WEDNESDAY NATIONAL

New Zealand Listener, Volume 2, Issue 31, 26 January 1940, Page 25

WEDNESDAY

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JANUARY 31

Wie AUCKLAND) | 650 k.c. 462 m. | | 7. Oam. BREAKFAST SESSION 9. 0 Close down 10. O Devotional Service, conducted | by Rev. J. John 10.15 Selected recordings 11. O Talk to women by "Margaret" 11.10 Selected recordings 12. 0 Lunch music 2. Op.m. Selected recordings 2.30 Classical hour 3.15 Sports results | : ) 3.30 musical programme | : 4.0 Special weather report for, farmers 4.30 Sports results 5. 0 Children’s session, conducted by " Cinderella" and " Peter" 6.45 DINNER MUSIC: (Subject to interruption by re-broadcasts ) "Morning. Noon and Night. in Vienna" | (Suppe); "The Dancing Clock’ (Ewing); "Wallz Medley’; "Waltz Dream" (Straus); "La Serenata’ (Braga); "Song of Paradise’ | (King); "Rigoletto" (Verdi); "Blue Eyes’ (Mackeben); "Love Dance’ (Hoschna); "March of the Toys’ (Herbert); "Hun--garian Medley’ (arr. Prent); "Cancion Triste" (Catlejo); "Twinkling Lights" (Zeller); "Favourite Waltzes’; "Under the Leaves" (Thome); "Cocktai." 6.55 Weather report | 7. 0 NEWS SERVICE ISSUED BY | THE PRIME MINISTER’S DEPT. BRITISH OFFICIAL WIRELESSNEWS 710 NEWS AND REPORTS 7.30 Book review | 8. 0 CONCERT PROGRAMME Recording: Yehudi Menuhin and Herbert Giesen (violin and piano), "Sonata in D Major, Op. 12, Ie x es ewe bs Beethoven 8.24 John Ford (baritone) in a group of songs by Handel, arranged by Arthur Somervell "Come to Me, Soothing Sleep" "Silent Worship " "The Moon" "Oh What Pleasure" 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 will be announced over the air.

9.20 9.25 Recordings: The Boyd Neel String Orchestra, "Serenata Notturno" Mozart Ninon Vallin (soprano), "La Delaissee " Reynoldo Hahn "Lyde" .... Reynaldo Hahn Reserved Weather report and station notices "Those We Love": A story of people like us, the Marshalls

The twins Cathie and Kit, Miss Mayfield and Mr. Marshall, Dr. Foster and little Amy could make places for themselves in any family. 9.50 Geraldo and his Romance in Rhythm Orchestra, " Showboat " Selection. .Kern 10.0 MUSIC, MIRTH AND MELODY 11. 0 CLOSE DOWN IND AUCKLAND 880k.c. 341m, . 0-6.0 p.m. Light music 5. 7. 0 After dinner music 8 . O Bands and Ballads. with at. 8.30, "‘Here’s a Queer Thing " 9. 0 Comedy corner 9.34 "Personal Column" 9.48 Lang-Worth Dance Orchestra: "Chansons Tristes" (Tchaikovski), "AR Picture of You, Just You," "Old Black Joe" (Foster), "The Merry Widow" (Lehar) 10. O Light recitals 10.30 Close down

AY | WELLINGTON 570 k.c. 526 m. 6.50 a.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" 12. O Lunch music

12.30 p.m. Running description of. the events of the first day of the Wellington Trotting) Club’s Summer Meeting (Note: If the last race should | begin after 5 p.m., it will be broadcast by 2YC) 1. 0 Weather report for aviators 2. 0 Classical hour 3. 0. Sports results Selected recordings 3.28t03.30 Time signals Weather report for farmers 4. 0 Sports results 5. O Children’s session, conducted by Aunt Molly, relayed from the Exhibition Studio 5.45 DINNER MUSIC: (Subject to interruption’ by re-broadcasts) "Marriage of Figaro Overture" (Mozart); "Luna Waltz" (Lincke); "Evening Chimes" (Heins); "Selection of Favourite Melodies’; "Granada" (Vidal); "ssth Century Dance" (Haydn); "‘Halloh! Hier Walter Bromme!" (Ralph); "Kleiner Much" (A Little Souns) (A. Brau); "Children of Spring’ Waltz (Waldteufel); "Minuet" (Boccherini);: "Silver Threads Among the Gola’; "Torehlight Dance No, {" (Meyerbeer); "Aquarium Suite’ (Mayerl); "Illusions" (Gade); "Czardas" (Grossman).

6.55 7. 0 Weather report 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 8.29 8.43 8.54 9. 0 9.15 9.20 9.35 TALK, by the Gardening Exe pert, "For the Home Gardener " CONCERT SESSION The 2YA Concert Orchestra, Conductor: Leon de Mauny Overture "Semiramis " Rossini From the Exhibition Studio Round the Piano: Songs and choruses of the Early Days, presented by "The Old-time Concert Party " The Orchestra, Suite "A Dream of Egypt" Woodforde-Finden Introduction Beside the Lonely Nile Within the Sphinx’s Solemn Shade Pomegranate Is Your Mouth I Wakened When the Morn From the Exhibition Studio Frank Bermingham (baritone) "Glorious Devon" .. German "Kashmiri Song" Woodforde-Finden "I’m a Roamer" Mendelssohn The Orchestra, March: " Le Pere la Victoire" Ganne Reserved Weather report and station notices "The Radio That Hitler Fears" The dramatised story of the German People’s Freedom Front "Exploits of the Black Moth" Episode 10: " Abdication of a Multiple King" "The Moonstone " The 29th episode of Wilkie Collins’s dramatic thriller, presented for radio by George Edwards and Company Dance music by Manuel Ray_mond’s Dance Orchestra, relayed from the Cabaret at the Centennial Exhibition CLOSE DOWN [DV WELLINGTON 7.0 8.40 10. 0 10.30 . O-6.0 p.m. Light music After dinner music Classics for the connoisseur: A recital programme, featuring Margaret Sheridan (soprano), Mischa Levitzki (pianist), and Marian Anderson (contralto) Concerto programme, featuring at 8.49, "Triple Concerto in C Major, Op. 56" (Beethoven) Merry and bright Close down

DANCE FEATURES FOR THE WEEK 1YA: 2YA: 3YA: 4YA: ZB: --------- THURSDAY, February 1, 10.8-11.8 p.m. An hour of modern dance music, featuring the bands of Henry Busse, Van Alexander and Hal Kemp, with vocal interludes by Bing Crosby. SATURDAY, February 3, 9.25-11.30 p.m. Old-Time dance music by the Pirate Shippe Band, relayed from the Pirate Shippe, Milford. MONDAY, January 29, 10.4-11.4 p.m. Gray Gordon and his Orchestra, with vocal interludes by Hildegarde. WEDNESDAY, January 31, 10.14-11.14 p.m. Manuel Raymond and his Orchestra, relayed from the cabaret at the Centennial Exhibition. FRIDAY, February 2, 10.15-11.15 p.m. " Rhythm on Record." The week’s new releases compéred by " Turntable." ' TUESDAY, January 30, 10-11 p.m. "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. WEDNESDAY, January 31, 10.3-11.3 p.m. Oscar Rabin and his Romany Band, with vocal interludes by Pinky Tomlin. FRIDAY, February 2, 10-11 p.m. Savoy Dance Band, relayed from the Savoy Restaurant. Special dance programmes are broadcast by all ZB Stations on Saturday nights.

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SV CHRISTCHURCH 720 k.c. 416m. 7. OQam. BREAKFAST SESSION 9.0 Close down 10. 0 Selected recordings 10.30 Devotional Service 10.45 Selected recordings ) 11. O Talk to women by "Margaret" 11.10 Women’s session 11.30 Selected recordings 12. 0 Lunch music 2. Op.m. Selected recordings 8.0 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) "Wenn die Kleinen Veilchen Bluhen" (Stolz); ‘Fantasie Orientale’’ (Lange); "Long Ago’ (Kudritzki); "‘Under the Starlit Sky’ (Roland); "Tango of Longing" (Plessow); "Love in Idleness’’ (Macbeth); "Prunella" (Bridgewater); "‘The Bartered Bride’ (Smetana); "‘Liebesleid’" (Kreisler); "Nothing But Lies’ (Jary-Balz); ‘‘Poppies"’ (Moret); "Echoes from the Puszta’ (Ferraris); "Kunz Revivals No. 5’; ‘""Wind at Night" (Gardens); "Delibes in’ Vienna’ (arr. Walter). 6.55 Weather report 7.0 NEWS SERVICE ISSUED BY THE PRIME MINISTER’S DEPARTMENT. BRITISH OFFICIAL WIRELESS NEWS 7.10 NEWS AND REPORTS 7.20 Addington: Stock Market Reports 7.35 TALK by George Bagley: | " Understanding Europe: The Baltic and its Peoples" (No. 2) This is the second talk in a group of talks about the Baltic States, which is part of a programme planned by the NBS to give listeners a.background to events in Europe. 8. 0 Readings by O. L. Simmance: "Pickwick Papers" by Charles Dickens, " Candide" by Voltaire 8.22 Recordings: Yehudi Menuhin (violin), and London Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Sir Landon Ronald, Concerto No. 1 in G Minor, oie. SS ae «++ Bruch Allegro moderato Adagio Finale-allegro energico 8.46 Ninon Vallin (soprano), . "L’Automne " Faure, Sylvestra "Clair de Lune" Faure, Verlaine 8.52 London Symphony Orchestra, Triumphal March from " CarSUE os bbe dip ce Elgar In his Cantata, ‘" Caractacus,"? Elgar made a bolder flight than any~ he had hitherto attempted. On page after page of

the score" we have a -foretaste of the deeper thinker and more expert craftsman. of the ‘" Variations’’ and. ‘* Gerontius."’ The libretto is: by H. A., Acworth, one of the collaborators in Elgar’s earlier cantata, ‘‘ King Olaf." In the. sixth scene, in Rome, there is introduced into ** Garactacus "' a grand triumphal march as the captive British king is Jed in chains through the city. 9.-0° Reserved 9.20. Weather report and station notices 9.25 Recordings: The Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Victor de Sabata, Symphony No. 4 in E Minor, Op... 98 i Ueii-cus.. Brahms Allegro ma non troppo Andante moderato Allegro giocoso Allegro energico e passionato 10.0 MUSIC, MIRTH AND MELODY 11. 0. CLOSE DOWN OV CHRISTCHURCH 1200 k.c. 250m. | 5. 0- 6:0 pin: Selected recordings 7..0 After dinner music 8.0 "Leaves from the Diary of a Film Fan" 8.30 The Fol-de-Rols 9.0 Dance time : 10. O Light recitals, presented by Marta eEggarth (soprano), Bernhard Levitow’s Salon Orchestra, Heddle Nash (tenor) 10.30 Close down

ANY) DUNEDIN | 790 k.c. 380 m. j 6.50 a.m. Weather report for aviators 7. 0 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" 12. 0 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. 0 Children’s session, conducted by "Big Brother Bill" and the " Travel Man" 5.45 DINNER MUSIC: (Subject to interruption by re-broadcasts) "Love Songs with Sandler’; ‘Love's Dream After the Ball’ (Czibulka); "Still Night, Holy Night" (Gruber); "‘Vienna Citizens’ (Ziehrer); "Broadway Hostess"

Doodle" "Suse film _ selection; (lrad.); "Polly, "‘Lagarteranas" Wolly, (Guerrero); shols" (Brau); "Old Vienna’ (Godowsky); ‘Acceleration Waliz’’ (Strauss); 100,000 Glocken Lauten’ (Mesiel); "O Du Frohliche’’; "Ballet Music’: "Carmen" (Bizet); "In My Bouquet of Memories" (Akst); "Vagabond King" (Friml). 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.) 7.30 Book Talk 8. 0 "Ravenshoe": A _ dramatic version of Henry Kingsley’s great story, presented for radio by George Edwards and Company 8.15 "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. 8.27 ‘" Westward Ho!" Charles Kingsley’s famous story of adventure on the high seas, presented for radio by George Edwards and Company 8.40 Variety entertainment by Fred Hartley’s Quintet, the Seven Singing Sisters and Patricia Rossborough (pianiste) Reserved Weather report and _ station notices "Thrills ": ture Still they far and near; 9.25 A dramatic fea-come-thrilling stories from stories of courage, inspiration, music, poetry and romance. Each is a thrill in the’ telling. 9.38 "Khyber and Beyond": "Desert Love": A drama of the North-West Frontier 10. 3 Oscar Rabin and his Romany Band, with vocal interludes by Pinky Tomlin 11. 3 CLOSE DOWN 4) y 1140k.c. 263 m, 5. 0-6.0 p.m. Recordings 7. 0 After dinner music 8.0 Symph ert featuring at 8.16, Arthur Rubinstein and the London Symphony Orchestra (conducted by John Barbirolli), playing "Concerto No. 1 in E Minor, Op. 11" (Chopin) 8. 0 Gems from Grand Opera 10. 0 Merry and bright ~ 10.30 Close down 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 will be announced over the air.

January 31

GU INVERCARGILL 680 k.c. 441 m. 7. tape (approx.) Breakfast session 11. 0 Recordings 12. 0-2.0p.m. Luncheon session 5. O Light music 5.30 Children’s session: "Coral Cave’ 5.45 Tunes of the Day 6. 0 ‘The Birth of the British Nation: Sexburga" 6.15 Reserved ° 6.45 "One Good Deed a Day"

7. Q0 Re-broadcast of Official News 7.10 (approx.) After dinner music 7.30 Station announcements 8. 0 Gardening talk 8.15 "Soldier of Fortune" 8.4 Listen to the band 2 9. 0 Reserved 9.30 Review of recent recordings, by "is Frank Beadle Close down aS Y/AR) GREYMOUTH 940k.c. 319m, 7. Oa.m. Breakfast session 8.0 Morning programme 410, O Weather report 10.10-10.30 Devotional service 12. 0-2.0 p.m. Luncheon music 12.30 Reserved %. 4 Weather report 8.0 Afternoon programme 3.30 Classical music A, 0 Reserved 4.30 Weather report 5. 0 Children’s. session 5.30 Let’s dance 5.45 "Westward Ho!" 6. 0 Dinner music 6.15 Reserved 6.40 After dinner music 7. 0 News service issued by the Prime Minister’s Department 7.20 The American Legion Band of Hollywood 7.30 Silas Marner 7.42 Time to taugh 8..0 The latest and the brightest 8.30 Search for a Playwright 8,54 Ivor Moreton and Dave Kaye 9.0 Reserved 9.20 Musical allsorts 9.45 Meditation music 0. 0 Close down QV inl oe? SR. fs eg res Breakfast session 41. 0 Light music 12. 0-2.0 p.m. Lunch session 5. 0 Light music

Uncle Charlie and Aunt Nin "The Japanese Houseboy" Light music Weather report and forecast for Hawke’s Bay Stortford Lodge Market Report Re-broadcast of Government News (approx. ) After dinner music Light musical selections Recorded talk in the series "The Bay of Islands": No. 9, "Hobson and Waitangi." Speaker: Douglas Cresswell Dance session Reserved Operatic and symphonic excerpts:

1 9.31 9.48 0.0 Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, "Symphony in D Major," "The Prague Symphony" (Mozart), First movement Tiana Lemnitz (soprano), "Hail, Hall of Song" (Tannhauser’’) "Elisabeth’s Prayer" (Wagner) Philadelphia Symphony Orchestra, "Symphony No. 1 in C. Minor" (Brahms), First movement Close down AVN skein, 1 7. Op.m. "John Halifax, Gentlemen" 7.15 8, 0 9. 0 9.30 9.40 0. 0 Light music Concert programme: Variety and vaudeville Band music "Eb and Zeb" Light music Close down ay WELLINGTON 990 k.c. 303m. _ CLOMMONNNN efoatelade Cocktails S aaie’s a Queer Thing The Kingsmen Musical Digest The Woman in White Solo artists’ spotlight Stars of the Musical Firmament "Out of the Silence" Night Club Close down 121) AUCKLAND 1250k.c, 240m. 5. Op.m. Light orchestral and popular 7.0 7.45 8. 0 9. 0 selections Orchestral items "Search for a Playwright" Peep into Filmland with "Billie" Swing music, Hawaiian and popular melodies 10. 0 Close down