TUESDAY NATIONAL

New Zealand Listener, Volume 2, Issue 31, 26 January 1940, Page 21

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JANUARY 30

lhy/ AUCKLAND | 650k ¢. 462 m. 7. Oam. BREAKFAST SESSION 9. 0 Close down 10. O Devotional Service, conducted by Rev. K. L. Warren 10.15 Selected recordings 11. O A housekeeper talks to women 11.10 Selected recordings 12. 0 Lunch music 2. Op.m. Selected recordings 2.30 Classical hour 3.15 Sports results 3.30 Light musical programme 4. 0 Special weather report for farmers 4.30 Sports resulls 5. O Children’s session, conducted by "Cinderella" and " Uncle Dave" 5.45 DINNER MUSIC: (Subject to interruption by re-broadcasts) "Monckton Melodies" (arr. Robinson); "Sweetheart" (Strauss); "Czardas"’ (Monti); "Volga Song’ (Lehar); "Haffner Serenade" (Mozart); ‘"Strassensanger Von Neapel"’ (Winkler); "On the Bay of Naples" (La Guardia); "We're Not Dressing’ (Revel); "La Tosca’ (Puccini); "Sweetheart Czardas" (Marie); ‘‘Slephanie Gavotte" (Czibulka); "Slavonic Dance’ hae "Autumn Melodies" (Waldteuel). : 6.55 Weather report 7. 0 NEWSSERVICE ISSUED BY THE PRIME MINISTER’S DEPT. BRITISH OFFICIAL WIRELESS NEWS 7.10 NEWS AND REPORTS 7.30 TALK by the Gardening Expert: "The Vegetable Garden "

8.30 8.39 8.52 8.55 9.25 11. 0 CONCERT PROGRAMME Recording: The Village Band, "Peasant Polka" .. Schutz "The Rich Uncle from Fiji" "Piccadilly on Parade": Entertainment by favourites of London’s variety stage "Eb-and Zeb" "Nigger Minstrels" Frances Langford (light vocal), "Stardust on the Moon" Rogers The Village Band, "The Rifle Club" .. Andre Reserved Weather report and station notices ; DANCE MUSIC CLOSE DOWN UY 2K ott itm 5. 0-6.0 p.m. Light music 7. 0 8. 0 8.12 8.20 9. 8 9.16 9.28 10. 0 10.30 After dinner music Symphonic programme: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, "Tannhauser’"’ Overture (Wagner) Alexandre Trianto (soprano), in songs by Hugo Wolf Yehudi Menuhin (violin), "Campanella" (Liszt), -"Song of the Bride" (Rimsky-Korsakov) Gerhard’ Wusch’ (baritone): Schubert songs Felix Weingartner (conducting the London Philharmonie Orchestra, "Symphony No. 5 in G Minor" (Beethoven) Viadimir Rosing (tenor) Alfred Cortot . (piano), "Fantaisie in F Minor" (Chopin) Nancy Evans (contralto), Max Gilbert (viola), Myers Foggin (piano), "Gestillte Schnsucht"’ (Brahms) Dresden Philharmonic « Orchestra, "Nutcracker Suite" (Tchaikovski) Variety Close down

Ni WELLINGTON 570 k.c. 526 m. 6.50 a.m. Weather report for aviators 7. 0 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 10.45 "Ships and Shoes and Sealing Wax" by Nelle Scanlan 11.30 Talk by a representative of St. John Ambulance 12. 0 Lunch music 1. Op.m. Weather report for aviators 2. 0 Classical hour 3. 0 Sports: resulls Selected recordings 3.28t03.30 Time signals Weather report for farmers 4..0- Sperts results 5. 0 Children’s session, conducted by Jill 5.45 DINNER SESSION: (Subject to interruption by re-broadcasts) "Operantics" (arr, Stodden); "Waltz of the Dolls’ (Bayer); "Manhattan Holiday" (Strauss: and ‘Dale); "Gitana de mis Amores" (Rietti); "Piszicato Polka’ (Strauss); "Berceuse de Jocelyn’ (Godard); "The. Rosary" (Nevin); "La Casta Susanna" (Gilbert); "Viennese Tears and Smiles" (Hruby); "Still as the Night" (Bohm); "Summer Rain" (Gibbons); "Old Oaken Bucket,’ "Little Brown Jug" (trad); "When a Gipsy Played" (Schmidseder); ‘"‘Medley of Southern Tunes" (Foster); "Siamese Guard. Mounting" (Lincke); "Mock Morris" (Grainger): "How Lovely are the Messengers’ (Mendelssohn). 6.55 Weather report 7. 0 OFFICIAL NEWS SERVICE, ISSUED BY THE PRIME MINISTER’S DEPT. BRITISH OFFICIAL WIRELESS NEWS © 7.10 NEWS AND REPORTS (approx.), 7.28to 7.30 Time signals Review of the Trots at Hutt Park to-morrow, ey ee McEwen 7.40 TALK, by our Motoring Expert 8. 0 CONCERT SESSION From the Exhibition Studio The NBS String Orchestra, Conductor: Maurice Clare Leader: Vincent Aspey "Scenes from the Scottish Highlands " , Granville Bantock Ist movement — Strathspey: The Braes O’ Tullymet 2nd movement.- Dirge: The Isle of Mull 3rd movement-Quickstep: Inverness Gathering 4th movement-Gaelic melody: Baloo Baloo 5th movement — Reel: The De’il Amang the Tailors

8.24 ~ 8.36 9. 0 9.20 9.37 9.44 9.50 9.57 10. 0 11. 0 Recording BBC Wireless Choir, conducted by Joseph Lewis, "Mystic Woods" .... Turner Julie Werry (soprano), "The Wind Speaks" Grant-Schaefer "My Heart the Bird of the Wilderness" ..... Mallinson "The Rose’ Enslaves’ the Nightingale " Rimsky-Korsakov "Love Went A’Riding " Bridge BBC Chorus, conducted by Leslie Woodgate, "Te Daffodils." | .-.4.% Quilter The NBS String Orchestra, "Shepherd’s Dance " Fetras " Romance in C, Op. 42" " Canzonetta," Op. 62A Sibelius "Divertimento in FE Flat Maen ooo ise eee Handel Reserved Weather report and station notices Classical programme: The Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Rafael Kubelik, : "From Bohemia’s Meadows and Forests" ..... Smetana Cecily Audibert (soprano), "There Among the Willows "3 " Serenade "; "The Vain Suit" .. Brahms Recording: Fritz Kreisler: (violin), "Ruralia Hungarica" Dohnanyi Presto Molto vivace Cecily Audibert (soprano), "Spring Night"; " Soldier’s Bride" . Schumann Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Vaclav Talich, "Slavonic Dance No, 13 in B Flat Minor" ....... Dvorak MUSIC, MIRTH AND MELODY CLOSE DOWN QVC MUNSON 5. 0-6.0 p.m. Light music 7. 0 8. 0 9. 0 10.30 After dinner music Civic reception to the Papal Legate, Archbishop Panico (Relayed from the Town Hall) Stars of the Air: An hour of popular variety, introducing recordings by your favourite radio artists. This programme features dance music by Horace Heidt and his Orchestra, with vocal interlude by the Mills Brothers (male quartet), Vera Lynn and Dick Todd As they come: Light recitals by Patricia Rossborough (pianiste) Clem Williams (baritone), an Ferdy Kauffman and his Orchestra Close down

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SV, CHRISTCHURCH 720 k.c. 416 m. 7. Oam. BREAKFAST SESSION 9. 0 Close down 10. 0 Selected recordings 10.30 Devotional Service 10.45 Selected recordings 11..0 A Housekeeper Talks to Women (No. 1) 4 12. 0 Lunch music 2. Op.m. 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 5.45 DINNER MUSIC: (Subject to interruption by re-broadcasts) "Women of Vienna" (Lehar); "White Horse inn Waltz" (Stolz); "London Again" (Coates); "Hungarian Rhapsody’ (Liszt); "Electric Girl’ (Helmburgh-Holmes); ‘Beneath the Curtain of the Night’ (Brito); "Once on the Rhine’ (Ostermann); "Day In-Day Out’ (Evans); "Parade of the Pirates’ (Bratton); "Czardas" (Kormann); "Romance in E Flat" (Rubinstein); "Dance of the Fairies’ (Rosenthal); ""Humoreske" (Dvorak); "The Merry Peasant’ (Fall); "Pop Goes the Weasel," "Irish Jig’ (arr. Hartley); ‘Kiss Me Again’ (Herbert); "Hungarian Dance’ (Brahms). : 6.55 Weather report 7.0 NEWS SERVICE ISSUED BY THE PRIME MINISTER’S DEPARTMENT. BRITISH OFFICIAL WIRELESS NEWS 7.10 NEWS AND REPORTS 7.35 TALK, by Miss Violet Roche (Sydney): "Some Personalities I Have Met" 8. 0 Recording: Symphony Orchestra, "Songs of the Fair" Martin At about nine years of age, Easthope Martin (born at kidderminster in 1883), having shown genuine musical ability, Was placed under the care of a local music teacher, who taught him to play the piano and violin. From the beginning he surprised his master by his remarkable memory. After hearing a piece that attracted him, he was able to return home and play it through with few, if any, mistakes. When he grew up he became organist at Aeolian Hall, and his " Songs of. the Fair" brought him instant fame. 8.10 "The Radio that Hitler Fears" 8.24 "Fireside Memories," by The Sundowners’ Quartet, with Arnold Colman at the Hammond Organ All programmes in this issue are copyright to The Listener, and may not be reprinted without permission. ~ These programmes are correct as we go to press. Any last-minute alterations be announced over the air.

8.38 "Silas Marner" An adaptation of George Eliot’s great classic of English Literature, presented by George Edwards and Company Silas Marner is a man who withdrew from the society of men, suffering in support of an ideal-a man who fought a desperate human struggle. A man whose fundamental honesty, despite his hermitlike life, played a big part in shaping the lives of his fellow men. 8.51 Recording: Herman Finck and his Orchestra, $3 ~~ Down the Ages" arr. Finck The late Herman Finck once told a good story of himself in the early days of the last war. He was driving down the Finchley Road on his way to rehearsal when his taxi was held up by some troops on the march, He was just beginning to get impatient when the words of the song they were singing were carried to him. It was his own recruiting song from "Passing Show." He forgot to be angry. 8. 0 Reserved 9.20 Weather report and station notices 9.25 James Duffy (Irish tenor), "The Hills of Donegal" Sanderson "My Dark Rosaleen" Needham "Dear Little Shamrock " Jackson "The Garden Where the Praties Grow" .-.... Liddle 9.37 Recordings: Carroll Gibbons (piano), and his Boy Friends, " Remember " (Carroll Gibbons looks back) 9.44 Cecil Johnson, broadcasting: (a) "Geod Health" (b) "A Running Commentary on a Film Premiere" 9.51 Joe Green (xylophone), and Milt Herth (organ), "Lady of Spain" . Damerell 9.54 Billy Cotton and his Band, with vocal, "The Gay Impostor " Selecs! tion 10.0 EVERYBODY DANCE: A programme of dance music in correct tempo, featuring the bands of Victor Silvester, Josephine Bradley and Maxwell Stewart, with vocal interludes by Kate Smith 11. 0 CLOSE DOWN OY CHRISTCHURCH 1200 k.c. 250m. 5. 0-6.0 p.m. Selected recordings 7.0 After dinner music 8.0 Chamber music, featuring at 8.20, "Septet in E Fiat Major, Op. 20" (Beethoven) 9. 0 Sonata hour, featuring at 9.33, "Sonata in A Major, Op, 13" (Faure), played by Alfred Conroy and Jacques Thibaud Merry moments Close down 10. S So

hb k.c. on m, 6.50 a.m. Weather report ‘for aviators 7. 0 BREAKFAST SESSION 8. 0 Close down 10. O Weather report for aviators Selected recordings 10.15 Devotional Service 10.50 Housekeeper Talks to Women (No. 3) 12. O Lunch music 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: " Aunt Anita" with "Mr. Swim Man" 5.45 DINNER MUSIC: (Subject to interruption by xe-broadcasts) "Champagne Gallop" (Lumbye); ‘‘Steltula,’ ‘Ciocarlia"’ (Rumanian folk song and dance); "I Love You" (Grieg); "‘Andante Religioso’" (Thome); "The Big Broadcast of 1936" Selection; "Torna Piccina!"’ (Bixio); "Ever or Never’ (Waldteufel); "Naughty Nanette" (Grothe and Delmel); "Romance de Amor’ (Gomez); "Countess Maritza’ (Kalman); "Gilbert and Sullivan Selections’; ‘‘Homage to Armstrong’ (Jerome, Schwartz); ‘Erotik’ (Grieg); ‘Let's . Sail to Dreamland" (Kogen); "Hora Calului’ (trad,); "Bells Across. the Meadow’ (Ketelbey); "Land of Love’ (Melichar and Heyne); "Fair at Sorotchinsk" (Moussorgsky). 6.55 Weather report 7.0 NEWS SERVICE ISSUED BY THE PRIME MINISTER’S DEPARTMENT. BRITISH OFFICIAL WIRELESS NEWS 7.10 NEWS AND REPORTS (approx.) 8. 0 Concert by the Kaikorai Band (Conducted by A. W. E. Webb), with popular interludes), The Band, "Black Night" March Rimmer "The Elephants’ Parade" De Basque 8.9 Julius Patzak (tenor), and Maria Riener (soprano), "Melodies of Immortal] Vienna" .....25+,.. Strecker 8.15 The Band, "Bells o’ London Town" Intermezzo ,..... Anderson "The Swan " Ballet Tchaikovski Dance of the Swans Hungarian Dance Originally written as a ballet, ‘" The Swan Lake" was not at first a success, although the fresh and melodious music

cannot be blamed for that. Tchaikovski altered it considerably afterward, and in its present form as an orchestral suite it shows him at his best. The Swan in the ballet is a fair maid who has been enchanted by a wicked magician. This music is the earliest of all Tchaikovski’s ballets, 8.23 "Eb and Zeb" 8.32 The Band, "One Day When We Were EY Maree re sees Strauss " Boomps-a-Daisy " .... Mills "Time and Time Again" Strauss (Cornet solo by A. Campbell) 8.42 Sowande and his Music, "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes" Kern "Oh, Lady Be Good" Gershwin 8.48 The Band, "The Mill in the Dale" ? Cope OT ey rE ee cee Parker "Crown and Commonwealth " Wreneee..i 3S Cot .... Adams Handel Parker, composer of ‘Deep Harmony,’ was born in Haworth, Yorkshire, the home of the Brontes, and he went through the county of broad acres for the names of some of his fine hymn tunes. ‘Ilkley’ is a case in point. Situated on the edge of the moors, Ilkley is a thriving and pretty inland watering place. lt gives its name to the humorous Yorkshire song, ‘On Ilkla Moor Baht ‘At’ (On Ilkley Moor Without a Hat). 9. 0 Reserved 9.20 Weather report and station notices 9.25 "Those We Love" A story of people like us, the Marshalls 9.51. "Singapore Spy": A drama of the world’s greatest fortress, produced by James Raglan and Company 10.17 MUSIC, MIRTH AND MELODY 11. 0 CLOSE DOWN ay DUNEDIN 1140 k.c. 263m, 5. 0-6.0 p.m, Recordings 7. 0 After dinner music 8.0 Sonata hour, featuring at 8.31, Beethoven's "Sonata in D Major, Op. 10, No. 3," played by Artur Schnabel 9. 0 Chamber music, featuring at 9.26, Brahms’ "Trio In C Major, Op, 87, " Diayed by Myra Hess (piano), Yelly D’Aranyi (violin), and Gasper Cassado (’cello) 10.0 In order of appearance: Billy Mayerl (piano), Pickens Sisters (female trio), Fred Hartley’s Noyelty Quartet 10.80 Close down

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Ke Y Zz 680k.c. 441m. 7. 0-9.15 a.m. (approx.) Breakfast session 41. O Recordings 12. 0-2.0 p.m. Luncheon session 5. 0 Light music 5.30 Children’s session: "David and Dawn in Fairyland" 5.45 Dance music 6. 0 "The Mystery of a Hansom Cab" Reserved "Hlomestead on the Rise’ Re-broadcast of Official News (approx.) After dinner music Station announcements Grand opera Jim Davidson and the ABC Dance Orchestra Reserved "Ports of Call: A Visit to Arabia"’ Close down Sun SReMONT 7. Oa.m. Breakfast session 9. 0 Morning programme 410. 0-40.10 Weather report 12. 0-2.0 p.m. Luncheon music 12.30 Reserved 4. 0 Weather report 3.0 Afternoon programme 3.30 Classical music 4.0 Reserved 4.30 Weather report COD BONNNOD wo eo eo az eoo coocoorag = 5. 0 Children’s session 5.30 Dinner Dance 5.45 ‘Westward Ho!" 6. O Dinner music 6.15 Reserved 6.40 After dinner revue 7. 0 News service issued by the Prime : Minister’s Department 7.20 Venus in Silk 7.30 The Life of Emile Zola 7.54 Saxophone solos by Paul Romby

8. 0 Grand opera 8.30 Search for a Playwright 8.43 Ambrose and his Orchestra 8.46 Al Bollington (organ) 9. 0 Reserved 9.20 Symphony Orchestra, playing "Rosamunde" (Schubert) 9.32 Let’s dance to music by Jimmy Davidson and his ABC Dance Orchestra, and Harry Roy and his Orchestra, with interludes’ by Bing Crosby 10. O Close down 760 k.c. 395 m. 2 NAPIER 7. 0-9.0 a.m. Breakfast session 11. O Light music 12. 0-2.0 p.m. Lunch session 6. O Light musical programme: "Bands and Ballads" 5.30 "David and Dawn and the SeaFairies" 6. 0 "The Buccaneers" 6.16 Light music 6.45 Weather report and forecast for Hawke’s Bay "David Copperfield" 7. O Re-broadcast of Government News 7.165 approx.) After dinner music 8. 0 "Coronets of England’: The Story of Charles II., the Merry Monarch 8.30 Miscellaneous music 9. 0 Reserved 9.20 Light music 9.30 "The Crimson Trail" 9.43 Dance music 10. 0 Close down Cay 920 k.c. 327m. 7. Op.m. Light music 7.45 "Drama in Cameo: The Cottage in the Highlands" 8. 0 Concert programme: Musical comedy 8.30 Orchestral music, with vocal interludes.‘‘Reminiscences of Grieg,’’ Berlin State Opera Orchestra 9.15 "Lorna Doone" 9.30 Dance music by Hal Kemp and his Orchestra : 10. 0 Close down 2 Y 990 k.c, 303m. 7. Op.m. Ragtime Marches On! 7.35 The Crimson Trail 7.46 Musical melange 8.18 The Masked Masqueraders 8.45 The Fourth Form at St. Percy’s 9. 0 Dancing time 9.20 Ports of call: "Chile" 9.50 Fanfare: Brass and Military Bands on parade 10. 0 Close down |Z AUCKLAND 1250 k.c. 240m. 5. Op.m. Light orchestral and popular items 7. 0 Orchestral numbers 7.45 "Birth of the British Nation: Augustine" 8. 0 Concert hour "9. 0 Youth and Beauty: Lou Taylor 9.30 Miscellaneous selections 40. 0 Close down