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New Zealand Listener, Volume 2, Issue 49, 31 May 1940, Page 35

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JUNE 7

V/, AUCKLAND | l 650 k.c. 462 m. 6. Oa.m. Station on the air for Daventry news 7. 0 Daventry news 7.10 BREAKFAST SESSION 7.30 District weather report 8.20 Daventry news 9. QO Selected recordings 9.15 Daventry news 10. O Devotional Service, conducted by Adj. W,. Thompson 10.15 Selected. recordings 11. 0 "Shoes and Ships and SealingWax," by Nelle Scanlan 11.10 Selected recordings 12. O Lunch music 12.30 p.m. Daventry news 1.15 Daventry news 2. 0 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 results 5. O Children’s session, conducted by "Cinderella" and " Aunt Jean," with the special feature: " David and Dawn in Fairyland" 5.45 Daventry news, followed by DINNER MUSIC: "Die Dubarry’" (Millocker- ~Mackeben); "The Lost Chord" (Sullivan); "Liebelieder" (Strauss); "Gipsy Polka" (Zander); ‘Melody Masters, No. 2" (Kern); ‘Serenade in Blue"’ (Plessow); * ‘Coppelia Ballet"’ (Delibes); ‘Samson and Delilah’? (SaintSaens); "Chase the Ace’ (Engleman); "Kentucky Melodies’’ (Richartz); pagner Waltzer’" (V. Blon); ‘Cavalleria Rusticana"’ (Mascagni); "Muncher Kindl" (Komzak); "Petite Valse’ (Herbert). 6.55 Dominion and district weather reports

7. © NEWS SERVICE ISSUED BY THE PRIME MINISTER’S DEPT. BRITISH OFFICIAL WIRELESS NEWS 7.10 NEWS AND REPORTS 7.30 SPORTS TALK by Gordon Hutter 8.0 THE AUCKLAND CENTENNIAL MUSIC CELEBRATIONS A full theatrical ec capiongy: tug of "FAUST," an opera in five acts, composed by Gounod Cast: Marguerite: Isobel Baillie (soprano) Siebel: Gladys Ripley (contralto) Faust: Heddle Nash (tenor) Mephistopheles: Raymond Beatty (bass-baritone) Valentine: Frank Bermingham (baritone) Martha: Ruth Mann (contralto) Wagner: Martin Liddle (baritone) Musical Director: Andersen Tyrer Producer: Harison Cook Centennial Festival Symphony Orchestra (Relayed from His Majesty’s Theatre) 11. 0 Daventry news (During the war, the station will be on the air until 12 midnight) I Y 880k.c. 341m. ery p.m. Light music After dinner music "Easy Chair" Comedians’ Corner "Tit-bits of To-day: Hits of Yesterday" Operetta and musical comedy gems Light recitals Close down 5. 7. 8. 8. 9. 9 0. 0. pea 1 1

DAY | WELLINGTON 570 k.c. 526m. 6. Qa.m. Station on the air hon Daventry news | 6.50 Weather report for aviators 7. O Daventry news 7.10 BREAKFAST SESSION 7.30 District weather report 8.20 Daventry news 9. 0 Recordings 9.15 Daventry news 9.25 Recordings 10. O Weather report for aviators 10.10 Devotional Service 10.25 Recordings 10.28 to 10.30 Time signals 10.45 "Shoes and Ships and Sealing Wax," by Nelle Scanlan 11. O Recordings 12. O Lunch music 12.30 p.m. Daventry news 1. 0 Weather report for aviators 1.15 Daventry news 2. O Classical hour 3.0 A.C.E. TALK: "More About Vitamin ‘B’" 3.15 Sports results Selected recordings 3.28 103.30 Time signals Weather report for farmers and frost forecast for Canterbury and Otago 4. 0 Sports resulls 5. O Children’s session, conducted by "Andy Man" 5.45 Daventry news, followed by DINNER MUSIC: "Orpheus in Hades" (Offenbach) ; "In Gipsy Land’ (arr. Michaeloff); Bt rn Showers" (Waldteufel) ; ‘The Lilt a har’ Medley; ‘The Grand Duchess" bach); "Dance the Moonlight Waltz With Me". (Grundland); "‘Radetzky March" (J, Strauss); "Eili, Bilt’ (trad.); "La Boheme" (Puccini); "Glorious Light" (Boulanger); "Serenade" (Moszkowski); "Carmen. Sylvia’ (Ivanovict); "Indian Mail’ (Lamothe); "Viva El Torero" (Mackeben); "I'm In Love All Over Again’ (McHugh-Fields); ‘Wedding Dance Waltz’ (Lincke); "Entrance of the. Little Fauns’’ (Pierne), 6.55 Dominion and district weather reports 7,0 OFFICIAL NEWS SERVICE ISSUED BY THE PRIME MINIS-. TER’S DEPARTMENT. BRITISH OFFICIAL WIRELESS NEWS 7.10 NEWS AND REPORTS (approx.) 7.28 to 7.30 Time signals "Who’s Who and. What’s What?": A ramble in the news by "Coranto" 7.40 Recorded talk by A. P, Harper, "The Growth of Stonptatneering: The Sport in New Zealand" 8. 0 CONCERT PROGRAMME "Every Friday Night at Eight": A musical absurdity featuring The Rhythm Makers

8.32 8.38 8.42 8.48 8.54 9.15 9.24 9.33 9.41 9.49 Recordings: Arthur Young phan the novachord, with Fela Sowande at the Lafleur Theatre Organ, "Moon Love" Davis-Kostelanetz "In an 18th Century Drawing A Sea eka cebu: ee Janet Lind and Webster Booth, with orchestra and chorus, "London Theatre Successes, 1936" The Belgrave Salon Orchestra, "Reminiscences of Sorrento" de Curtis "Maria Mari" di Capua Paul Robeson (bass), "Down de Lovers’ Lane" Cook "It Ain’t Necessarily So" Gershwin Lew Stone and his Band, "Songs Tommies Sing" (No. 2) | Programme by the Port Nicholson Silver Band (Deputy Conductor: R. Fenton), "Dawn of Freedom" March Rimmer. "Serenade" Entr’acte . Drigo Mrs. Hamilton Mercer (contralto), "Plaisir D’Amour" ., Martini (The Joys of Love) "Obstination" ,,.. Fontenailles "The Star" ..++...-.+ Rogers The Band: "The Balkan Princess" Selee- | Set Pees «+» arr. Douglas Recording: Dennis Noble (baritone), with orchestra and chorus, "Famous Ballads by Frederick Weatherly" The Band: "Stories of Vienna" Valse Strauss "Contrabandist" March Ord Hume RHYTHM ON RECORD: A programme of new dance recordings, compéred by "Turntable" Pe. Daventry news (During the war, the station will remain on the air until 12 midnight) 2V WELLINGTON 840k.c. 357m, | Op.m. Light music After dinner music ‘Hollywood Parade" Sonata hour, featuring at 9.0 0» * Sonata in A Major, Op. 30, No. 4’ (Beethoven), played by Jeno Lener (violin) and Louis Kentner (piano) 5 and at 9.44, "Sonata in D (Mozart), played by John Hunt (piano) Light and bright Close down

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SV, CHRISTCHURCH 720 k.c. 416m. 6. Oa.m. Station on the air for Daventry news 7. 0 Daventry news 7.10 BREAKFAST SESSION 8.20 Daventry news 9. 0 Selected recordings 9.15 Daventry news 9.30 Selected recordings 10.30 Devotional Service 10.45 Selected recordings 11. 0 "Shoes and Ships and SealingWax," by Nelle Scanlan 11.10 Selected recordings 11.15 Talk by Miss M. A. Blackmore: "Help for the Home Cook" 11.30 Selected recordings 12. O I.unch music 12.30 p.m. Daventry news 1.15 Daventry news 2. 0 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 Daventry news, followed by DINNER MUSIC: "Wien Bleibt Wien-Marsch" (Schrammel); ‘Hora Taganiasca" (trad); "The Last Letter’ (Reggov); "Serenade out of the Night’ (Spoliansky); ‘Moon at Sea" (Pease-Rose-Stock); "A Little Smile and a Little Tear’ (Lang); ‘"‘Mon Amour" (Bar-ezi-Bertram); ‘‘Gipsy Dream’ (SandorHorvath); "Barcarolle’’ (Tchaikovski); ‘‘O/fenbach); "Only One’’ (Lang); "Londonderry Air’ (arr. Kreisler); "Destiny" (Baynes); ‘Traumerei’" (Schumann); "‘I Hadn't Anyone Till You’ (Noble); "Later On" (Grimshaw); "If I Were King" (Von Suppe); "‘Clavelités’" (Valverde). 6.55 Dominion and district weather reports 7.0 NEWS SERVICE ISSUED BY THE PRIME MINISTER’S DE- PARTMENT. BRITISH OFFICIAL WIRELESS NEWS 710 NEWS AND REPORTS 8. 0 "Words and Music by Gilbert and ‘Sullivan, Monarchs of Light Opera" 9. 0 Daventry news 9.10 Dominion and district weather reports, and station notices 9.15 Recording: London Symphony Orchestra, "The Immortals" Concert Overture ............ King 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, @8na imay not be reprinted without permission.

9.23 9.34 9.47 10. 0 11. 0 Marie Campbell (contralto), " Homing" ....... del Riego "My Prayer" ...... Squire "Little Boy Blue" D’Hardelot "Sink Red Sun". ..del Riego Light Symphony Orchestra, "The Three Men" Suite Coates Lance Fairfax (baritone), "The Songs that Live for Se as daewes Longstaffe "When Moonbeams _ Softly Pal t. 53 ying see. Seitz "The Strong Go On" Thayer New Light Symphony Orchestra, "March of the Toys" Herbert MUSIC, MIRTH AND MELODY Daventry news (During the war, the station will remain on the air until 12 midnight) NVA CHRISTCHURCH 1200 k.c. 250m. 9.90 9009 gonagt ~S oo Op.m. Selected recordings After dinner music Greyburn of the Salween: "Leila Dane" "Artist’s Life," a waltz Two Pastorales by Lane Wilson Organ interlude The Naughty ’Nineties, brought to you by the Old Timers Mildred. Dilling . (harpist) The Archbishop’s speech. from "Murder in the Cathedral" Waltz from Arensky’s. ‘First Suite" on two -pianos Dance time, featuring at 9.30, "The Crimson Trail" Light. music Close down

DUNEDIN | a Y 790 k.c. 380 m. 6. Oa.m. Station on the air for Daventry news 6.50 Weather report for aviators 7. 0 Daventry news 7.10 BREAKFAST SESSION 8.20 Daventry news 9. 0 Selected recordings 9.15 Daventry news 9.30 Selected recordings 10. O. Weather report for aviators Selected recordings 10.15 Devotional Service 10.50 "Shoes and Ships and SealingWax," by Nelle Scanlan 12. O Lunch music 12.30 p.m. Daventry news Community sing. (Relay from the Strand Theatre) 1. 0 Weather report for aviators 1.15 Daventry news | Community singing 1.30 Weather report Lunch music 2. 0 Selected recordings 3.15 A.C.E. TALK: "Dish Washing -Up-to-date " 3.30 Sports results 4. 0 Weather report and special frost forecast for farmers 4.30 Light musical programme 4.45 Sports results 5. 0 a session: Big Brother i 5.45 Daventry news, followed by DINNER MUSIC: "The Barber of Seville" (Rossini); "Kleiner Tanz’ (Borschel); "The A.B.C. March" (Foort-Ferring); ‘Rainy Weather" (Caros); ‘Grotesque’ (Kormann); ‘Fickle Fancy Waltz’ (J. Strauss); ‘Love's Romance" (Sendry); ‘Chopin Melodies’; "Ginger Bread House’ (Humperdinck); "Serenade" (Drigo); "Cherry Ripe’ (arr. Bridge); "td Bring the Heavens to You’;

"Entrance of the Little Fauns" (Pterne); "Mosquito Dance’ (White); "Les Fleurs Waltz" ‘(Waldteufel); ‘Stay Close to Me" (Kreuder); ‘Shadows on the Wall" (Schutze); "By the Fireside’ (Hippman); "Estudiantina’ (Waldteufel). 6.55. Dominion and district weather reports 7.0 NEWS SERVICE ISSUED BY THE PRIME MINISTER’S DEPT. BRITISH OFFICIAL WIRELESS NEWS 7.10 NEWS AND REPORTS (approx.) 7.30 "Just a Job of Work": Interview with a Flying-Instructor 8. 0 "Dad and Dave" 8.15 "The Kingsmen,"’ Radio’s Royal Quartet 8.28 "The Circle of Shiva" A tale of Eastern mystery and intrigue, presented by George Edwards and Company A mystery thriller with Teddy Fitzgerald, known to his friends as " Fitz" of the C.LD., as hero; and with members of the Shiva Somaj, or Circle of Shiva, a powerful and sinister Indian Secret Society, as extremely ingenious villains. 8.41 Arthur Young and Harry Jacobsen (piano), "The Modern Rigoletto" Verdi 8.47 Lupino Lane and his Lambeth Walkers in Billy Williams’s Songs "I Wish it Were Sunday Night To-night " "When Father Papered the Parlour " 8.53 The International Novelty Orchestra, "Steamboat Bill"... Leighton "Rhythm of the Clock" Kane 9.0 Daventry news 9.10 Dominion and district weather reports, and station notices 9.18 Leopold Stokowski and the Philadelphia Orchestra, Symphony in D Minor . Cesar Franck 2nd Movement: "Allegretto" This Symphony-Cesar Franck’s only instrumental work in this form-was completed in August, 1888, and produced at the Conservatoire Paris on February 17, 1889. The work was not at first well received; the subscribers could make neither head nor tail of it and the musical authorities were in much the same _ position. "That a Symphony?" said one of the professors. "Who ever heard of writing far the English horn in a Symphony?: Just mention a single symphony by Haydn or ~Beethoven introducing the English horn." 9.30 READINGS by Professor T. aA Adams, with musical interudes 10. 0 DANCE MUSIC 11. O Daventry news (During the war, this station will remain on the air until 12 midnight) a Y 1140 k.c. 263m. 5. 0-6.0 p.m. Recordings 7. 0 After dinner music 8.0 Classics for the connoisseur 9.0 ‘Piccadilly on Parade" 9.14 Dancing time 10. 0 Melody and humour 10.30 Close down

June 7

AW 72 INVERCARGILL 680 k.c. 441 m. 7. Oam. Daventry news 7.16 (approx.) Breakfast session 8.20 Daventry news 9.15-9.30 Daventry news 11. 0 Recordings 12. 0-2.0 p.m. Luncheon session 12.30 Daventry news 1.15 Daventry news 5.0 Light music 5.30 Children’s session: " Black Beauty " 5.45 Daventry news 6.15 "Carson Robison and his Buckaroos" 6.30 Merry moments 6.45 ‘" Marie Antoinette" 7. 0 Re-broadcast of official news 7.10 (approx.) After dinner music (7.30, station announcements) 8. 0 Motor talk: " The Ignition. System of Your Car," by G. C. Davenport 8.15 Yehudi Menuhin (violin) and Orchestre des concerts Colonne, "Concerto in E Minor, Op. 64" (Mendelssohn) 8.43 Studio recital by Mrs. B. W. Hewat (soprano) 9.0 Daventry news 9.10 Coral Islanders 9.30 "Thrills" 9.43 Rhythm time 10. 0 Ciose down S22 GREYMOUTH 940k.c. 319m. 6.50a.m. Weather report for aviators QO Daventry news 7.10 Breakfast session 8.20 Daventry news 9.15 Daventry news 9.26 Morning programme 9.30 Josephine Clare: "Good Housekeeping 10. O Weather report 10.10-10.30 Devotional service 12. 0-2.0 p.m. Lunch music 12.30 Daventry news 1.15 Daventry news 3.0 Afternoon programme 3.30 Classical music 4. 0 Popular tunes 4.30 Weather report Variety " 5. O Children’s session 5.30 Dance orchestras 5.45 Daventry news 6. 5 Dinner music 6.30 After dinner show 6.57 Weather report and station notices 7. Q News service issued by the Prime : *Minister’s Department 7.20 Band parade 7.40 Old Sam’s party 7.48 Mario Lorenzi (harp) 7.54 Rudy Vallee and his Connecticut Yankees, ‘All Points West’’ 8. 2 Commodore Grand. Orchestra, Jan Zalski (tenor), Harry Horlick and his. Orchestra 8.30 Swing is the. thing 9..0 Daventry news 9.10 .Hawaiian melody : 9.30. "Drama in cameo: "La Mére Bouche" 9.45 . Jimmy Davidson and his ABG Dance Orchestra 9.48 Carson Robison and his Pioneers 10. 0 Close wows 2 NAPIER ia 760 k.c. 395m. 7. Oa.m. -Daventry news 7.10 Breakfast session 8.20 Daventry news 9.15 Daventry news 41. 0 Light music 12. 0-2.0 p.m. Lunch session 12.30 Daventry news 1.15 Daventry news 5. 0 . Uncle Charlie and Aunt Nin 6.45 Daventry news 6. 0 Light music 6.45 Weather report and forecast for Hawke’s Bay "Lorna Doone" 7. 0 Re-broadcast of Government news 7.16 After dinner music

8.11 8.29 8.36 5 54 i) — > 45 8 8 9. 9 10. 0 Concert session: The Philadelphia Orchestra, "Overture in D. Minor" (Handel), "Choral Prelude," "Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring" (Bach) Walter Gieseking (piano), "Sonata in C Major," "The Waldstein" (Beethoven) Oscar Natzke (bass), "Myself When Young" (Lehmann), "Pilgrim’s Song" (Tchaikovski) Lener String Quartet, "Quartet in F Major" (Mozart), ist, 2nd and 3rd movements Mavis Bennett (soprano) Symphony Orchestra, "Brahms’ Waltzes" Daventry news Light music ‘Joan of Arc" Close ‘down AVN ste 327m. 7. Op.m. Light music 7.30 8. 0 8.30 9. 0 9.35 10. 0 Carson Robison and Pioneers Sketches and light music Light classical music (popular) Grand opera excerpts : Japanese Houseboy Close down QW/ WELLINGTON: 990 k.c. 303m, -} oFAKBas 7. 7. 8. 8. 8. 9. 9. 0. Op.m. Showmen of Syncopation Leaves from the Diary of a Film Fan Musical. Digest Carson Robison and his Buckaroos Wandering with the West Wind Supper dance Tattoo Close down P24 AUCKLAND 1250k.c. 240m. 5. Op.m. Light orchestral and popular recordings Orchestral and vocal selections Maorilander: Tit-Bits Concert programme Daventry news Dominion and district weather reports and station notices Pamela’s. weekly chat Light vocal session Close down