THINGS TO COME

New Zealand Listener, Volume 11, Issue 268, 11 August 1944, Page 6

THINGS TO COME

A Run Through The Programmes

MONDAY You growled at young Johnny last summer for lifting the carrots from his home garden plot to see if they were really growing, and pulling up the potatoes just to make certain the eyes weren’t sprouting downwards, but don’t you sometimes get anxious, too? Or are you one of those people whose garden looks just like the model dig-for-victory plot on the front of the weekly magazine your neighbour lent you? You’re not? Then perhaps the gardening talk from 3YA will be able to help you. "Doubts and Difficulties" is its title, and it will be heard at 7.15 p.m. on Monday, August 14. Also worth notice: 2YA, 8.2 p.m.: Mozart Quartet in D Minor (Studio). 4YA, 8.5 p.m.: Mozart Symphony No, 40 in G Minor. TUESDAY SPECIAL BBC recordings to be heard on Tuesday evening, August 15, from 2YA, will introduce listeners to some unfamiliar music. At 8.30 p.m. there will be a programme of music by Purcell, including some songs chosen as topical, for their patriotic nature, two from "King Arthur or the British Worthy’ by Dryden, and one from "Bonduca," by Beaumont and Fletcher. The final scene of "Dido and Aeneas" will be performed, and the programme will end with an orchestral suite of pieces from "King Arthur." At 9.40 p.m. listeners will hear a recording by the BBC Scottish Orchestra, under Guy Warrack, of the Symphony in B Flat by the Norwegian composer, a Se Svendsen (1840-1911). Also worth notice: 1YX, 8.0 p.m.; Piano Concerto No, 1 (Chopin). 3YL, 8.24 p.m.: Piano Quintet (Bloch). WEDNESDAY F you are an enthusiast for the type of singing Vera Lynn offers, then you should thoroughly enjoy the BBC production "Starlight," which features Adelaide Hall. She is accompanied on the piano by Ronnie East, who also plays a medley of popular tunes. The programme includes such favourites as "Coming In On a Wing and a Prayer" and "Smoke Gets In Your Eyes." This programme is the first in a series, and will be heard from 2YA at 9.45 p.m. on Wednesday, August 16. Also worth notice: 1YA, 8.31 p.m.: Octet (Howard Ferguson). 3YA, 9.30 p.m.: Symphony No. 3. (Mendelssohn ). THURSDAY "THERE was one person we heard about who bought a piece of land and had the plans all ready for the house. On top of that he had moneyplenty of it, brains, looks, in fact everything one would think helpful for starting a home. The only thing he lacked was a wife, and try as he would, that was the one thing he could not get. Whether that is your difficulty or not, we suggest that you tune in to 3ZR at 3.30 p.m. on Thursday, August 17, to a talk entitled. "The Making of An . Earthly Home." ae _ Also worth notice: | 2YC, 8.0 p.m.: Music by Schubert. a¥A, | 8.0 p.m.: Technical High School Con-

FRIDAY SOMEBODY brought a fencing foil into the office the other day, and as we took it up and twirled it and

tried to look gallant and dashing and_ costumed (though knowing about as much. of sword play as we do of higher m a the matics),

we thought of-whom? D’Artagnan and the Three Musketeers, of course-who else? Even Cyrano de Bergerac, who could compose a ballade as he fought a duel, comes to the mind after D’Artagnan. The appeal of Dumas is everlasting. Two great Dumas centennials fali this year-"The Three Musketeers and Monte Cristo," and Frank Reed of Whangarei, the noted Dumas collector, was interviewed on the subject at 1YA. These two interviews are to be broadcast from 3YA this Friday and next. They are of the highest interest to lovers of Dumas, and New Zealanders should realise that here in this country is a man whose enthusiasm for Dumas has won him international fame. Also worth notice: 1YA, 8.0 pm: "London" Symphony (Haydn). 3YA, 8.0 p.m.: Music by Alfred Worsley (Studio). SATURDAY ALENT scouts may be on the prowl on Saturday, August 19, or they may sit at home and do their scouting by wireless. This will be opening night for the Wellington Competitions Society, and the concert will be broadcast from 2YA at 8.20 p.m.-and who can tell what Melbas, Menuhins or du Mauriers may be produced, er what "mute, inglorious Miltons" may be revealed? In these progressive days, fond relations need no longer miss the debut of the family prodigy; they can tune in along with the talent scouts. But even if you belong to neither of these categories, you may still find it an entertaining evening. Also worth notice: 1YA, 8.40 p.m.: Mark Twain: Portrait for Orchestra (Kern). 3YL, 8.0-9.0 p.m.: Music by Sibelius. SUNDAY Y an old French law, a man who had once been a convict wa? always an outcast. He expiated his crime a thousand times in the miserable penal colonies, yet could never return home. France kept her doors shut, and even the settlement of New Caledonia, which so many New Zealanders now know so well, remained a penal colony until 1899. This is the setting for the NBS production "Retribution," to be broadcast from 3YA at 9.22 p.m. on Sunday, August 22. The atmosphere is accurately drawn, for the author of the play, Tom Tyndall, lived for six years in New Caledonia. The play has been broadcast in Canada, Australia and South Africa. Also worth notice: 2YA, 2.0 p.m.: "Don Quixote" (Richard Strauss ). 3YA, 3.0 p.m.: "Mother Goose" Suite (Ravel