WEDNESDAY NATIONAL

New Zealand Listener, Volume 3, Issue 65, 20 September 1940, Page 32

WEDNESDAY

NATIONAL

Ws AUCKLAND 650 k.c. 462 m. 6. Oa.m. Station on the air for DAVENTRY NEWS 7.0 DAVENTRY NEWS 7.10 Breakfast session, interrupted at 8.20 and 9.15 for DAVENTRY NEWS 7.80 District weather report 10. 0 Devotional Service, conducted by Rev. Harold Sharp 10.15 Recordings 411. 0 Talk to women by " Margaret" 11.15 Talk under the auspices of the National Council of Women 11.30 Women’s Auxiliary Talk Recordings 12. 0 Lunch music, interrupted at 12.30 Dm. and 1.145 for DAVENTRY NEWS 2.0 Recordings 2.30 Classical hour 3.30 Sports results Light musical programme 4. Q Special weather report for farmers 4.30 Sports results 6. 0 Children’s session (" Cinderella" and " Peter ’’) 5.45 DAVENTRY NEWS, followed by dinner music: "Blue Danube Waltz" (Strauss); "Little Girl" (Ferrazano); ‘The Dancer’’ (Pedergen); "May I Have the Next Romance With You?" (Gordon); "Secrets’s (Rust); "My Shining Star" (Trad.); "Christmas Fantasy"; "Lolita" (Buzzi); "Minuet in D Major" Mozart); "‘Valse Vanite’ (Wiedoeft); ‘The altz Lives On’’ (Robin); "‘Melody in F" (Rubinstein) ; "Alles Hort Zu" (Plessow); "Espana" Waltz (Waldteufel); ‘‘Aubade’’ (Foresythe); "Loin Du Bat" (Gillet). 6.55 Dominion and district weather reports ‘7. O Official news service 7.10 News and reports 7.30 Book Review 8. 0 Lener String Quartet, Quartet in E Flat Major Dvorak 8.33 Studio recital by Doris Sullivan (mezzo soprano), in modern English art songs, "An Trish Peasant Love Song" ........ Gerrard Williams "The Music That Love Made" "The Cherry Tree" Janet Hamilton "Sailing Homeward" "Down in Yonder Meadow" Armstrong Gibbs "Sweet Suffolk Ow!" Elizabeth Poston 8.43 Studio recital by Owen Jensen (piano), "Sonata" oy... J. C. Bach 8. 0 DAVENTRY NEWS, followed by Evening Prayer, conducted by Rev. D. R. MacDonald, Moderator of the Auckland Presbytery 9.10 Dominion and district weather reports and station notices 9.16 "Martin’s Corner": The story of a family 9.40 The BBC Theatre Orchestra, _ "Monekton Melodies" se ' arr. Robinson 9.48 Lawrence Tibbett (baritone), "I Got Plenty of Nuttin’" "It Ain’t Necessarily So" rs ‘ Gershwin

9.56 Louis Levy and the Gicemie British Symphony, | "Broadway Melody of 1938" | Selection ) 10.0 MUSIC, MIRTH AND MELODY 11.0 DAVENTRY NEWS (During the war, the station | will be on the air until 12/ midnight) | WK AUCKLAND | 880k.c. 341m. |! 5. 0-6.0 p.m. Light music 7.0 After dinner music 8.0 "Bands and ballads," with "The "Hunchback of Notre Dame" at 8.30 9.0 Comedy Land 9.30 "Joan of Arc" 9.43 The Light Symphony Orchestra 10. O Light recitals 10.30 Close down J21M) AUCKLAND 1250 k.c. 240m. 12. 0-1.30 p.m. Community sing, relayed from Majestic Theatre 5.0 Light orchestral and popular session 6.35 Signal preparation for Air Force 7. O Orchestral and instrumental numbers 7.30 Talk under the auspiees of the Government Youth Centre 7.45 "Silas Marner" 8. 0 Peep into Filmland with "Billie" 9. 0 Band music, Hawaiian and popular melodies 10. 0 Close down 2 y 570 k.c. 526m. When Parliament is being broadcast this programme will be transmitted by 2YcC. Usual hours of Parliament, 2.30 to 5.30 and 7.30 to 10.30 p.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, interrupted at 8.20 and 9.15 for DAVENTRY NEws 7.30 District weather report 9.30 Recordings 10. O Weather report for aviators 10.10 Devotional Service, followed by recordings 10.2810 10.30 Time signals 10.45 Talk to women by " Margaret" 41. 0 Recordings 11.30 Women’s Auxiliary Talk 12. 0 Lunch music, interrupted at 12.30 p.m. and 1.15 for DAVENTRY NEWS QO Weather report for aviators 2. 0 Classical hour 3.0 Sports results Recordings 3.28103.30 Time signals Weather report for farmers and frost forecast for Canterbury and Otago 4.0 Sports resulis 6. 0 Children’s session ("Aunt Molly") 5.45 DAVENTRY NEWS, followed by dinner music: "Slavonic Dance No. 2’ (Dvorak); "Cradle Song’ (Mozart); "Moonlight on the Danube" (Gay); "The Student Prince Selection’ (Romberg); "Puszia" (Trad.); "Melodious

Intermezzo" (RKotscher); " Estrellita "| (Ponce); "Serenade’’ (Toselli); ‘A Soldier's | Life is Grand" (Olivieri); "One Bright Hit After the Other’; "The Old Gipsy" (Trad.); "Life Begins With Love" (Tobias); ‘‘Marigold" (Mayerl); "‘Cloches de Corneville’ (Planqueite); ‘Sanctuary of the Heart" (Ketelbey); ‘Hungarian Medley’ (arr. Prout). 6.55 Dominion and district weather reports 7. 0 Official news service 7.10 News and reports 7.2810 7.30 Time signals 7.40 TALK by the Gardening Expert: "For the Home Gardener" 8.0 THIS WEEK-THE TENORS (Next week: The baritones) Richard Crooks, "The Song of Songs" .. Moya Donald Novis, ee RO Rapee Danny Malone, "T'll Take You Home Again Kathleen" ............ Westendorf Richard Tauber, "Good-night" ........00 Kunneke Charles Kullman, SR BOER } ctiittaccisinctecticeay OS Frank Titterton, "To-day is Ours" ....0. Coates Alfred Piccaver, "Love’s Serenade" ........ Mills 8.25 Music by the Victor Salon Orchestra: Melodies from "The Merry Widow" Lehar "Spring Song" . Mendelssohn "Tambourin Chinois" Kreisler 8.34 "Aboard the Windjammer" arr. Terry-Harris A dramatised presentation of sea chanties 8.42 A classic in cameo: Schubert’s "Unfinished Symphony" 8.50 Two Voices in Harmony: May Wynn and John Carter, "A Pair of Blue Eyes" Kernell Herbert Thorpe and Foster Richardson, "The Hero and the Villain" Bowen Dora Labbette and Norman Allin, "In Springtime" ........ Newton 9.0 DAVENTRY NEWS, followed by Evening Prayer, conducted by Rev. D. R. MacDonald, Moderator of the Auckland Presbytery 9.10 Dominion and district weather reports and station notices 9.15 "The First Great Churchill’ 9.40 "From the Show": Melodies from "Hide and Seek" .... Ellis 9.46 "The Woman in Black" (episode 10) 10. O Dance programme: Frankie Masters and his Orchestra 11.0 DAVENTRY NEWS (During the war, the station will remain on the air until 12 midnight)

OW WELLINGTON. 840 k.c. 357m. 5. 0-6.0 p.m. Tunes for the tea table 6.35 Signal preparation for Air Force 7. O After dinner music 8. 0 Recitals by famous artists, featuring Elizabeth Schumann (soprano), Pablo Casals (’cello), Heinrich Schlusnus (baritone) 8.40 Orchestral masterpieces, featuring at 8.58, the Berlin\ Philharmonic Orchestra, playing "Symphony No. 4 in E Minor, Op. 98" (Brahms) 10. O Let’s have a laugh! 10.30 Close down QV WEsLingre 7.35 Here’s a Queer Thing 7.45 Musical digest 8.15 The Adventures of Marco Polo 8.28 Solo artists’ spotlight 8.45 Swmrs of the musical firmament 9.0 "The Life of Cleopatra" 9.30 Night Club 10. 0 Close down 2 Y B 810k.c. 370m. 6.30 p.m. Children’s session 7.80 Lecturette and information service 8. 0 Concert programme 9. 0 Weather report and station notices 9. 2 Concert programme 10. 0 Close down | QVirl 750 k.c. 395 m. 7. O0a.m.. DAVENTRY NEWS 7.10 Breakfast session, interrupted at 8.20 and 9.15 for DAVENTRY NEWS 11.0 Light music 11.30 Women’s Auxiliary Talk 12. O-2.0 p.m. Lunch music, interrupted at 12.30 and 1.145 for DAVENTRY NEWS ' 5. O Light music 5.30 For the children 5.45 DAVENTRY NEWS 6. 0 ‘*The Japanese Houseboy" 6.15 Light music 6.45 Weather forecast Hawke’s Bay Stock Market reports 7.0 OfMecial news 7.15 "Soldier of Fortune" 8. 0 Light music 8.30 "Night Club," presenting Hal Kemp and his Orchestra 8. 0 DAVENTRY NEWS, followed by Evening Prayer, conducted by Rev, D. R. MacDonald, Moderator of the Auckland Presbytery 9.10 London Philharmonic Orchestra, "Carnaval Romain" Overture (Berlioz) 9.18 John Brownlee (baritone), 9.27 Yehudi Menuhin and the Conservatoire Concerts Society’s Orchestra, "Concerto in A Minor" (Dvorak) 10. 0 Close down 2 y N 920k.c. 327m. 7. Op.m. ‘Recollections of Geoffrey Hamlyn" 7.25 Light music 8. O Light classical selections 8. Variety and vaudeville 9. 0 Band music 9.30 "Eb and Zeb" 0.0 Close down

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5 y 720 k.c. 416m. 6. Oa.m. Station on the air for DAVENTRY NEWS 7.0 DAVENTRY NEWS 7.10 Breakfast_ session, interrupted at 8.20 and 9.15 for DAVENTRY NEWS : 10.30 Devotional service, followed by recordings 11. 0 Talk to women by "Margaret" 11.10 Women’s session, conducted by Mrs. L. E. Rowlatt 11.30 Women’s Auxiliary Talk 12.0 Lunch music, interrupted at 12.30 p.m. and 1.15 for DAVENTRY NEwsS 1.30 EDUCATIONAL SESSION: Miss Jean Hay: " Rhythmic Movement "’ 1.55 Miss Janet McLeod: "Speech Training": "Mouth Opening" 2.25 L. R. R, Denny: ‘‘Transport’"’ 2.40 Recordings 8. 0 Classical music r 4.0 Frost and special weather forecast and light musical programme 4.30 Sports results 6. 0 Children’s session (‘‘Comrades’’) 5.45 DAVENTRY NEWS, followed by dinner music: "Merry -Widow Selection’ (Lehar); "Mouse in the Clock" (Hunt); ‘‘Holladrto" (Schmidseder); "Oh, My Dear Ones" (Trad. ); "Mon Cherie, Mon Ami’ (Stolz); Carmen" Capers (arr. Somers); ‘Caprice Viennois’" (Kreisler); ‘Lovely Vtenna’’; "Snow Fairies’ (Lowry); "Why Should we Fall in Love?’ (Trad.); "Nina" Gipsy Romance (Livschakoff); ob dee! a Lak’ a Rose’ (Nevin); "In the Shop" (Rich); "The Music Comes’ (Straus); "Coronation March" (Kretschmer); ‘Faust Frolics’’ (Gounod). 6.55 Dominion and district weather reports 7. 0 Official news service 7.10 News and reports 7.20 Addington Stock Market re- : port 7.32 Winter Course Discussion: "Things as Seen by a Printer," by D. Glover and Leo Bensemann 8. 0 READINGS by O. L. Simmance: Serial by J. Jefferson Farjeon "Facing Death." Tales told on a Sinking Raft: "The Old Lady’s Story " 8.21 John McCormack (tenor), CAPO ssisensedsasssssstrcets FOYT "Three Aspects" ........ Parry 8.27 Organ recital by Dr. J. C. Bradshaw: "d Prelude | to the First Act of * Lohengrin’ " ............ Wagner Suite: a's acenni Kent" Frederic Wood Relayed from the Civic heatre) 8.47 "A BREATH OF SEA AIR" Peter Dawson (bass-baritone), "Captain Harry Morgan" antock " Captain Stratton’s Fancy " Warlock Cargoes " .....cc.isesseresre SHAW "Westward .... McCall 8. 0 DAVENTRY followed by Evening Prayer conducted by Rev. D. R. MacDonald, Modérator of the Auckland Presbytery 9.10 Dominion and district weather reports, and station notices

$15 "MUSIC FROM THE THEATRE" "COPPELIA," to the misic of Delibes. This is one of a series of imaginary broadcasts re-creat-ing the atmosphere of the theatre during the season of the ballet 9.37 Programme of compositions by Liszt: Rubinstein (piano), "Consolation No. 3 9.41 Theodore (baritone), "The Three Gipsies " "O Come in Dreams" 9.50: Eugene Ormandy and the Philadelphia Orchestra, "Les Preludes " 10.5 MUSIC, MIRTH AND MELODY 11.0 DAVENTRY NEWS (During the war, the station will remain on the air until 12 midnight) SIVA CHRISTCHURCH 1200 k.c. 250m. 5. 0-6.0 p.m. Recordings 6.35 Signal preparation for the Air Force 7. 0 After dinner music 8.0 Leaves from the Diary of a Film Fan 8.32 Potpourri of popular pleces 9. 0 Dance music 10. 0 Light music 10.30 Close down SZIR 940k.c. 319m. 6.50 am. Weather report for aviators 7.Q DAVENTRY NEWS 7.40 Breakfast session, interrupted at 8.20 and 9.45. for DAVENTRY NEWS 10. O Weather report 10.10-10.30 Devotional service 12. 0 Luncheon music, interrupted at pA Lh p.m. and 1, 15 for DA ENTRY 3.0 Afternoon programme 3.30 Classical music 4.0 Dancing time 4.30 Weather report. Variety 5. 0 Children’s session, by Norma 5.30 Dance tunes 5.45 DAVENTRY NEWS, followed by dinner musie 6.30 ‘‘Here’s a Queer Thing!" 6.43 Songs from the prairies 6.57 Station notices, weather report 7. 0 Official news 7.10 Bands broadcasting 7.31 "Vanity Fair’ 7.44 You can’t blame us 8.10 Hits and encores 8.30 ‘The Moonstone" 8.43 Voices of the stars 9. 0 DAVENTRY NEWS, followed _ by Evening Prayer, conducted by Rev. D. R. MacDonald, Moderator of tne Auckland Presbytery 9.10 Famous orchestras 9.80 Musical all-sorts 10. 0 Close down AN DUNEDIN 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, interrupted at 8.20 and 9,15 for DAVENTRY NEws

9.30 Recordings 10. O Weather report for aviators Recordings 10.15 Devotional service 10.50 Talk to women by "Margaret" 11. 0 Talk by Miss D. McStay: "Cooking by Electricity" 11.30 Women’s Auxiliary Talk 12. 0 South Dunedin community sing, relayed from the Mayfair Theatre 12.30 p.m. and 1.145 DAVENTRY NEWS 1.0 Weather report (including for aviators) 1.26 Recordings (approx.) 3.15 A.C.E. TALK: "Disposing of Eggs" 8.30 Sports results Classical music 4.0 Weather report and special frost forecast for farmers 4.30 Light musical programme 4.45 Sports results 6. 0 Children’s session: Big Brother Bill and the Travelman 5.45 DAVENTRY NEWS, followed by dinner music: "Sutte of Serenades" (Herbert); "Lotus Flowers" (Ohlsen); ‘Marionettes’ (Glazounov); "Reminiscences of Chopin’; "Greeiings to Vienna" (Siede); ‘From the Welsh Hills" (Lewis); "La Czarine’ (Ganneé); "‘Humoreske"’ (Dvorak); "March of the Dwarfs’ (Grieg); "Ballroom Memories" (arr. Robrecht); "‘Musette’’ (Gluck); "Kunz Revivals, No. 6°; "Simple Confession’ (Thome); ‘Variations’ (Chaminade). 6.56 Dominion and district weather reports 7. 0 Official news service 7.10 News and reports (approx.) 7.30 BOOK TALK ‘ 8.0 "The Bold Bad Buccaneers," in humour and harmony 8.15 "Ravenshoe," A dramatic version of Henry Kingsley’s great story 8.28 "Live, Love and Laugh" A drama set to music, with Dobrinski’s Lyric Ensemble. A delightful feature in which we hear the soothing strains of a string ensemble and meet some of the players. John is the conductor, Constance the chief violinist, and the rather sinister ‘cellist, Marcel, is the villain of the piece, 841 "The Fourth Form at St. Percy’s" 8.53. Louis Levy and the Gaumont British Symphony, " Sparkles " Selection Hoffman 9.0 DAVENTRY NEWS followed by Evening Prayer, conducted by Rev. D. R. MacDonald, Moderator of the Auckland Presbytery 9.10 Dominion and district weather reports and station notices 9.15 "It’s a Hap-Hap-Happy Day" Sharples 9.18 "Soldier of Fortune" A dramatic serial 9.44 "Skye Boat Song" . Lawson 9.47 Stanley Holloway (humour), "Old Sam’s ray 46 onstanduros 9.55 The Ambassadors Quartet and Orchestra 10. O Swing and Sway with Sammy Kaye 11. 0 DAVENTRY NEWS (During the war the station will remain on the air until 12 midnight)

AN DUNEDIN 1140k.c. (263m. | 5. 0-6.0 p.m. Tunes for the tea table 7. 0 After dinner music 8. 0 Concerto programme, featuring at 8.24, Alfred Cortot (piano), with Orchestra, playing ‘Concerto No, 2 in F Minor, Op. 21" (Chopin) 9.10 Instrumental and vocal recitals 410. 0 Melody and humour 10.30 Close down al y A 680k.c. 441m. 7. 0am. DAVENTRY NEWS 7.40 Breakfast session, interrupted at 8.20 and 9.15 for DULAVENTRY NEWS 11. 0. Recordings 11.30 Women’s Auxiliary Talk 12. 0-2.0 p.m. Lunch music, interrupted at 12.30 and 1.15 for DAVENTRY NEWS 5.0 Children’s. session: "Round the World with Father Time" 6.15 A Hill-Billy Round-up 6.30 Tunes of the day 5.45 DAVENTRY NEWS 6.15 "Personal Column" 6.30 Arthur Young (novachord) 6.45 "Birth of the British Nation" 7. 0 Official news 7.10 After dinner music 7.30 Dominion and district weather ree ports and station announcements 7.45 In Nature’s By-Paths: ‘‘ Some New Zealand Spiders," by Rev. G J Tocker 8. 0 These were hits 8.16 "Out of the Silence" 8.41 Bagpipe recital by Murdoch Watson, with annotations by John Watt: ‘Regimental Tunes" 9.0 DAVENTRY NEWS, followed by Evening Prayer, conducted by Rev, D. R. MacDonald, Moderator of the Auckland Presbytery 9.10 Musical Journey Round the World: Russia 9.30 Radio Cabaret 40. 0 Close down These programmes are correct as we go to press. Any last-minute alterations will be announced over the air. All programmes in this issue afe copyright to The Listener, and may not be reprinted without permission.