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New Zealand Listener, Volume 4, Issue 84, 31 January 1941, Page 35

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| y 650 k ¢. 462 m. 6, Oa.m. Station on the air for NEWS FROM LONDON 7. 0 NEWS FROM LONDON 7.80 Breakfast session 8.46 NEWS FROM LONDON 8. 0 "With a Smile and a Song" 10. 0 Devotional service, conducted by Pastor G. T. Fitzgerald 10.20 "For My Lady": "Your Cavalier" 10.45 "Shoes and Ships and Sealing-wax," by Nellie Scanian 11. 0 "To Lighten the Task" 12.0 Lunch music (1.45p.m., NEWS FROM LONDON) 2.0 "From Our Library" 2.30 Classical music 3.30 Sports results "In Varied Mood’ 4.0 Light music 4.30 Sports results 6.0 Children’s session: ("Cinderella" and "Aunt Jean,’ with feature "Richard the Lion Heart’’) 5.45 Dinner music (6.15, NEWS FROM LONDON and Topical Talk): "William Tell" Overture (Rossini); ‘‘The Swallow" (Serradeli); "Spanish Serenade" (Heykens); "Anything Goes’ (Porter); ‘Red Roses" (Ritter); ‘‘In the Shade of the Old Apvle Tree’ (Alstyne); ‘One Day When We Were Young’ (Strauss); ‘"Champagne Bubbles’ (Kochmann); "Jealousy" (Gade); "The Red House" (arr. Whyte); "By the Waters of Minnetonka’; (Lieurence); "Prelude in G Minor’ (Rachmaninoff); "‘Amapola"’ (Lacalee); "The Gondoliers’’ Overture (Sullivan). 7. 0 Local news service 7.15 Sports taik by Gordon Hutter 7.30 EVENING PROGRAMME: Symphony Orchestra, "The Children of Don" OverDRUG. vchipteceedt ace «e+ Holbrooke 7.40 Charles Panzera (baritone) in songs by Schumann "If Only the Flowers Could Know" "The Flutes and Fiddles are Sounding " "When’er I Hear Them Singing " "A Youth Once Loved a Maiden " "Alone on a Summer Morni " Wept as I lay Dreaming" 7.48 Sir Thomas Beecham and the London Philharmonic Orchestra, Symphony No. 5 in B Flat Major" ..... sessseseverseee SCHUbErt 8.18 Studio recital by Constance Manning (soprano), "Since First I Met Thee" Rubinstein OPERAS © isiciatnmitiiien, "Ch "Twilight Fancies " Delius "The Nightingale" . Delius 8.30 Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra, "Hary Janos" Suite Kodaly 8.57 Station notices 9.0 NBS newsreel: A digest of the day’s news ‘9.15 BBC news commentary 9.25 Sir Henry Wood and the Queen’s Hall Orchestra, "Song of the Rhine Daughters" from "Twilight of the Gods ie Seer PRPC OTERO RARE Tee Wagner

9.37 Dorothy Helmrich (mezzo-so-prano), in songs by d’Arba, "Carol" " Wizardry" " Racers " "The Lamb Child" 9.45 Jacqueline Blancquard (piano) and the Paris Philharmonic Orchestra, Concerto for left-hand alone Ravel 10.0 MUSIC, MIRTH AND MELODY 11. 0 NEWS FROM LONDON followed by meditation music 11.30 CLOSE DOWN al Y 880k¢. 341m. 5. Op.m. Light music 7. 0 After dinner music 8.0 "Rhythm all the time" 8.15 Music and merriment 9.0 "Sing as we go" 9.25 Musical comedy and light opera 10. O Light recitals 10.30 Close down |Z AUCKLAND 1250k¢, 240m. 5. Op.m. Light orchestral and popular session 7. O Orchestral items 8. 0 ‘Maorilander "’: Tit-bits 8.20 Instrumental items 8.40 ‘ Pamela’s"’ weekly chat 9. 0 Concert 10. 0-10.25 Signalpreparation for the Air Force 10.30 Close down 2 y 570k ¢. 526 m. 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 8. 0 Morning variety 10.10 Devotional Service 10.25 Favourite melodies 10.28 t0 10.80 Yime signals 10.40 ‘For My Lady": Tenors and the Girls they Sing About 11. 0 "Shoes and Ships and SealingWax," by Nelle Scanlan 11.16 Versatile artists 12, 0 Lunch Music (1.15 p.m, NEWS FROM LONDON) 2.0 Classical hour 3. 0 Sports results 3.15 Rhythm on record 3.28 t0 3.30 Time signals 3.32 Popular tunes 4. 0 Sports results Celebrity session 15 . Afternoon vaudeville Q Children’s session 45 Dinner music (6.15, NEWS FROOM LONDON and Topical Talk): "The Chocolate’ Soldier" Selection (Straus); "‘Monkey Tricks’ (Groitzsch); "An Hour With You" (Eisele); "My Treasure" (Becucci); "By the Tamarisk" Coates); (aed: ‘Russian antasy Bor); "I’m Forever Blowing "Fairies, in the oon" (Ewing); * ‘Melody Masters’’: (Trang Lehar); "The Whistler and His Dog"’ 7, 0 Local ba! | service 7.15 "Britain 7.28107.30 Time signals 7.30 Reserved etahed

--- 7.45 8.5 8.36 9.15 9.25 11. 0 11.30 EVENING PROGRAMME: Melody Masters: 7.46 The London Symphony Orchestra, "Rigaudon and Polonaise" Handel 7.50 The Manchester Children’s Choir, "Nymphs and Shepherds" Purcell 7.54 Jean Nada (flautist), with the Zurich Tonhalle Orchestra, gag nee Mozart 7.58 Oscar Natzke (bass), "Pilgrim’s Song" Tchaikovski 8. 2 Ania Dorfmann (piano), "Pastorale and Capriccio" Scarlatti The Poetry Hour: Famous poems spoken by John Gielgud and others Sir Thomas Beecham and the London Philharmonic Orchestra, "Peer Gynt Suite No. 1" | Grieg "I Pulled Out a Plum," by "Gramofan" Station notices NBS Newsreel: A digest of the day’s news BBC news commentary Studio programme by the Trentham Military Band The Band, "Mephistopheles" March Douglas "Celebrity" (cornet) Mortimer "William Tell" Overture Rossini 9.43 Thomas L. Thomas (baritone), bad Dnt 1) Wderemecaege ax Rate hetiaet McGill "My Homeland" ........ Speaks 9.47 The Band, "Three Blind Mice" .. Lotta "Eroica" Selection Beethoven "Rhythm on Record": A programme of new dance recordings, compered by "Turntable" NEWS FROM LONDON, followed by meditation music CLOSE DOWN ZYC tae 5. Op.m. Tunes for the tea-table 6. 0 o aN ° oo Musical menu After dinner music "A Sea Jaunt"’: Songs and humour of the sea Sonata and chamber music: featuring at 9.32, Artur Schnabel (piano) playing "Sonata in E Flat Major, Op 7" (Beethoven) 10. Oto 10.25 Signal preparation for Air 10.30 Force Close down

W WELLINGTON 2 990kc¢. 303m. 7. Op.m. Showmen of syncopation 7.35 People in pictures 8.5 Musical digest 8.35 Carson Robison and his Buckaroos 8.45 "His Lordship’s Memoirs" 9.12 Medliana 9.45 Tattoo 9.52 Thrills 10. 0 Close down NAB: NEW PLYMOUTH 810k¢, 370m. 8. Op.m, Studio programme 9. O Station notices 9. 2 Recordings 10. 0 Close down QV). 750 kc. 395m. 7. Oa.m. 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 For the children: ("Uncle Paul and Aunt Beth’’) 6. 0 "The Japanese Houseboy" 6.15 oo FROM LONDON and Topical 6.45 "The Hunchback of Notre Dame" 7. O After: dinner music 7.30 Variety hour 8.30 Dance session 9. 0 NBS Newsreel: A digest of the day’s news 9.15 BBC News Commentary 9.25 The Royal String Orchestra = "Memories of Lehar"’: Vocal Geme Allan Poe" Close down 2 Y IN 920kc. 327m. 7. Op.m. Light music 7.30 ‘Carson Robison and his Pioneers " 8. Sketches and variety 8.30 Light classical music 9. 0 Grand Opera, introducing excerpts from *Salome" (Strauss) sung by Marjorie Lawrence (soprano) 9.385 ‘Japanese Houseboy " 10. 0 Close down 45 "Tales from the Pen of Edgar »&

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SV CHRISTCHURCH 720k c. 416m. 6. Oa.m. Station on the air for NEWS FROM LONDON 7. Q@ NEWS FROM LONDON 7.30 (approx.) Breakfast session 8.45 NEWS FROM LONDON 9. 0 Morning melodies 10, 0 "For My Lady": Popular instrueg Ensembles-Albert Sandler rio 10.30 Devotional service 49.45 Baritone interlude 11. Q "Shoes and Ships and Sealing-wax," by Nelle Scanlan 11.15 Taik: "Help for the Horie Cook," by Miss Sara McKee 11.30 Popular tunes 12.0 Lunch music (1.145p.m., NEWS FROM LONDON) 2. 0 Music on strings 2.30 RKhythm Parade 8.0 Classical programme 4 0 Variety programme 4.30 Sports results Light orchestral and ballad programme 5. 0 Children’s session 5.45 Dinner music (6.15, NEWS FROM LONDON and Topical Talk): "Waltzing to Archibald Joyce’; "Hymn to. the Sun" (Rimsky-Korsakov); ‘‘Passin Clouds’ (King); ‘‘The Violin’s Love Song" (Winkler); " Irish Washerwoman " (Sowerby): "I'u. Take You Home Again, Kathleen" (Trad.); "Ice Rink" Selection; ‘Venetian Night’ (Voehr/); "Escapada’ (Phillips); ‘"‘Trianon’ Veaicr treme! "Suite De Danse’ (Kunneke); "Salut D'Amour" fElgar); "Polonaise Militaire’ (Chopin); ‘Melody, at Dusk’ (King); "Valse Bluette" Drigo); ‘Knightsbridge’ March (Coates); Parade of the Imps’ (Ecklebe). 7.0 Local news service 7.30 EVENING PROGRAMME: The 3YA Orchestra, conducted by Will Hutchens (Mus. Bac), "Vanity Fair" Overture Fletcher Percy Fletcher, who died in 1932, was a clever composer of the best type of popular music. and a man who knew every inch of.the theatre from the box office to the Stage door. For years he was musical director of His Majesty’s Theatre. He was, like his colleague Eric Coates, born in the Midlands, at Derby. Apart from his music for the theatre, he produced a quantity of cleverly written, tuneful and popular music, of which this Overture is a characteristic example. 7.37 Feodor Chaliapin (bass), "The Legend of the Twelve Robbers" ccccccssoorsseee Zharoft 7.41 Piano recital by Walter Gieseking, of compositions by Debussy "Suite Bergamasque" "Pagodes" (Estampes No. 4) "L’Isle Joyeuse" 8.3 From the Studio: Audrey Holdgate (soprano), sings a eresp of songs by Rachmaninoff: "The Harvest of Sorrow" "My Lovely Maiden, Sing No More" "The Fountain" "The Lilacs" "At Night" 8.16 The Orchestra: | "Festival of Ballet Suite Thomas 8.36 Studio recital by Heddle Nash, famous English tenor

8.51 The Orchestra, "Song of Loyalty" . Coates "Peter. Pan" c..ccccci..c0o Kaye 8.58 Station notices 9. 0 NBS newsreel: A digest of | the day’s news 9.15 BBC news commentary 9.25 Alfredo Campoli and_ his Orchestra, with Muriel Brunskill (contralto), and John Morel (baritone), The Orchestra, "With the Classics" 9.34 Muriel Brunskill, "The Banks of Allan Water" trad. "Bless This House" .... Brahe "Sink, Red Sun" . Del Riego 9.43 The Orchestra, "Prelude", 09 ewseee ~=Wo0d "Chinese . Hellier 9.48 John Morel: "Simon the Cellarer" . trad. "BICANOTE" .- coccecosseccoeee Taylor 9.56 The Orchestra, "Viennese Waltzes" arr. Robrecht 10.4 MUSIC, MIRTH AND MELODY | 11. 0 NEWS FROM LONDON, followed by meditation music 11.30 CLOSE DOWN 3) / IL 1200 kc. 250m. 5. Op.m. Recordings 6. 0 "Music for Everyman" 7. 0 After dinner music 8.0 "Circle of Shiva" 8.14 Suite and Piece (Ketelbey) 8.30 From the Land of the Leek 8. 0 For the dancers! 9.30 "Mittens" 9.43 Vaudeville 10, 0-10.25 Signal preparation for the Air Force 10.30 Close down

S/d 940k c. 319m. 7. Oa.m. NEWS FROM LONDON 7.30 Breakfast session 8.45 NEWS FROM LONDON 9. 0 Morning music 40. 0-10.30 Devotional Service 12. 0 Lunch music 1.15 p.m. NEWS FROM LONDON 3.0 Afternoon programme 3.30 Classical music 4.0 Popular songs and dance hits 4.30 Variety 5. O Children’s session (‘‘Norma’’) 5.30 Dinner music 6.15 a FROM LONDON and Topical a 6.40 After dinner revue 6.57 Station notices 7. O Bands on the air 7.30 Mirthmakers Broadcasting, featuring Dave Willis (comedian), Flanagan and Allen, The Fol-de-Rols. 8. 0 Emil Roosz and his Orchestra: Tino Rossi (tenor), Pavilion Lescaut Orchestra 8.30 Hits from the movies 9. 0 NBS Newsreel: A digest of the day’s news 9.156 BBC News Commentary 9.25 ‘Carson Robison and his Pioneers" 9.37 Tango-time 9.47 Plays for the People: "Poste Restante " 10. 0 Close down t Y 790 k c. 380 m. 6. Oa.m. Station on the air for NEWS FROM LONDON 7.0 NEWS FROM LONDON 7.30 (approx.) Breakfast session NEWS FROM LONDON 10. 45 Devotional service 10.40 "Shoes and Ships and Sealing-wax," by Nelle Scanlan 411.0 "For My Lady": Scotland’s musical pride-the Glasgow Orpheus Choir 11.20 Talk by Miss J. Ainge: "Cooking by Gas" 11.36 In my garden 12.0 Lunch music (1.145p.m., NEWS FROM LONDON) 2. 0 Music of the Celts; Rhythms of the Keyboard; Afternoon reverie 3.15 A.C.E. Talk: "The After Holiday Feeling " 3.30 Sports results Classical music 4.30 Cafe music 4.45 Sports results 5. O a session (Big Brother 5.45 Dinner music (6.15, NEWS FROM LONDON and Topical Talk): "Polka" (Smetana); ‘‘Turkish March" (Mozart); "Chinese Wedding Procession" (Hosmer); "The Great, Waltz’ (Strauss); ‘Ay-Ay-A (Freire); "Memory" aes "South of the Alps" Suite (Fischer); Nidrei’. (Trad.); ‘"‘Ramona"’ Ker Dream Too Much"; "Columbine’s Rendezvous" (Heykens); "Dance of the Comedians’’ (Smetana); ‘‘Gladiolas’"’ (Lohr). 7. 0 Local news service 7.14 Recorded talk by Professor estysamt Wall: "The Art of Jesting"’ 7.30 EVENING PROGRAMME: The New Mayfair Orchestra, "Mother of Pearl’ Selection | Straus 7.40 "Dad and Dave" 7.53 "Rhumba Rhythms and Tango Tunes" 8. 8 The Theatre Box: "Two Girls and a Music Box" 8.21. VARIETY: The Light Opera Company, George Formby (comedian), Patricia Rossborough (piano), and Paul Whiteman and his Orchestra

8.45 "The Circle of Shiva": A tale of Eastern mystery and intrigue 8.58 Station notices 9. 0 NBS Newsreel: A digest of the day’s news 915 BBC news commentary 9.25 Boyd Neel String Orchestra, "Moto Perpetuo" ........ Lotter "Slavonic Scherzo" .. Sistek 9.33 Giuseppe Danise (baritone), "Sing to Me" ...ccccccrcsse Curtis "Core’pgrato" .... Cardillo 9.41 Lew White Trio, "Medley of Southern Tunes" Foster "Meditation" from "Thais" Massenet "Hungarian Dance No. 1" Brahms 9.51 Westminster Singers, "O Peaceful Night" . German "Golden Slumbers" .. Odell 9.57 Boyd Neel String Orchestra, OUR: Siosecipgnaiiibeieanias Liadov 10. O Dance music by Dick Colvin and his Music 11. 0 NEWS FROM LONDON, followed by meditation music 11.30 CLOSE DOWN AY ©) 140k¢e, 263m. 5. Op.m. Tunes for the tea-table 6. 0 An hour of melody and song 7. 0 After dinner music 8. 0 Mosaic for music lovers 9. O Fireside memories 9.15 On the dance floor 10. O Kings of the keyboard 10.30 Close down ay Y LA 680kc. 441m. 7. 0am. NEWS FROM LONDON 7.30 Breakfast session 8.45-9.0 NEWS FROM LONDON 41. 0 Recordings 12. 0-2.0 p.m. Lunch music (1.15, NEWS FROM LONDON) 6. O Children’s session: (‘Round the World with Father Time’’) 5.15 Merry moments 5.45 Personalities on Parade: Renara (pianist) 6.0 "Thrills!" 6.15 aes FROM LONDON and Topical a 6.45 A budget of sport by the "Sportsman" 7. 0 After dinner music 7.30 Gardening talk 7.45 "The Music of Edvard Grieg," a phe ey introducing the Piano oncerto in A Minor, Op. 16, played by Wilhelm Backhaus and the New Symphony Orchestra; and ‘Elegiac Melodies Op. 34" played by the London Philharmonic Orchestra 8.30 Presenting for the First Time! 8.57 Station notices 9. 0 NBS Newsreel: A digest of the day’s news 9.156 BBC News Commentary 9.25 ‘The Sentimental Bloke" 9.51 Kurt Engel (xylophonist) 9.57 anne Be Good,’ Gershwin Selecon 10. O Close down

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