Around The Nationals

New Zealand Listener, Volume 5, Issue 127, 28 November 1941, Page 24

Around The Nationals

‘Te Sunday evening service to be relayed by 2YA on November 30 will be from the Wellington Salvation Army Citadel, where the preacher will be Major Parkinson and the- band leader Major ‘Henry Goffin. There is probably no name in the Salvation Army in New Zealand so well known to the outside public as that of Major Goffin (whose picture appears on this page). He comes from Devon and at the age of fifteen was bandmaster of the Plymouth Corps Band-no small responsibility. In 1912 he came to New Zealand and was at first associated with the Wellington City Band as band sergeant, later succeeding as bandmaster. Under his instruction the band maintained a very high standard. Later, when stationed at Wellington City Corps as Corps Officer, he again took control of the band, and in 1925 organised a tour of the South Island, with a visit to the Dunedin and South Seas Exhibition as the highlight of the trip. Major Goffin has also made a name as a choral conductor and composer. His marches, " Red Shield" and "New Zealand Warriors" are well known. * * . [N an organ recital to be broadcast by 3YA from the Civic Theatre, Christchurch, on Friday evening, December ~ Dr. J. C. Bradshaw will play the first two movements of the important work, Sonata for the Organ, Op. 28, by Elgar. Elgar’s organ sonata is a notable addition to the very limited number of really great works written for the instrument by modern composers. Following on the lines of the great Masters, this is a work modern.in character and yet violating none of the fundamental rules of composition as practised by them. The first movement, Allegro maestroso, is written in the classical sonata form. The second movement is an Allegretto in the tonic minor key, fanciful and charming. (The last two movements of the Sonata will be played at a recital on December 19). * * * ‘THE session of Belgium music which will be heard from 2YA next Sunday under the title of Our Allies and Their Music is the first of a series. Later sessions will deal with the music of Greece, Belgium, Holland, Norway, Czechoslovakia, Yugoslavia, Russia, and Poland. The programmes will, of course, consist primarily of selections of representative ational music, but there will also be references to folk music, great composers and artists, and typical instruments of the various countries, * * we; URING next week 2YA listeners will have three opportunities of hearing the noted Australian baritone, Harold Williams, who is at present touring New Zealand. On Sunday, November 30, at 9.27 p.m., and on Thursday, December 4, at 9.25 p.m., Mr. Williams will give recitals from the studio, and on Tuesday, December 2, at 8 p.m. he will be heard as vocalist with the NBS String Orchestra (conducted by Frank Crowther),