SATURDAY NATIONAL

New Zealand Listener, Volume 4, Issue 83, 24 January 1941, Page 38

SATURDAY

NATIONAL

FEBRUARY 7

| y 650 k c. 462 m. 6. Oa.m. Station on the air for NEWS FROM LONDON 7. 0 NEWS FROM LONDON 7.30 Breakfast session 8.45 NEWS FROM LONDON 9. 0 "Entertainers All" 10. O Devotional service, conducted by Rev, A. J. Jamieson 10.16 "In Holiday Mood" 11.0 "A Few Minutes with Women Novelists": ‘Charlotte Bronte," by Margaret Johnston 41.16 ‘Domestic Harmony" 42. 0 Lunch musie (1.15 p.m. NEWS FROM LONDON) 2. 0 Rhythm in Relays 3.30 Sports results 4.30 Sports results 6. 0 Children’s session (‘Cinderella’) 6.45 Dinner music (6.15, NEWS FROM LONDON and topical talk): "Il Seraglio’ Overture (Mozart); "An Hungarian Fantasy’’ (Weber); "I Love You" Waltz (Waldteujel); "Liszt in Rhythm" (arr. Rawicz and Landauer); "‘Russian Gipsy Sketch" (Ferraris); "Zigeuner’’ (Coward); "Where the Woods Are Green" Brodszky); "Solitude" (Ellingion); "A housand Kisses’ (Joyce); "Rakoczky" March (Berlioz) ; "Magic Song’ (Meyer); "Dance Time" the Waltz; "Chanson Hindoue" (Rimsky-Korsakov); "The Glow Worm Idyll" (Lincke); "Joyousness" Wood); "Woodland Whispers" (Joost); Old "Semiramide’ (Rossini), 7. 0° Local news service 7.16 Topical talk from the BBC 7.30 EVENING PROGRAMME: Rosario Bourdon Symphony Orchestra, "Donna Diana" Overture Reznicek Rosario Bourdon took up the ’cello (a most difficult instrument for an ungrown child), when he was seven years old, and two years. later he appeared in public. He was born at Montreal, Canada, in 1885. When he was sent to Europe for study, he graduated at twelve from the conservatory at Ghent, with highest honours. He received also the first prize for chamber music. He then toured Europe as a child prodigy. At the age of sixteen he joined the Cincinatti Orchestra, and in 1904, he became ‘cellist in the Philadelphia Orchestra, later taking up conducting with much success, 7.36 The Dreamers ii : : "Tn ‘the Boat" ............ Grieg pat The Nile" Se Ceee ee erewneTe ‘Leroux 7.42 Studio recital by Marjorie _ Gully (piano), "Capriccio" (on the departure of ‘his favourite brother for foreign parts) .......... Bach 7.52 Thomas L. Thomas (baritC ROGG) uiicdinkdtigin. Dine "The Heart sawed Down". Balfe "Miss Kitty O'Toole" | Protherol 8. 0 String Ensemble, "Venetian Barcarolle " _. "Romance Without Words" "Character Piece" ae Mendelssohn

8. 6 8.18 8.23 8.35 8.39 8.51 8.57 9. 0 9.15 9.25 10.15 11. 0 11.30 Studio recital by Ina Stuart (contralto), "I Know Where I’m Goin’" Hughes "Lie There, My Lute" McCunn "Dreaming of Home" Besly "The Road to the Isles" Kennedy Fraser Rosario Bourdon Symphony Orchestra, "In the Village" Ippolitov-Ivanov Studio recital by Reg. McGregor (tenor), "T Pitch My Lonely Caravan" Coates 30 ee . d’Hardelot "Inter Nos © scsi. McFadgen "Beloved it is Morn" Aylward String Ensemble, "Tl Distratto " .........0.0 Haydn The Mastersingers, "My Heart Stood Still" Rodgers "Back to Back" ........ Berlin "JT Poured My Heart into a 5 RAPE RE Sera te Soe . Berlin "Woman is a Sometime OID.» ina paratsepaiiens Gershwin Rosario Bourdon Symphony Orchestra, "March Troyenne" Station notices NBS newsreel: A digest of the day’s news BBC news commentary Old time Dance Music, by the Pirate Shippe Old Time Dance Band, relayed from Milford 10. 0 Sports summary Continuation of Old Time Dance NEWS FROM LONDON followed by meditation music CLOSE DOWN IV 2K feoke stim 5. 0-6.0 p.m. Light music 7. 0 7.45 8. 0 8.30 8.45 9.30 9.40 10.30 After dinner music "Billy Bunter of Greyfriars" Idle intermezzo "The Dark Horse " Comedy Crescendo " Filmiand memories "’: Jack Buchanan and Elsie Randolph in "That’s a Good Girl" Frivolous forte Close down 2 AUCKLAND 1250k¢. 240m. 41. Op.m. Band music, vocal gems, 3. 0 3.20 piano, light orchestral and popular recordings Selections from the shows Organ, miscellaneous, piano and piano-accordion selections Light orchestral and popular numers Sports results and comments: Bill Hendry Orchestral music Dance programme Signal preparation for Air Force Dance programme (continued) Close down

2 y 570k ¢. 526m. 6. Oa.m. Station on the air for NEWS FROM LONDON 7.0 NEWS FROM LONDON 7.30 (approx.) Breakfast session 8.45 NEWS FROM LONDON 9. 0 Morning variety 10.10 Devotional service 10.25 Popular melodies 10.2810 10.30 Time signals 10.45 "A Few Minutes With Women Novelists": Willa Cather, by Mar- | garet Johnston 41. 0 Something for Everybody 42.0 Lunch music (1.15 p.m, NEWS FROM LONDON) Running commentaries on the Wellington Trotting Club’s meeting (relayed from Hutt Park) 2.0 Saturday Matinee 3.28103.30 Time signals 4. 0 Sports results 5, 0 Children’s session 5.45 Dinner music (6.15, NEWS FROM LONDON and topical talk): | "Padilia’ Medley; "Hora Staccato" (Dinicu); "Bird Songs at Eventide" (Wood); "Castanets" (Schutze); "Only a Rose’ (Friml); "The Swan" (SaintSaens); "Two for To-night’ Medley (Revel); "The Sleeping Beauty's Wedding Day" (Rhode); ‘Inverness Gathering"’ (arr. Whyte); "The Golden Musical Box" (Krome); "Curtain Up" (Wood). 7. 0 Local news service Fi 7.15 "Britain Speaks" 7.28107.30 ime signals 7.30 Reserved 7.45 EVENING PROGRAMME: | With a smile and a song: Anton and the Paramount Theatre Orchestra, "Banjo On My Knee" Selection 7.49 Kenny Baker (tenor), "A Kiss in the Dark" Herbert 7.52 Flotsam and Jetsam, "Is ’e An Aussie, Lizzie, Is ’e?" . Flotsam and Jetsam 7.55 Vladimir Selinsky and his String Ensemble, "La Rosita" ................ Dupont 7.58 "Krazy Kapers": Another instalment of this hilarious variety show 8.21 NEW TUNES FOR OLD: Have the old tunes lost their lustre? Have the new tunes greater radiance? You are invited to decide for vourselves by listening to duets in old and modern vein, presented by: Mrs. Chas. MacDonald and Frank Crowther, Olga Burton and Ken Macaulay, John Parkin and Pat Bell, Anne Luciano and Joseph Miller (a Studio presentation) 8.57 Station notices 9.0 NBS Newsreel: A digest of the day’s news 9.15 BBC news commentary Dance programme 10. 0 Sports results 10,10 Continuation of dance programme 11.0 NEWS FROM LONDON, followed by meditation music 11.30 CLOSE DOWN

Op.m. Tunes for the tea table O Musical menu Oo After dinner music O Classicana: Programme of popula? classics 40. 0-10.25 Signal preparation for the Air Force 10.30 Close down QV/|D) WELL! NGTON 990k¢. 303m. 7. Op.m. ‘You Asked For It" sessiong From Hsteners to listeners 10. O Close down 2QN/ ©) NEW PLYMOUTH 810kc¢, 370m. SNnNoa 6.30 p.m. Children’s session 7.30 Sports results and reviews 8. 0 Music, mirth and melody 9. O Station notices 9. 2 Recordings 10. 0 Close down QV inl 750 kc. 395m, 7. 0am, NEWS FROM LONDON 7.30 Breakfast session 8.45 NEWS FROM LONDON 11. O Light music 12. 0-2.0 p.m. Lunch music (1.15, NEWS FROM LONDON) 5. O Dance music in strict tempo, with vocal interludes 5.30 For the children: ‘Paradise Plumes and Head-Hunters"’ 6.45 Light music 6. 0 ‘Carson Robison &nd his Pioneers" 6.15 Age FROM LONDON and topical 6.45 Weather forecast Senior cricket results 7. 0 After dinner music 7.16 Topical war talk from the BBC 7.30 ‘The Circle of Shiva" 8.0 The New Light Symphony Orchestra, "Children’s Overture’ (Quilter) 8.11 kirsten Flagstad (soprano) 8.16 Boston Promenade Orchestra, "Hora Staccato" (Dinicu), ‘Cradle Song," ‘Waltz in A~- Flat" (Brahms), "None But the Lonely Heart" 8.24 The Madrigal Singers 8.34 Fritz Kreisler (violin), "Shepherd’s Madrigal," "Gipsy Caprice" (Krelsler), ‘Thais’ --- Meditation (Massenet) 8.46 Lawrence Tibbett (baritone) 8.56 The Philadelphia Orchestra, "Carmen,’ "March of the Smugglers" (Bizet) 9..0 NBS Newsreel: A digest of the day’s news apd BBC news commentary .26 "Thrills" 9.40 Medleys from the shows 0.0 Close down 2 Y IN] 920kce. 327m. 7. Op.m. Local cricket results " Listeners’ Own Session" 8.0 The Bohemian Light Orchestra, ; "Wonder Bar" Selections (Warren) "Scott of Scotland Yard" Light recitals Dance music Swing session Close down Soonm e8ass

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SATURDAY

NATIONAL

FEBRUARY 1

5) y 720k ¢. 416m. 6. Oam. Station on the air for NEWS FROM LONDON 7.0 NEWS FROM, LONDON 7.30 (approx.) Breakfast session 8.45 NEWS FROM LONDON 8. 0 Morning melodies 10. O Classical programme 10.30 Devotional Service 10.45 Hall of Fame 411.0 "Some Remarkable Women I Have Met’: Talk by Mrs. Vivienne Newson 41.10 Light orchestral session 11.30 Popular tunes 11.45 Relay from Riccarton of Canterbury Jockey Club meeting 12.0 Lunch music (1.15p.m., NEWS FROM LONDON) 2. 0 Bright music 2.30 Happy memories 3. 0 Tunes everyone knows 4. 0 Bands and basses 4.30 Sports results Rhythm and melody 6. 0 Children’s session 5.45 Dinner musio (6.15, NEWS FROM LONDON and Topical Talk): "Nights at the Ballet’; "To Spring’"’ (Grieg); "Love’s Last Word’ (Cremieur); "Las Cudtro Milpas’’ (Garcia); Scottish Medley; "Joys and Sorrows" (Lautenschlager); "The Child and his Daricing Doll’ (Heykens); ‘"‘Circassion Circle" (arr. Whyte); "Meditation in Porcelain’ (Foresythe); "Valse Triste" (Sibelius); "Tales of Hoffman" Selection (Offenbach); ‘‘Cavalier Waltz" (Nedbal); ‘Kitten on the Keys" (Confrey); "English Medley’; "If You Only Knew" (Novello); "Rumanian Wedding Dance" (Matthey). 7. 0 Local news service 7.15 Topical War Talks from the BBC 7.30 EVENING PROGRAMME: The Bessie Pollard String Ensemble, " Senorita " ,.............. Holmes *Fairy Tale March" Heykens "Serenade" ............ Herbert 7.39 "The Exploits of the Black Moth": " Affairs of State" 8.4 The Bessie Pollard String Ensemble, "Love Tales," four celebrated love songs, _ "Love Here is My Heart" Silesu "Speak to Me of Love" : Lenoir Serenade" ; : Lehar "Love a Way" Fraser-Simson 8.11 From the studio: W. Roy Hill (tenor), "The Bonnie Earl o’ Moray" trad. "The Cornish Witch " Murray "When I Had Money 0" Head *Cockles and Mussels " . trad. 8.24 The Bessie Pollard String Ensemble, "Roses of Picardy" .... Wood "Play of the Butterflies " Heykens 8.29 Featuring the Allen Roth Orchestra, Lukewela’s Royal Hawaiians and the Kidoodlers Orchestra, "Whispering " . Schoenberger "The Touch of Your eo ern

8.57 9. 0 9.15 9.25 10.15 11. 0 11.30 8.36 The Kidoodlers, "Ragtime Cowboy Joe" Muir © ave 8 ici. ccantelion Flynn "Old had a trad. 8.42 Hawaiians, "My Hawaiian Souvenirs" — Noble * That’s the Hawaiian in Me" Noble "My Tropical Garden" | 8.48 The Kidoodlers, "My Little Holla Lady" Ward "Golden River" .. Hamblen 8.53 Orchestra, "Linger Awhile" ........ Rose OWhy ft" eee . Coots Station notices NBS newsreel: A digest of the day’s news BBC news commentary Victor Young and His Orchestra with Frances Langford, Florence George, Bing Crosby and Rudy Vallee, present "Melodies of Victor Herbert" 10. 0 Sports summary DANCE MUSIC NEWS FROM LONDON followed by meditation music CLOSE DOWN Coale SIVA CHRISTCHURCH 1200 kc. 250m. 5. Op.m. Recordings 6. 0 7. 0 8. 0 "Music for everyman" After-dinner music Symphonic programme 10. 0-10.25 Signal preparation for Air Force Close down 10.30 940k ¢. 319m. \S4 GREYMOUTH 7. Oam. NEWS FROM LONDON 7.30 8.45 Breakfast session NEWS FROM LONDON

9. 0-10.0 Snappy programme 12. 0 Lunch music 1.15 p.m. NEWS FROM LONDON 2.0 Variety 5. O Bright spot 6.15 "Joan of Arc" 5.30 Dinner music 6. O "William the Conqueror" 6.15 NEWS FROM LONDON and topical tal 6.45 Sporting results. Station notices 7. 0 March review 7.16 Topical war talks from the BBC 7.45 Sol Hoopii and his Hawaiian Quartet 8.0 "The Channings" 8.14 Spotlight Parade 9. 0 NBS Newsreel: A digest of the . day’s news 9.156 BBC news commentary 9.25 Dance with: The Organ, the Dance Band and Me, Victor Silvester and his Ballroom Orchestra, Lew Stone and his Band. Interludes by Dick Todd 10. 0 Close down aly’ DUNEDIN 790 kc. 380 m. 6. Oam. Station on the air for NEWS FROM LONDON 7. 0 NEWS FROM LONDON 7.30 (approx.) Breakfast session 8.45 NEWS F N ROM LONDO 40.10 Random ramblings 10.50 "A Few Minutes with Women Novelists ’: Jane Austen, by Mararet Johnston 11. 0 elodious memories; Novelty and humour 42. 0 Lunch music (1.16p.m., NEWS FROM LONDON) 2.0 Vaudeville matinee; Bands, banjos and baritones 3.30 Sports results 3.45 Revels, recitals and rhythm; Cafe music 4.45 Sports results 5. 0 qpnaren's session ("How to Make" 6.45 a music (6.15, NEWS FROM LONDON and Topical Talk): "The Waltz ~- Kings" (Lindemann); "Caprictous Intermezzo" (Micheli); ‘‘Evening Bells’ (Billi); "Doll Dance" (Brown); "Moonlight on the Alster’ (Fetras); "‘Baby’s Birthday’’ (Busch); "Fire Dance’ (Falla); "Ballroom Whispers" (Meyer); "Under the Linden Tree" (Feliz); "‘Melodies from Scandinavta’; ""When Budapest Was Young" (Milos); ""Merry Melodies" (Roland); ‘‘Intermezzo" (Strauss). 7. 0 Local news service 7.15 Topical War Talks from the BBC 7.30 EVENING PROGRAMME: Gil Dech and the 4YA Concert Orchestra, " Apollo" Overture .... Wood "The Flower Suite "....Benyon 7.46 The Rondoliers Male Quartet, "The Cuckoo and the Pussy Cat" " Hie Away Home" "Whale Did Swallow Jonah" "Nut Brown Maiden" 7.52 The Orchestra, . "The Desert Song" Selection . Romberg 8. 2 Dennis Noble (baritone), "Bedouin Love Song" Pinsuti "The Carnival" ........ Molloy 8. 8 The Orchestra, "Wire" Suite .......... Collins 8.48 Cristina Maristanay (soprano) "Cantiga de Ninar," "El Clavelito en Tos _ Lindos Cabellos " ........... Mignone 8.26 The Orchestra, "Fantasie of Negro CRI. pcicSialastiacninncmee 1 8.39 Alfred Piccaver (tenor), "Beyond the Hills of Time" Eliott "Thanks for Your Love" ae North

The Orchestra, "Aquarium Suite" ... Mayerl Station notices NBS Newsreel: A digest of the day’s news BBC News Commentary DANCE MUSIC 10. 0 Sports summary Dance music NEWS FROM LONDON, followed by meditation music CLOSE DOWN BVO Mote sn 5. Op.m. Tunes for the tea table Melody and song After dinner music "The Crimson Trail" These were hits "The Mystery Club’: "Drama of the Sea" On parade: A band programme People in pictures Close down qVzZ a 7. Oam. NEWS FROM LONDON 7.30 Breakfast session 8.45-9.0 NEWS FROM LONDON 11. 0 Recordings 12. 0-2.0 p.m, Lunch music (1.15, NEWS 5. 0 5.15 6. 0 6.15 6.45 | 6.48 7. 0 7.15 7.30 8. t?) 8.57 9. 0 9.15 9.25 9.30 10. 0 FROM LONDON) Children’s session Saturday special "Carson Robison and his Buckaroos" -- FROM LONDON and topical London Novelty Orchestra To-day’s sports results Accordiana Topical War talks from the BBC Screen Snapshots Shall we dance? Interludes by the ** Foursome "" Station notices NBS Newsreel: A digest of the day’s news BBC news commentary Late sporting For the musical connoisseur, introducing Frank Bridge’s "Suite for String Orchestra," played by the Boyd Neel String Orchestra Close down

Gardening Talks 1YA: 2YA: 3YA: 4YA: 1ZM: 4YZ: 1ZB: 2ZB: 3ZB: | 2ZA: Tuesday, January 28, 7.10 p.m. Wednesday, January 29, 7.30 p.m. Monday, January 27, 7.10 p.m. Thursday, January 30, 7.10 p.m. Monday, January 27, 7.20 p.m, Friday, January 31, 7.30 p.m. Saturday, February 1, 12.45 p.m. Saturday, February 1, 8.30 a.m. Monday, January 27, 9.30 p.m. Wednesday, January 29, 9.30 p.m. Saturday, February 1, 6.0 p.m. Tuesday, January 28, 6.45 p.m,