert and church organists could tind fault with many things I do, Right here in New York there are people who feel that the organ is out of place except in a church. Many of these slightly prejudiced persons are being won over."

Richard Tauber (tenor), "Sympathy" ........ Friml New Mayfair Orchestra, "New Moon" selection Romberg MUSIC, MIRTH AND MELODY CLOSE DOWN SY CHRISTCHURCH | 1200 k.c. 250m. 5. 0-6.0 p.m. Selected recordings 7. 0 8. 0 8.35 8.42 8.45 10. 0 10.30 After dinner music "Leaves from the Diary of a Film Fan" Flotsam and Jetsam The Meistersextet Miscellaneous classical programme, featuring at 8.57, ‘"*Soirees Musicales" (Rossini-Britten), played Dy the Charles Brill Orchestra (conducted by Charles Brill); at 9.22, " Rondo in A Major" (Schu-| bert), played by Henri Temianka (violin) and the Temianka Chamber Orchestra; and at 9.37, ‘" Prelude, Chorale and Fugue" (Franck) Played by Alfred Cortot (piano) Light recitals, presented by Norman Allin (bass), Paul Godwin and his orchestra, and the Viennese Boys’ Choir Close down

ANY 4 DUNEDIN 790 k.c. 380 m. 6.50 a.m. Weather report for aviators 7. 0 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 " Selected recordings 12. O And at intervalsRunning commentaries on the racing at the Dunedin Jockey Club’s meeting (Relayed from Wingatui) 1. Op.m. Weather report for aviators Weather forecast 2.0 Selected recordings : 3.30 Sports results Classical music 4. 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" and the " Travel Man" 5.45 DINNER MUSIC: (Subject to interruption by re-broadcasts) "Toreador and Andalouse’"’ (Rubinstein); "Mignon" (Thomas); "Viennese Dance No. 2" (Friedman-Gaertner); ‘"‘Menuett" (Beethoven); ‘‘Meditation’’ (Massenet); "*Soliloquy" . (Bloom); "When Budapest was Young" (Milos); "Midnight Reflections" (Malnech); "‘Le Plus Joli Reve’’ (Arezzo); "Mosaic" (Zimmer); "Minuet" (Boccherini); "Maytime Medley" Waltz (Romberg); "Parade of the City Guards’’ (Jessel); "The. Piccolino’" (Berlin); "One Way Street" (Tibor); "Midnight Waltz" (Amodio).

6.55 Weather report 7. 0 NEWS AND REPORTS 8. 0 "Ravenshoe " A’ dramatic version of Henry Kingsley’s great story, presented for radio by George Edwards and Company A tale of the great house of: Ravenshae. Intrigue, villainy, bravery and heroisnY, are coutained in the story of a disputeéd succession to the honour, power and wealth accompanying the title of Lord Ravenshoe, 8.15 "The Bold, Bad Buccaneers" in humour and harmony 8.28 "The Fourth Form at St. Percy’s" The long-suffering Dr. Pim has another spot of bother with his prize pupils, Greenbottle, Stanforth and Bothamley, 8.40 "Westward Ho!" Charles Kingsley’s famous story of adventure on the high seas, presented for radio by George Edwards and Company 8.53 Patricia Rossborough (piano), "Meddling With Mendelssohn" ..... arr. Scott-Wood 9. 0 Reserved 9.20 Weather report and station notices 9.25 "Thrills" A dramatic feature Still they come — thrilling stories from far and near; stories of courage, inspiration, music, poetry and romance. 9.38 "Khyber and Beyond " (episode 1): "The Storm Clouds Gather" A drama of the North-West Frontier. You will remember the excitement and the thrills in that popular _ serial "Khyber." Now at this time each week this equally thrilling sequel will be presented 10.6 Dance music 11. 0 CLOSE DOWN BVO AYNEDIN 1140 k.c, 263 m. 5. 0-6.0 p.m. Recordings 7. 0 After dinner music 8. 0 Classical programme, featuring at ' 8.17, "Pianoforte Concerto in @ Minor" (Mendelssohn); and. at 8.52, "The Flute of Sans Souci" (Graener) 10. O Merry and bright 10.30 Close down e¢ These programmes are correct as we go to press. Any last-minute alterations will be announced over the air. All programmes in this issue are copyright to The Listener, and may not be reprinted without permission.

DANCE FEATURES FOR THE WEEK 1YA: 2YA: 3YA: 4YA: TUESDAY, December 26, 10.10-11.10 p.m. Sammy Lee and His Americanadians, relayed from the Metropole Cabaret THURSDAY, December 28, 10-11 p.m. Jan Savitt and his Tophatters, with vocal interludes by the Merry Macs WEDNESDAY, December 27, 10.15-11.15 p.m. Manuel Raymond and his Famous Orchestra, relayed from the Centennial Exhibition FRIDAY, December 29, 10.0-11.0 p.m. "Rhythm on Record." All the week’s new releases, compéered by "Turntable" TUESDAY, December 26, 9.25-10.0 p.m. Old-time dance programme THURSDAY, December 28, 9.25-10.0p.m. "Night Club." A cabaret show, featuring Ozzie Nelson and his Orchestra FRIDAY, December 29, 10-11l.p.m. An hour of modern dance music by the bands of Jack Hylton, Lew Stone and Harry Roy, with vocal interludes by Bing Crosby

December 27

aly INVERCARGILL 680k.c. 441m. 7. 0-9.0 a.m. Breakfast session 11. 0 Recordings 42. 0-2.0p.m. Luncheon session 5. 0 5.30 5.45 6. 0 6.15 6.45 7. 0 7.30 8.0 8.15 8.42 8. 0 9.30 10. 0 Light music Children’s session: ‘Coral Cave; | Into the Cave" ) Tunes of the day "The Birth of the British Nation: Agricola" Reserved "One Good Deed a Day" After dinner music Station announcements Who’s who among the tenors "Soldier of Fortune" In holiday mood Reserved Soft lights and sweet music Close down San aE 7. Oa.m. Breakfast session 9. 0 10. 0 Morning programme Weather report 40.10-10.30 Devotional service 42, 0-2.0 p.m. Luncheon music 12.30 1.0 3. 0 3.30 Reserved Weather report Afternoon programme Classical music Reserved Weather report, variety programme Children’s session * Westward Ho!" Dinner music \ Reserved ‘Silas Marner Let’s all join in the party, with Tommy Handley and his Pals Here’s the latest (new release dance hits)

8.30 The Fourth Form at St. Percy’s 8.42 Musical all-sorts 9.0 Reserved 9.20 "Night Club": Presenting music by Henry King and his Orchestra 9.50 Meditation music 10. 0 Close down NAPIER 7. 0-9.0 a.m. Breakfast session 41. O Light music 12. 0-2.0 p.m, Lunch session 5. O Light music 5.45 For the children: ‘‘Mother Ganga," an account of strange things seen and heard on the banks of the Ganges 6. 0 "The Japanese Houseboy " 6.15 Light music 6.45 Weather report and forecast for Hawke's Bay 7. 0 After dinner music 8. 0 Light music 8.10 Recorded talk in the series, "The ath of Islands:" No. 4: ** Henry Williams Comes to Paihia’ Speaker: Douglas Cresswell 8.25 ‘Night Club:" A_ special programme presenting music by Ted Weems and his Orchestra 9. O Reserved 9.20 Symphonic and operatic excerpts: Leopold Stokowski and the Philadelphia Orchestra, "Symphony No. 9 in D Minor" (Beethoven) (second movement) 9.32 State Opera Chorus and Orchestra, "Benediction of the Poignards" (‘Les Huguenots ’’) 9.50 Paris Symphony Orchestra, "Finale, Dream of the Witches’ Sabbath" from "Fantastic Symphony" (Berlioz) 10. O Close down AVN ote Sn, 7. Op.m. "John Halifax, Gentleman" (19) 7.15 Light music 8. 0 Concert programme: "Did You Kknow?"’-lItems of interest about world-famous songs 9. 0 Band programme, with interludes by Peter Dawson (bass-baritone) 9.30 Eb and Zeb 9.40 Light music 10. O Close down 2 y 990 k.c. 303m. 7. Op.m. Cocktails 7.35 Here’s a Queer Thing 7.45 The Kingsmen 7.57 Musical digest 8.15 The Woman in White 8.28 Solo artists’ spotlight 8.45 Stars of the musical firmament 9.0 Out of the Silence 9.30 oe Club; " The Cabaret on Re10. 0 Close down 12 AUCKLAND 1250 k.c, 240m. 5. Op.m. Light orchestral and popular recordings 7. 0 ein and instrumental selections 7.45 "Search for a Playwright" 8.0 Dance music 10. 0 close down