SATURDAY NATIONAL

New Zealand Listener, Volume 4, Issue 92, 28 March 1941, Page 38

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| NY AUCKLAND : 650k c. 462 m. 6. Oa.m. Station on the air for at FROM LONDON 7. 0 NEWS FROM LONDON 7.30 (approx.) Breakfast session 8.45 NEV’/S FROM LONDON 9.0 "Entertainers All" 10. O Devotional Service: Pastor M. Check 10.20 "For My Bays! *: Scotland’s Musical Pride, the Glasgow Orpheus Choir 10.46 "A Few Minutes with Women Novelists: Elizabeth," by Margaret Johnston 41. 0 ‘Domestic Harmony " 42,0 Lunch music (12.15 p.m. and 1.15, NEWS FROM LONDON) 2.0 "Rhythm in Relays" 3.30 Sports results 4.30 Sports results 5. O Children’s session (‘* Cinderella ’’) 5.45 Dinner music (6.15, NEWS FROM LONDON and Talky: "Merry Widow" Selection (Lehar); "Mouse in the Clock" (Hunt); "Holladrio"’ (Schmidseder); * ‘Oh My Dear Ones’ (trad.); Mon Cherie, Mon Amt" (Stolz); "Carmen" Capers (Bizet t); * Caprice Viennois "’ Kreisler); "Lovely Vienna’; "Snow airies"’ (Lowry); Awny Should We Fall in Love?" (trad.); "Nina" (Livschakoff); "Mighty Lak’ a Rose" (Nevin); "In. the Marionettes Shop" (Rich); "The Music Comes" (Straus); ‘Coronation March" (Kretschmer); "Faust Frolics" (Gounod). 7. O Local news service 7.15 Topical Talk from the BBC 7.30 EVENING PROGRAMME: Ferdie Grofe Orchestra, "Derby Day" 7.34 Mary Lewis (soprano), "The Lorelei " ............ Silcher "The Holy Child" .... Martin 7.45 Studio recital by Mary Martin (violin), in numbers_ by eighteenth century composers: Praeludium ........... Vivaldi Gigue Handel Siciliano ............ Birckenstock Allegro cecccccccsscoveeses. SCarlatti La Fringante ............. Fiocco 7.88 The International Singers, "I Hear a Thrush at Eve" Cadman "Believe Me if All" .... Moore IM VICtUB" «...sccodseossesereeso, HANN "Passing By" ............ Purcell "Now is the Month of Maying" Morley 8.11 Studio recital by Theo McLellan (piano), " Bourree " peoscbsepvacices:: SEM Two Mazurkas sscseseneee Chopin Cradle Song ................ Brahms 8.22 Studio recital by Henry Reece (baritone), "The Watchman" .... Squire "Young Tom 0’ Russell "Red Devon by the Sea" , Clarke "On the Road to Tipperary " O’Hara 8.35 Ferdie Grofe Orchestra, "The Painted Desert" . Grofe 8.38 Richard Tauber (tenor) in : excerpts from "Land without MURIC" n.cccccccenrsserescseree OtrAUSS 8.50 Rosario Bourdon String Ensemble, Swedish Folk Song «. Sandby "Love’s Lullaby" .... Bourdon 8.57 Station notices 9. 0 NBS Newsreel: A digest of the day’s news

9.15 9.25 10.10 11. 0 11.30 BBC News Commentary Old-time dance programme 10. 5 Sports summary Continuation of old-time dance NEWS FROM LONDON, followed by meditation music CLOSE DOWN xe 5. 0-6.0 p.m. Light music 7. 0 7.45 8. 0 8.30 8.42 9.30 9.42 10.30 After dinner music "Billy Bunter of Greyfriars " Prelude "The dark horse " | Interlude * Filmiand memories": Ralph Reader and chorus, in songs from * Gang Show of 1939" Finale Close down 1250k.c. 240m. 1. Op.m. Band music, vocal gems, light 2.40 4.0 5. 0 7. 0 7.30 8. 0 10. 0 10.25 11. 0 12M) AvSKLaND orchestral, vocal and organ selections Vocal medleys, piano _ selections, light popular and orchestral recordings Piano accordion items, popular medleys, band music Light orchestral and popular selections Sports results Orchestral interlude Dance session Signal preparation for the Air Force Dance (continued) Close down

2 y 570k c. 526m. In the event of Parliament being broadcast, this programme will be | transmitted by 2YC. Usual hours of — Parliament, 10.30 a.m. to 1 p.m., and | 2.30 to 5.30. 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 Morning variety 10.10 Devotional Service 10.25 Popular melodies 10.28 t0 10.30 Time signals 10.40 For My Lady: "Great Expectations" 11.0 "A Few inutes with Women Novelists: Some More Writers of Detective Fiction," by Margaret Johnston 11.16 something for Everybody 12. 0 Lunch music (12.15 p.m. and 1.15, NEWS FROM LONDON) 2.0 Saturday matinee 3.28 103.30 Time signals 4. 0 Sports results 6. O Children’s session 5.45 Dinner music (6.15, NEWS FROM LONDON and sone Talk): "Afternoon Tea wit Robert Stolz’’; "Serenade" (Jungherr); ‘Midnight, the Stars and You’ (Woods); ‘Rendezvous’ (Aletter); "Merrie England’ Dances (German); "Calling Me Home" (Wilfred); "The Lilac Domino Selection" (Cuvillier); "Enamorado" (Wetzel); ‘‘No More Heartaches" (King); "Austria Hungary’. (arr. Rawicz and Landauer); "Cuban Serenade’ (Midgley). 7. 0 Official news service 7.15 "Britain Speaks" 7.2810 7.30 Time signals 7.45 EVENING PROGRAMME: "Shall We Waltz?" ‘A session of romantic music by Harry Horlick’s Orchestra 7.59 "Krazy Kapers": A further instalment in this hilarious variety show 8.28 Saturday Night Variety, featuring Dan Foley (Irish tenor), Ena Rapley (soprano), Bobby Girvan (saxophone), ’Arry and Lizzie, Bertie the Babbler with John Parkin and Henry Rudolph at two pianos (A studio presentation)

8 Station notices . O NBS Newsreel: A digest of the day’s news 5 BBC News Commentary 5 DANCE PROGRAMME 10. 0 Sports results 40.10 Continuation of dance programme 11.0 NEWS FROM LONDON, followed by meditation music | 11.30 CLOSE DOWN 2 Y 840k ¢c. 357m. 5. Op.m. Tunes for the tea-table 6. 0 Musical menu . @ After dinner music 8.0 "St, Matthew Passion" (Bach), part 2. by the Schola Cantorum (Conductor, Stanley Oliver), assisted by the NBS String Orchestra (relay from Dominion Museum) 10. 0-10.25 ‘Signal preparation for the Air Force 10.30 Close down QW WELLINGTON 990 k.c. 303 m. 7. Op.m. "You Asked For it" session: From listeners to listeners 10. 0 Close down W713 NEW PLYMOUTH 810k¢. 370m. 6.30 p.m. Children’s session 7.30 Sports results and reviews 8. QO Music; mirth and melody 9. 0 Station notices 9. 2 Recordings 10. 0 Close down QV irl 750 kc. 395m. ' 7. Oam. NEWS FROM LONDON 7.30 breakfast session 8.45-9.0 NEWS FROM LONDON 11. O Light music 12, 0-2.0p.m. Lunch music (12.15 and 1.15, NEWS FROM LONDON) Dance music in strict tempo For the children: ‘"‘The Adventures of Marco Polo" Albert Sandler and his Orchestra Carson Robison and his Pioneers ic FROM LONDON and Topical Tal Senior cricket results After dinner music Topical Talk from the BBC ane Nuisance": An NBS production The Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, "Carneval" Overture (Dvorak) @ NNN® Som gm om "wes [+>] goog 80 8.15 The Don Cossacks Choir, ‘‘Barynja," "On the River Kasanka," "The Red Sarafan" (trad.) 8.22 The Philharmonic Orchestra, "Tales aaa from the Vienna Woods" (Strauss) Jussi rept tee (tenor) 8.37 Beatrice Harrison (’cello), "Melody" (Dawes), "Hassan’’ Serenade (Delius) 8.43 Miliza Korjus (soprano) 8.56 The National Symphony Orchestra, "Nocturne" (Grieg) 9. 0 NBS Newsreel: A digest of the day’s news 9.15 BBC News Commentary 9.25 "Thrills" 9.40 Medleys from the shows 10. 0 Close down 2 Y Ni 920k.c. 327m. 7. Op.m. "Listeners’ Own" session a Viennese Waltz Orchestra, ‘Happy Vienna" 8.10 ‘Scott of Scotland Yard" 8.50 Light recitals 9.15 Dance music 9.30 Swing sessiop 0.0 Close down

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SV, CHRISTCHURCH 720 k.c. 416m. 6. Oam-. Station on the air for NEWS FROM LONDON 7. 0 NEWS FROM LONDON 7.30 (approx.) Breakfast session S 8.45 NEWS FROM LONDON 9.0 Morning melddies 10. 0 "For My Lady": Tenors and the girls they sing about 10.30 Devotional Service 10.45 Some rhythm 11.0 "A Few Minutes with Women Novelists: Charlotte Bronte," by Margaret Johnston 11.10 Light orchestral session 11.20 Popular tunes 12. O Lunch music (12.15 p.m. and 1.15, NEWS FROM LONDON) 2: 0 Bright music 2.30 Happy memories 3.0 Tunes everybody knows 4. 0 Bands and basses 4.30 Sports results Rhythm and melody 6. O Children’s session: ("Riddlemanh’’) 5.45 Dinner music (6.15, NEWS FROM LONDON and Talk): "The Merry Wives of Windsor" (Nicolat); "Mon Bijou" (Stolz); ‘Bats in the Belfry" (Mayerl); "Waltzes of the World" (arr. Robrecht); "Nola" (Arndt); ‘‘Four Indian Love Lyrics’ (Woodforde-Finden); "Excuse Me Dance"; "Capriccio" (Gurewich); "‘Moto Perpetuo" (Lotter); "Ecstasy" (Ganne); "Student Prince’ (Romberg); ‘Waltz Medley’; "The Last Drops" (Kratzl); "Green Tulips’ (Mayerl); "Five ‘Cello "Medley" (trad.). 7. 0 Local news service 7.16 Topical War Talks from the BBC 7.30 EVENING PROGRAMME: Debroy Somers Band, "Swing Along" 7.39 "The Exploits of the Black Moth": "Away From England -Back to England" 8. 4 Mayfair Symphony Orchestra, "The British Empire" Fantasia 8.13 Recent releases: Jeanette Macdonald (soprano), "The Maids of Cadiz" Delibes "Ave Maria" . Bach-Gounod 8.19 Richard Tauber (tenor), . "Serenade from ‘Frasquita’" Lehar "Don’t be Cross" ........ Zeller 8.25 Geraldo and his Orchestra, "Shall We Dance?" Gershwin 8.33 Lukewela’s Royal Hawaiians 8.44 Song hits of the 20th Century "A Bird in a Gilded Cage" von Tilzer "T Can’t Tell Why I Love OY OW" ecevscdivpeseiesccomns awards "Strike Up the Band" . Ward "The Blue and the Grey" Dresser "Good-bye Dolly Gray" Barnes "Down South" . Myddelton "Absence Makes the Heart Grow Fonder’" ............. Dillon "She Was Happy Till She Met You" ................ Rosenfeld "When the Harvest Days Are Over" ccccccssessoveseeee VON Tilzer 8.53 Carroll and_ the Savoy Hotel Orpheans, "Serenade" .... Moszkowski 8.58 Station notices

9. 0 NBS Newsreel: A digest of the day’s news 9.156 BBC News Commentary 9.25 Variety programme, featuring John Tilley, the HillBillies and Harry Roy and his Orchestra 10. 0 Sports summary 10.15 DANCE MUSIC 11. 0 NEWS FROM LONDON, followed by meditation music 11.30 CLOSE DOWN NVA CHRISTCHURCH 1200k¢. 250m. 5. Op.m, Recordings 6. 0 "Music for Everyman" 7. O After dinner music 8. 0 Symphonic programme, featuring at 8.16, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, playing Symphony No. 14 in B Flat Major, Op. 38 (Schumann); and at 9.9, Artur Schnabel (piano), and the London Philharmonic Orchestra, playing Concerto No. 1 in D Minor, Op. 15 (Brahms) 10. 0-10.25 Signal preparation for Air Force 10.30 Close down S22 GREYMOUTH 940k.c, 319m. am. NEWS FROM LONDON Breakfast session NEWS FROM LONDON Snappy programme \ Close down Lunch music KRG E oe and 1.15, NEWS FROM LONDON) Variety Bright spot Dinner music "Personal Column’ a FROM LONDON and Topical Sporti 0, results, station notices Paul Concert Orchestra, "Slaughter on Tenth Avenue" Topical war talks from the BBC From the theatre Pathe Copperfield" NBS New revue ud A digest of the day’s BBC. News Commentary Bob Crosby’s Orchestra present the fox-trot Ps at ae by the Old-time Waltz an Swing, by Red Nichols and his Orchestra Close down . | adh ah GKoS00 cookSo =o ND OoaTKN NO = ao & OO CWONN wr ca a i = = ° AN DUNEDIN | 790 k.c. 380 m.} 6. Oa.m. Station on the air for NEWS: FROM LONDON 7.0 NEWS Ade > LONDON 7.30 8 NEWS Breakfast session 8.45 ‘FROM LONDON 10. Random Ramblings "A Few Minutes with Women Novelists: Louisa M. Alcott," by Margaret Johnston 11. 0 "For My Lady": "Ernest Maltrayers" 11.20 Melodious Memories: Novelty and Humour 12. 0 Lunch music (12.15 p.m. and 1.15, NEWS FROM LONDON) 2.0 Vaudeville Matinee: Bands, Banjos and Baritones ) 3.30 Sports results 3.45 Revels, Recital and Rhythm: Cate: music 4.45 Sports results 5. 0 ae $s session: ("How to Make" ub 5.45 Dinner music (6.15, NEWS FROM LONDON and Topical Talk ): "With Sandler Through Opera’; "The Musical Clock of Madame de Pompadour"

(Noack); "Obstination" (Fontenailles); "Rodeo March" (Ramsay); "Sympathy" (Friml); "Serenade" (Haydn); "The Gipsy Pte nytt Sad A March" (Strauss); "Secrets 0 the Ad > ils (Carena); ‘ ‘Down in the Forest’’ (Ronal "Chinese Legend" (Schulenburg); Murmurs" (Lincke); ‘ (arr, Rawicz and Landauer) ; * ‘A Frangesal! March" (Costa); "Aloha Oe"’ (Liliuokalani) ; "Tango Habanera" (Payan); "St. Louis Blues" (Handy); "Voices \of Spring’ (Strauss). 7. 0 Local news service 7.15 Topical War Talks from the BBC 7.30 EVENING PROGRAMME: Light orchestras and ballads Albert Ketelbey’s Concert Orchestra, "Chal Romano," Gipsy OverCUPS esi dda iistahes Ketelbey 7.40 Stuart Robertson (bassrbaritone), "Villikins and His Dinah" "Some Folks Like to Sigh" "My Bonnie" ......ccrccosrersse. t2A0. "Down in Demerara" arr. Mansfield A sound musical training was the foundation of success for Stuart Robertson. Born in London, of Scottish parentage, at the age of seven he commenced to sing. He was one of the ten boys constituting the children of H.M. Chapels Royal. On Sundays they sang at 10 o’clock at Buckingham Palace, at 11.0 at Marlborough House, and at 12.15 at St. James’s Palace. He went to school at Chigwell, Essex,*and at 18 recommenced his studies at the Royal College of Music, of which he is an Honorary A.R.C.M. At nineteen he was appointed Assistant Vicar Choral at St. Paul’s Cathedral and remained there for over six years. 7.46 Louis Voss and his Orchestra, "A Mediterranean Cruise" Jalowicz 7.52 Quentin Maclean (organ), of Garland of Roses" 8. 0 Barnabas von Geczy and his Orchestra, "Bitter Sweet Waltz" Coward "Softly as in a Morning Sunrise" Romberg 8. 6 Studio recital by Gaynor Paape (soprano), "Charming Chloe" .... German "A Summer Night" . Thomas 8.12 The Boston Promenade Orchestra, "Divertissement" ............ Ibert 8.26 Studio recital by Arthur Lungley (baritone), SCONTATS" © csciniensesiorsvscce WOO "Tally Ho!" .,.....c00-...0008 Leoni "Four by the Clock" Mallinson "The Romany Road" * Dickson 8.35 Sahdor Joszi Orchestra, "Marche of the Marionettes" ' . de Rose "Love’s Call" .........000... Scharf "The Smithy in ‘the Wood" Eilenberg 8.44 Gaynor Paape (soprano), ‘Joy" a Gaul "The Enchanted Forest" Phillips 8.50 The Regal Cinema Orchestra, "Sally Selection" ss Kern 8.58 Station notices

NBS Newsreel: A digest of the day’s news BBC News Commentary Dance music 10. 0 Sports summary 5 -10 Dance music 0 NEWS FROM LONDON, followed by meditation music 11.30 CLOSE DOWN ay, DUNEDIN 1140k¢. 263m. Sodicco S59 SONIND EI ooo oo a 2) p-m, Tunes for the tea table Melody and song After dinner music "The Crimson Trail" Tunes we know "The Mystery Club: The Photograph" Follow the drum: Band programme "People in pictures" Close down aly INVERCARGILL 680k.c. 441m. 7. Oam. NEWS FROM LONDON 7.30 Breakfast session 8.45-9.0 NEWS FROM LONDON 11. 0 Recordings 12. 0-2.0p.m. Lunch music (12.15 and 5. 0 5.15 6. 0 6.15 6.45 6.48 7.15 7.30 8. 0 8.57 1.15, NEWS FROM LONDON) Children’s session Saturday special Carson Robison and his Buckaroos NEWS FROM LONDON and Topical Talk ory Mayerl, eomposer, at the ano o-day’s sports results Accordiana Topical Talks from the BBC Screen Snapshots Shall We Dance? Music in strict dance tempo. Interludes by Pat Kirkwood Station notices NBS Newsreel: A digest of the day’s news BBC News Commentary Late Sporting " For the musical connoisseur, introducing "Don Juan" (R. Strauss), played by the London Philharmonic. Orchestra Close down

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