WEDNESDAY NATIONAL

New Zealand Listener, Volume 4, Issue 99, 16 May 1941, Page 29

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l y 650 k c. 462 m. 6. Oa.m. Station of the air for NEWS FROM LONDON 7. 0 NEWS FROM LONDON 7.30 (approx.) . Breakfast . session 8.45 NEWS FROM LONDON 9. 0 "Music As You Like It" 10. 0 Pevoveny Service: Rev. Mr. Leadey : 10.20 "For My ‘Lady’: The legends of Maui and Rangi 10.45 "A,Woman’s Letters from England," by "‘Monica’"’ 41.0 "Musical Highlights" 42, 0 Lunch music- (12.15 p.m, NEWS FROM LONDON) 1.15 Headline News and Views 2.0 ‘"Musie and Romance" 2.30 Classical music’ 3,30 Sports results "From Our Sample Box’ 4.0 Light music, 4.30. Sports results 6..0 Children’s session (‘Cinderella" and. ‘"‘Peter’’) * 5.45 Dinner music (6.15, NEWS FROM LONDON and Topical Talk): Famous. Operettas Potpourri .(arranged Robrecht); Serenade (Kreuder); Adagio (Corelli); Herbert Jager plays a medley} March of the Liitle Lead Soldiers’ (Pierne); "Pop. Goes the. Weasel’ farr. cas . "Shy, Serenade" (Scott-W9od); "Praeludium" -_ (Jarnefelt); "Egyptian Mareh’:; (Strauss); Sandler Minuets; "‘The Fairies" (Schumann); "Two Guitars" (trad.); "Ramantique Waltz’ (Lanner); "Thoughts That Come And Go" (Carste); "A Birthday Greeting’ (Ketelbey); "The Flatterer" (Chaminade). 7. 0 Local news service 7.75 Book Review 7.30 EVENING PROGRAMME: The Prisca Quartet, Quartet in E Flat .... Mozart 7.55 Studio recital by Tessa Birnie (pianist), Prelude and Fugue in A MinoT .....c0cceseeeeereee Bach-Liszt Sarabande Capriccio in G Minor, Op. 116 Brahms 810 Studio recital by Evelyn Busbridge (mezzo-soprano), "Crabbed Age and Youth" White "A Green Cornfield" . Head "When as the Rye" . Warlock "Dream, Valley" .... Quilter "A Madrigal" ............ Howells ore BEE ’ 8.23 Helen Gaskell (oboe), and the Griller String Quartet, Quintet. .................... Maconchy 8.37 Studio recital by Kenneth Neate, Australian tenor 8.57 Station notices 9. 0 NBS Newsreel: A digest of ‘the day’s news 9.15 BBC News Commentary 9.25 Evening Prayer: Rev. M. A. Rugby Pratt, of the Methodist Church 9.30 "Martin’s Corner: The Story of a Family" 10.0 M ae IC, MIRTH AND MELODY 11.0 NEWS FROM LONDON, followed by meditation music 11.30 CLOSE DOWN

| Y 880k.c. 341m. 0-6.0 p.m. Light music O After dinner music 0 "Bands and Ballads," with "Vanity Fair" at 8.30 QO Variety hour, with "Joan of Arc" at 9.30 | 10. O Light recitals 10.30 Close down IZM 1250k.c¢ 240m. 5. Op.m. Light orchestral and popular session 6.36 Signal preparation for the Air Force 7. O Orchestral music 7.46 ‘Silas Marner" 8. 0 With the Rotorua Maori Choir 8.30 Concert programme 9.30 Hawaiian and popular melodies 10. 0 Close down 2 y 570k ¢. 526m. In the event of Parliament being broadcast. this programme will be transmitted by 2YC. Usual hours of Parliament, 2.30 to 5.30 p.m., and 7.30 to 10.30 p.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 8. O Morning variety 10.10 Devotional Service 10.25 Popular melodies .10.28 t0 10.30 Time signals 10.40 "For My Lady": "Oliver Twist" 11.0 "A Woman’s Letters from England," by Monica 411.145 Music by popular composers 11.30 Variety on the air . © Lunch music (12.15 p.m, NEWS FROM LONDON) & Headline News and Views QO Classical hour O Ballad singers 3.28 03.30 Time signals 3.32 Musical meanderings 4. 0 Sports resulis 5. O Children’s session 5.45 Dinner music (6.15, NEWS FROM LONDON and Talk): "Supper in Vienna’ (arr, Hruby); "Indian Love Call" (Friml); "Orange Blossoms" (Mayerl); "Estilian Caprice’ (Paul); "Emperor Waltz" (Strauss); "‘Ragamuffin" (Rizner); "Canzonetia"’ (D'Ambrosio); . Pierrette" (Chaminade); "Songs at Eventide’; "‘Flowers of Love" (Rust); "Beautii (Lincke). QO Official news service "Britain Speaks" 7.28 to 7.30. Time signals 7.30 Taik by Our Gardening Expert 7.45 PROGRAMME: The London Palladium Orchestra, "Sousa on Parade" arr. Palmer 7.50 Malcolm . McEachern§ and Harold Williams, "The Gendarmes Duet" Offenbach 7.54 "Kitchener of Khartoum": The life and adventures of England’s great _ soldierstatesman 3 8.19 "Let’s sing it Songs of the moment: Songs of the past: Songs with a story: Songs of the people With soloists and chorus (A Studio presentation) 2 xF

8.43 "Under the Baton": Melodious pieces by favourite orchestras 8.58 Station notices 9.0 NBS Newsreel: A digest of the day’s news 9.15 BBC News Commentary 9.25 Evening Prayer: Rev. M. A, Rugby Pratt, of the Methodist Church 9.30 "Gems from ‘The New Moon’" Nelson Eddy sings: "Softly Ag in a Morning Sunrise" "Stout Hearted, Men" "Lover Come Back to Me" "Wanting You" .... Romberg The world of music, and that greater world beyond its somewhat exclusive boundaries, has reason to be glad that Sigmund Romberg abandoned engineering for com--posing. Had he not done so, we should be minus musical. plays like "The Student New Moon’; and:that simply won’t bear, Prince," "The Desert Song," and "The! | thinking about. Music, like murder. will out, and nothing seems to be able to keep a good 9.42 10. 0 11. 0 11.30 composer down, "At Eventide" It is written of hhuman-kind that "at eventide they shall remember" . .. Here is a lady who remembers . . remembers the sunshine and shadows, the joys and the sorrows of a long life... For her the day is far spent, but, at eventide, she remembers the wonder of the dawn and the fierce blaze of the’ noonday sun, the lengthening shadews and gathering twilight Ray Herbeck and his Music with Romance NEWS FROM LONDON, followed by meditation music’ CLOSE DOWN AY GC Meta str 5. Op.m. Tunes for the tea-table 6. 0 6.35 7. 0 8. 0 9.30 10. 0 10.30 Orchestral Masterpieces, featuring. Musical menu Signal preparation for the Air’ Force After dinner music at 8.10, BBC Symphony Orchestra playing Symphony No. 6 in F Major Op. 68 (‘Pastoral’) (Beethoven) Operatic highlights Variety Close down QV WELLINGTON 990 k c.° 303 m. 7. Op-m. Cocktails 7.20 7.32 7.45 8.15 8.40 9. 0 9.27 9.45 10. 0 , "Adventures? "WicGlusky the Filibuster" Keyboard colleagues "Premiére": The week’s new releases Solo artists’ spotlight "The Mystery of Darrington Hall" Rhythm in retrospect When day is done Close down

ON7/53 NEW PLYMOUTH 10k, 370m. 6.30 p.m. Children’s session 7-30 8. 0 Ono 9. 9. 10. Lecturette and. information service Concert programme Station notices Concert programme Close down QV hl NAPIER — 750 ke. 395m. 7. 0am. NEWS FROM LONDON 7.30 Breakfast session 8.45-9.0 NEWS FROM LONDON 11, 0 Light music 12, 0-2.0p.m. Lunch music ‘(42.15; 1.15 5. 0 5.45 8.26 8.30 9. 0 9.15 9.25 9.30 10. 0 NEWS FROM LONDON) Headline news and views Light music -Robinson Cleaver and Patricia Rossborough "Waltzes from Opera" "The Fourth Form at. St. Perey’s" ia FROM LONDON and Topical Hawke's Bay stock market reports After cinner music "Thoce We Love" Music. by. Gershwin: Paul , White-man-and his Concert Orchestra, "An American in Paris" Helen Jepson (soprano) é Paul Whiteman and his Concert Orchestra, ‘‘Cuban ‘Overture" Paul Robeson (bass) "Night Club": Orrin Tucker and his Orchestra ‘NBS Newsreel: A digest of the day’s news BBC News Commentary’ Evening Prayer: Rev. M. A. Rugby Pratt, of the Methodist Church "Music from the Theatre’: ‘‘Casse Noisette" Ballet (Tchaikovskt!) Close down YN 7.2 8. 0 . 8.30 9. 0 9.30 10. 0 7. Op.m. "The Life of Cleopatra’ 5 Light music Light classical selections Variety and vaudeville Band programme "Eb and Zeb" Close down These are correct as we te programmes press. Any last-minute alterations be pgp epee over the air. programmes in this issue ere t to arhe Listener, and may not be permissi without on.

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SV; CHRISTCHURCH 720k c. 416m. 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 melodies 10. O "For My Lady": Popular vocal ensembles: The Westminster Glee Singers 10.30 Devotional Service 10.45 Music from the movies 41. 0 "More Sidelines: Rabbit Rampage," by Mrs. Mary Scott 41.10 Light Orchestral session 11.30 Popular tunes 12. 0 Lunch music (12.15 p.m, NEWS FROM LONDON) 1.15 Headline News and Views 2. 0 Melody and rhythm 2.30 Musical comedy 3. 0 Classical hour 4 0 Rhythmic revels 4.30 Sports results Favourites old and new 6S. 0 Children’s session 5.45 Dinner music (6.15, NEWS FROM _ LONDON and Topical Talk): "Slavonic Dance No. 2" (Dvorak); "Cradle Song’ (Mozart); "‘Moonlight on the Danube" (Gay); "The Student Prince" Serenade (Romberg); "Puszta’ (trad.); "Melodious Intermezzo" (Kotscher); "‘Estrellita" (Ponce); ‘Serenade’... (Toselli); "A Soldier’s Life is Grand" (Olivieri); "One Bright Hit After the Other Medley" (Richartz); "The Old Gipsy’’ (trad.); "‘Life Begins With Love’ (Tobias); "Marigold" (Mayerl); "Cloches de Corneville" Waltz peengnee? "Sanctuary of the Heart’ Ketelbey); "Hungarian Medley" (arr. out); "Last Rose of Summer" (Moore). 7. 0 Local news service 7.20 Addington Stock Market Report 7.30 EVENING PROGRAMME: _ The BBC Symphony Orchestra, "Ruy Blas" Overture Mendelssohn 7.39 Winter Course Series: "Changing Bases of Society" "The World To-day" A Discussion by Dr. H. N. Parton, M.Sc., A. H. Clark, M.A., and C. G, F. Simkin, M 7.59 Reginald Kell (clarinet), with W. Goehr and the Symphony Orchestra, Concertino, Op. 26 .... Weber 8. 8 Reading by O. L. Simmance "Martin Chuzzlewit," by Charles Dickens 8.28 Studio recital by Moira McIlrevey (soprano), "Solveig’s Song"? ............ Grieg ."It Was a Lover and His OE icsicatcennings Mopley "Rose Softly Blooming" Spohr ‘ "The Cows are in the Corn" : Leslie 8.40 Studio recital by Henri Penn, _English pianist 8.58 Station notices ‘9. O NBS newsreel: A digest of the day’s news 9.15 BBC news commentary 9.25 Evening Prayer: Rev. M. A. Rugby Pratt of the Methodist Church

9.30 Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Symphony No. 9 «so Mahler Rondo Burleske Adagio 10.5 MUSIC, MIRTH AND MELODY 11.0 NEWS FROM LONDON followed by meditation music 11.30 CLOSE DOWN O/ CHRISTCHURCH 1200 kc. 250m. 5. Op.m. Tunes for the tea-table 6. O Music for everyman 6.35 Signal preparation for the Air Force 7. 0 After dinner music

ad S008 o ae Sele "Leaves from the Diary of a Film Fan" The music of Albert W. Ketelbey Dance time with the swing bands Light music Close down Sz GREYMOUTH 940k.c. 319m. 7. Oam. NEWS FROM LONDON 7-30 8.45 9. 0 Breakfast session NEWS FROM LONDON Morning music 10. 0-10.30 Devotional Service 12. 0 1.15 DOA T TD Poo o @® ooocoo ® AN Gah = 00 OMMWNAINNDD = oa Poe off & Lunch music (12.15 p.m., NEWS FROM LONDON) Headline News and Views Afternoon programme Dance tunes and popular songs Variety Children’s session (Norma) Carson Robison and his Pioneers Dinner music "Fourth Form at St. Percy’s" sae FROM LONDON and Topical alk Fifteen minutes of brightness Station notices : Evening programme "Ravenshoe" Out of the bag "Thrills" Revival time "Mittens" Youth Show NBS Newsreel: A digest of the day’s news BBC News Commentary Evening Prayer: Rev. M. A. Rugby Pratt, of the Methodist Church Heart songs Musical all-sorts Close down

IN rove som 6 Oa.m. Station on the air for NEWS 7. 0 FROM LONDON NEWS FROM LONDON 7.30 (approx.) Breakfast session 8.45 10.15 10.40 11. 0 11.20 11.35 12. 0 NEWS FROM LONDON Devotional Service ‘Finnish Hygiene," by Dr. Halliday Sutherland "For My Lady": "Ernest Maltravers "’ * Cooking by + paca %: Talk, by Miss %. McSta Tunes of the South Dunedin Community Sing (relay from the Mayfair Theatre) (12.15. NEWS FROM LONDON)

41.15 Headline news and views 2. 0 Rambling in rhythm: Duos, trios and quartets: At the London Paljiadium 3.15 A.C.E. talk: "Planning Appropriate Meals " 3.30 Sports results Classical music 4.30 Cafe music 4.45 Sports results 5. 0 Children’s session (Big Brother. Bill and Travelman) 5.45 Dinner music (6.15, NEWS FROM LONDON and Topical Talk): "Procession of the Sirdar’ (IppolitovIvanov); ‘‘My Blonde Dream" (Doelle); "In Old Budapest" (Krish); ‘‘Charlie Kunz Medley of Strauss Waltzes’; "The Gay Fellow" (Rumanian Folk Dance); ‘‘Sweethearts" (Smith); "Indian Summer" (Lohr); "Fairy Tales’ (Schmidt); "Merry Nigger" (Squire); ‘Fair Rosemary" (Kreisler); "Russian Slumber Song’ (Gretchaninoff); "Almita’ (Racho); ‘"Sarba’’ (Rumanian Folk Dance); ‘‘Blaze Away’ (Holzman); "Who Knows?" (Lesso); "Sharaban" (trad.). 7. O Local news service 7.13 "The Purchase of Westland, 1860, and Te Waipounamu' (Greenstone"): Talk by E. L. Kehoe 7.30 EVENING PROGRAMME: The Court Symphony Orchestra, "The Three Musketeers Selection" Friml 7.40 "Evergreens ‘of Jazz" 7.54 "The Hunchback of Ben Ali" 8. 7 Geraldo and his Orchestra, "Twenty-five Years of Musical Comedy"

8.15 8.23 8.30 8.42 8.55 9.15 9.25 9.30 9.33 9.54 10. 0 11. 0 11.30 The Roosters Concert Party, "A Village Concert" Merriman Ted Steele’s Novatones, "Apple Blossoms and Chapel Bale" aia Hoffman "Oh, What Lovely Dream" Wright "At Twilight Time" Shefter and Fazioli "The Fourth Form at St. Percy’s" "Live, Love and Laugh": A drama set to music with Dobrinski’s Lyric Ensemble The West End _ Celebrity Orchestra, "The Phantom Watch" Haarhaus Station notices NBS Newsreel: A digest of the day’s news BBC News Commentary Evening Prayer: Rev. M. A, Rugby Pratt, of the Methodist Church Reginald Foort (organ), "The Riff Song" Romberg "The Life of Cleopatra" Lew Stone and his Band, "Under Your Hat" Trafford Dance music NEWS FROM LONDON, followed by meditation musie¢ CLOSE DOWN aly DUNEDIN | 1140k¢, 263m. 5. Op.m. Tunes for the tea-table 6. 0 Melody and song 7. 0 9. ne 10. 0 10.30 After dinner music Concerto programme, featuring at 8.8, Artur Schnabel (piano), and the London Philharmonic Orchestra Playing Concerto No. 1 in D Minor Op. 15 (Brahms) Highlights of opera Comedy time Close down aly INVERCARGILL . 680ke. 441m. Oam. NEWS FROM LONDON 730 Breakfast session 8.45-9.0 NEWS FROM LONDON 11. 0 Recordings 12, 0-2.0p.m. Lunch music (12.15, 1.15 5. 0 5.15 5.45 6. 0 6.15 6.45 7. 0 7.30 8. 0 NEWS FROM LONDON) Headline News and Views Children’s session: "Richard the Lion-Heart" Light opera and musical comedy Tunes of the day "Buccaneers of the Pirate Ship Vulture" ee FROM LONDON and Topical a "Circle of Shiva" After dinner music These were hits "Exploits of the Black Moth: Grief Comes to Mr. Granby" London Palladium Orchestra, Stanley Holloway, and Joe Bund and his Orchestra , "Here’s A Queer Thing" Station notices NBS Newsreel: A digest of the day’s news BBC News Commentary Evening Prayer: Rev. M. A. Rugby Pratt of the Methodist Church Interlude Old-time Dance Programme, compéred by Frank Beadle Close down