Friday, April 23

New Zealand Listener, Volume 18, Issue 460, 16 April 1948, Page 42

Friday, April 23

l Y 650 ke, 462 m. 6. 0, 7.0,8.0 a.m, LONDON NEWS 9.4 Correspondence School Session (see page 44) 9.30 "Emergency Broadcast to Schools 10. 0 Devotions: Major ~ Allan Montgomery 10.20 For My Lady: "The Amazing Duchess" 10.40 "Life in the Australian Mallee," by Hazel Porter 12. 0 unch Music 1. 0 p.m. Emergency Broadcast to Schools 1.30 Broadcast to Schools 2. 0 A St. George’s Day Cameo 2.30 CLASSICAL HOUR, featuring modern English composers : Sea Drift Delius "Capriol’"’ Suite Warlock Serenade Britten 3.30 In Varied Mood 3.45 Music While You Work 4.15 Light Music 4.30 Children’s Session: ‘‘Halliday and Son" 6. 0 Dinner Music 6.45 BBC Newsreel 7.0 £$t. George’s Day: Address by P. Heath-Preest, President Auckland Branch of Royal Society of St. George 715 Sports Talk 7.30 EVENING PROGRAMME Commemorating St. George’s ay The Philharmonic Choir It Comes from the Misty Ages ("The Banner of _ St. George"’) Elgar 7.36 London Chamber Orchestra Ayres for the Theater Purcell 7.44 The Zoe Bartley-Baxter Players Excerpts from Shakespeare’s Tragedy ‘King Lear" (A Studio Presentation) 9. 0 Overseas and N.Z. News 8.20 "Letter from Wanganui" 9.30 Parry Jones. (tenor) Sleep The Fox Warlock 3.36 Beatrice Harrison (’cello) and the New Symphony Orchestra Concerto, Op. 85 Elgar 40.2 ‘‘Much Binding in the Marsh’’ (BBC Programme) 10.90 Music, Mirth, and Melody 11. 0 LONDON NEWS 11.20 Close down IN 2 AUCKLAND 880 ke. 341 m. 6. Op.m. Dancing Time 6.30 Popular Artists 7. 0 After Dinner Music 8. 0 "Paul Temple and the Gregory Affair" ; BBC Programme) 8.36 dio * Revue: Favourite English Entertainers ; 9. 0 Rhumba Rhythms and 4 Tunes 9.1 Popular Pianists 9.30 Richard Tauber 9.46 Allen Roth Programme 10. @ Players and Singers 40.8C Close down

(] ZAM AUCKLAND Ad _1250 ke. 240 m, 4.80 p.m. ‘Tea Time Cabaret 6. 0 The Music of Manhattan 8.30 Dinner Music 7. 9 "anne of Green Gables" 7.30 Opera Half Hour 8. 0 Listeners’ Classical Programme 10. 0 Close down 2 Y 570 ke, 526m. 6, 0,7.0,8.0a.m. LONDON NEWS 9. 4 Correspondence School Session (see page 44) 9.30 Local Weather Conditions 9.32 Morning Star: Elleen Joyce (piano) 9.40 Music While You Wor 40.10 Devotional Service

10.25 A.C.E, TALK: Danger! Dirt! 10.40 For My Lady: Ibsen and the New Drama 12. 0 Lunch Music 1.30 p.m. Broadcast to Schools 2.0 CLASSICAL HOUR A London Symphony Williams By the Wayside ("The Apostles’’) Elgar The Perfect Fool, Ballet Music Holst 3. 0 Afternoon Serenade 3.30 Music While You. Work 4.0 Songs and Tunes of All Nations 4.30 Children’s Session 6. 0 Dinner Music 6.30 LONDON NEWS 6.40 National Announcements 7. 0° Feilding Stock Market Report 7.15 "Australian Birds," talk by Fred Lewis 7.30 EVENING PROGRAMME The English Singers in songs by Arne, Quilter, Somervell and Robertson, arranged for women’s voices (A Studio Presentation) 7.46 Shakespeare’s Birthday: "The Merchant of Venice" (An NZBS Production) 9. 0 Overseas and N.Z, News 9.20 Provincial Letter: Manawatu 9.35 British Music by British Bands BBC Military Band 5 Vanity Fair Overture Fletcher Pomp and circumstance Marches, 2 and 3 Elgar Band of H.M. Grenadier Guards London’ Suite Coates ‘ Band of H.M. Welsh Guards The Gondoliers Selection H.M.S. Pinafore Selection Sullivan 10. & Rhythm on Record: "Turntable"’ 11. 0 LONDON NEWS 11.20 Close down \ WCE TEAL 4.30 p.m. Records at Random. 6.0 Dance Music 6.30 Men of Note 6.45 Hawaiian Memories 7.°O James Moody Sextet 7.15 Norman Cloutier Orchestra 7.45 Voices in Harmony 8.0 For the Pianist 8.15 Songs from the Shows 8.45 Birthday of the Week

i: O Panorama of British Music oe Tudor times to the present ay aa International String Quarte Four Part Fantasias Purcell The Fleet Street Choir Madrigal, Fair Phyllis I Saw Farmer Ballet, See, See the Shepherd’s Queen Tomkins The Sadler’s Wells Orchestra, conducted by Constant Lambert Ballet Suite, The Prospect Before Us Boyce London Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Sir Landon Ronald Coronation March, Op. 65 Elgar The Boyd Neel String Orchestra St. Paul’s Suite Holst 10. O Serenade 10.30 Close down

2N7(D | WELLINGTON . 990 kc. 303 m. 7. 0 p.m. Comedyland 7, 30 Ye Olde Time Music Hall 8. 0 With a Smile and a Song 8.30 Carry on Clem Dawe 9.0 Stars of the Concert Hall 3. "Strange Destiny’: Hester _ Stanhope, niece of William Pitt 9.45 Tempo Di Valse 10. O Wellington District Weather Report Close down

| QYZ [BE NEW, PLYMOUTH | 810 ke. 370m. 8. Op.m. Concert Programme 8.30 "Inspector Cobb Remembers" : (BBC feature) 9.20 ‘Dad and Dave" we 0 Close down LQNC in). ahr ise, 7. 0,8.0a.m. LONDON NEWS 9.4 Correspondence School session (see page 44) 9.36 Matinee 9.50 Morning Star: Pau Casals (’cello) 10. 0 Music in the Tanner Manner 10.30 Music While You Work 12. 0 Lunch Music 1.30 p.m. Broadcast to Schools 2.0 Music While You Work 2.30 Langworth Concert Orchestra 2.45 Variety 3.16 ‘The Early English Composers: A St, George’s Day Programme 4. 0 Hits of the Day 4.15 "Martin’s Corner" 4.30 Children’s Session: Tales of Adventure 6. O Dinner Music

6.30 . LONDON NEWS 6.45 BBC Newsreel 7.0 For the Sportsman 7.16 After Dinner Music 7.30 Evening Programme St. George’s. Day, a programme for England 7.45 TAANGA TOMOANA (baritone) Sea Fever Ireland You Along 0’ Me Sanderson Silent Noon Vaughan Williams Border Ballad Cowen (A Studio Recital) 8.0 For the Bandsman 8.15 William Shakespeare: A. cameo to celebrate the poet’s birthday, featuring excerpts from the plays, read by Helen McConnochie, and Shakespearian Songs by"William S, Eastwood (From the Studio) 8.45 With a Smile and a Song 9. 0 Overseas and N.Z. News 9.30 History’s Unsolved Mysteries 10. QO Supper Music 10.30 Close down

LAND nie See 920 ke, 327 m. 7.0 p.m. To-morrow’s Sports Fixtures "Hopalong Cassidy" 7.30 Light Music 8.0 Concert Session | Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Sir Malcolm Sargent A London Overture Ireland 8. 8 Sidney Burchall (baritone) and Male Chorus Homeland England All the Way Longstaffe 8.14 Otis Skinner and Cornelia Otis Skinner Merchant of Venice AS You Like It 8.16 Eric Coates and Symphony Orchestra A Song by the Way Sohg of Loyalty Trevor Anthony (bass) The White Cliffs of Dover 8.27 Albert Sandler Trio Baby Mine 8.30 "This is London: East End and City" 8. 3 Grand Opera Excerpts The Berlin State Opera Orchestra conducted by Alois Melichar The Bartered Bride Overture Smetana 9.41 John Charles © Thomas (baritone)' It is Done Salome! Salome! Massenet 9.15 Dorothy Maynor (sopGpetchen at the Spinning Wheel Schubert 9:19 Rose Bampton (soprano) and Lawrence Tibbett | (baritone) Garden Scene Duet Verdi 9.23 The Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Sir Malcolm Sargent Ah, Love Me a Little Puccini 9.31 Royal Opera Chorus and Orchestra, Covent Garden Smugglers’ _Chorus Bizet 9.35 Boston Promenade Orchpee conducted by Arthur Fieder Bacchanale Saint-Saens 9.49 Albert Sandler and his Orchestra 9.48 Rhumba Rhythm and Tango Tunes 10. 0 Close down LBA2J _ SASBORNE 7.0 p.m. "Gisborne Invincibles" 7.30 BBC Programme 8. 0 The Bartered Bride Selection Smetana 8.16 Beatrice Harrison and Gerald Moore (’cello and piano) | Sonata in E Minor, Op. 38 Brahms 8.32 "ITMA" 9. 0 Marek Weber Orchestra Chopinata Potpourri 9.15 racile Fields 9.22 The Albert Sandler Trio 9.30 Selected Recordings 10. 0 Close down

RS)Y 720 ke. 416 m. 6. 0,7.0,8.0a.m. LONDON NEWS 7.58 Canterbury Weather Forecast 9.4 Correspondence School Session (see page 44) 9.30 Music by Edward German 10.0 Famous British Theatre Organists 10.10 For My Lady: ‘Famous Women: Duchess of Gordon" 10.30 Devotional Service 10.45 Music While You Work 12. O Lunch Music 1.30 p.m. Broadcast to Schools 2. 0 Music While You Work 2.30 Help for the Home Cook 2.44 Shakespearian Songs 3. 0 CLASSICAL HOUR Contemporary English Composers Sonata for Viola and Harp ax Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge Britten 4. 0 Latest Releases by Leading English Dance Bands 4.15 Songs and Chorus of Old England 4.30 Children’s Session: ‘‘Timbertoes, the Runaway Scarecrow" 6. 0 Dinner Music 6.30 LONDON NEWS > FS Local News: Service 7.15 "Home and Life: HusbandWife Relationsaip," first of twa talks by Dr. Eleanor Meares 7.30 EVENING PROGRAMME Desert Island Discs: Will Hutchens makes his selection 8. 0 CHRISTCHURCH HARMONiC SOCIETY CHOIR and THE NATIONAL ORCHESTRA a by Andersen Tyrer, with Isobel Baillie (British soprano), Mary Pratt (Dunedin contralto) Thomas E. West (Christchurch tenor) and Bryan Drake (Dunedin baritone) Mass in B Minor Bach (From Christchurch Cathedral) 10.10 "The Sword and the Pen," commemorating the anniversary days of St. George, the patron Saint of England, end William Shakespeare, the Bard of Avon 10.40 Famous Orchestras and Concert Artists 11. 0 LONDON NEWS 11.20 Close down SY CHRISTCHURCH 1200 ke, 250m. 4.30p.m. Short Pieces for Full Orchestra, featuring the Halle Orchestra 5.15 Light Music 6 QO Orchestral Melodies, featuring English Composers 6.30 Famous Singers and Fameous Songs 6.45 "This Music is Mine’; Are tists present their own composi« tions 7 Musical What’s What 7.15 The Music of Manhattan 7.30 Strike Up the Band 8. 0 Radio Theatre: ‘Sixteen’ 9, 0 Overseas and N.Z, News 9.20 Provincial News Letterg ‘Auckland 9.35 BBC Brains Trust: Mary Agnes Hamilton, Bertrand Russell, Lord Elton, Sir Malcolm Sargent, Michael Ayrton, and Questionmaster Donald McCullough, Questions: Why do colours clash? Can past history assist to-day’a problems? What causes a tune to run if the mind? Why are there no women cars toonists? 10.5 "ITMA" (A BBC Transcription) 10.30 Close down PS VL4 GREYMOUTH 940 ke, 319m. 7. 0, 8.0a.m. LONDON NEWS 9. 4 bape cate School Ses sian (see page 44) 9.32 Composer of the Week Berlioz 10. O Davotaeal Service

DOMINION WEATHER FORECASTS 7.23 am., 9.0, 12.35 p.m., €.0, 1YA, 2YA, SYA, 4YA, | 2YH, SZR, 4YZ.

10.20 Morning Star: Frankie Carle (pianist) 10.30 Music While You Work 10.45 A.C.E. Talk: "Danger! Dirt!" 12. 0 Lunch Music. 1.30 p.m. Broadcast to Schools 2. 0 Cinema Organists | 2.15 Festive Songs 4 2.30 Variety 8. 0 Classical Music The Faithful Shepherd Suite Handel-Beecham Finale from "The Prospect Before Us’? Boyce-Lambert 8.30 Music While You Work 4. 0 Orchestras and Ballads 4.30 Children’s Session: "The Genie in the Bottle" 4.45 Dance Music 6. ~ Sports Review: O, J, Morris .- 6.30 LONDON NEWS 7.0 #£Recordings 7.30 Evening Programme "OfMficer Crosby" 7.45 For St. George’s Day El Alamein Concerto Arlen "They Fought at Alamein," commemorating the famous battle Threnody for a Soldier Killed in Action Heming-Collins ®. 0 Overseas and N.Z. News 8.20 Music of Manhattan 8.35 History’s Unsolved Mysteries 10. O Personalities on Parade 10.30 Close down

| "al, Y 790 ke. 380 m. 6. 0, 7.0,8.0 a.m. LONDON NEWS 9.4 Correspondence School Session (see page 44) 9.30 Current Ceiling Prices 9.32 Music While You Work 10. 0 A.C.E. TALK: "Preparation of Baby’s Layette and Equip> ment," by the Plunket Society 10.20 Devotional Service 10.40 For My Lady: Music is ren Isador Goodman (pianst 12.-0 Lunch Music 1.30 p.m. Broadcasts to Schools a, St. George for England: The English tradition as illustrated in England’s songs and music 2.30 Music While You Work

3. 0 Recital for Two: Australian artists 3.30 CLASSICAL HOUR Sonata in E Minor Elgar Suite for String Orchestra Bridge 4.30 Children’s Session: Coral] Island 6. 0 Dinner Music é 6.30 LONDON NEWS 6.45 BBC Newsreéel ao A Review of the Field for to-morrow’s meeting 7.410 Sports News 7.30 EVENING PROGRAMME "ITMA"’ (BBC Production) 8. 0 Melody Cruise, with Dick Colvin and his Music (Studio Presentation) 8.20 "Dad and Dave’ 8.46 The English Dance World 3. 0 Overseas and N.Z. News 9.20 Provincial Letter: AuckjJand ,

9.35 Let’s Have it Out: Is Home and Family Life an Institution Worth Retaining, by Mrs. Ian Rutherford, J. P. Ward, E. W. G. Thorpe, A. Hanna, and Prof. George Knight (chairman) 10. 0 Jack Payne and his Band 10.15 Geraldo’s Orchestra 11. 0 LONDON NEWS 4 411.20 Close down

LQYVO tore an, 4.30 p.m. Light Music 6. 0 Music from Latin America 6.15 Bing Crosby 6.30 Something Old, Something New 7. 0 "Serenade to the Stars’: Light Music by the Sydney Toreh Trio (BBC Programme) 7.15 George Wright (Hammond organ), with Thomas Hayward ~ (tenor) 7.30 Popular Parade 8. 0 Music by Modern British, Composers Sir Malcolm Sargent and the Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra Shepherd Fennel’s Dance Gardiner 8.7 Watson Forbes (viola) The Arrival Platform Humlet The Sussex Mummers Christmas Carol Grainger 8.13 Sir Edward Elgar and the London Symphony Orchestra Symphony No. i in A Flat, Op. 55 ; Elgar 9. 0 The Music of Manhattan . 9.16 Music You’ll Remember 9.30 It’s Swing Time beg net a Boston promenade Or1. _ down

"N72 INVERCARGILL 680 ke. 44] m. 7. 0, 8.0 a.m. LONDON NEWS 3. 4 Correspondence School Ses sion (see page 44) 9.31 St. George’s Day 10. 0 Devotional Service 10.18 ‘Hollywood Holiday" 10.30 .Music While You Work 12. 0 Lunch Music 1.30 p.m. Broadcast to Schools 2. 0 Destiny Bay’ 2.15 Classical Hour A London Overture Ireland Elegy Howells Violin. Concerto . Delius 3. 0 Songtime: Winnie . Fraser (soprano) 3.15 Music You’ll Remember 3.30 Music While You Work 4.0 English Interlude 4415 The Voice of Romance 4.30 Children’s Session: "Pinocehio" and Hobbies 6. 0 Budget of Sport 6.30 LONDON NEWS 6.40 National Announcements 7. 0 After Dinner Music 7.15 "In the Words of snakes speare"’ 7.30 On the Dance. Floor 8. 0 "This is London; Queensbury" 8.30 Music from English Operas 9. 0 Overseas and N.Z. News 9.20 "Plantation Echoes’’: Edric Connor, West Indian _ baritone, with Charles Enesco and his Sextet 9.40 "Joe on the Trail" (Final Presentation) 10. 0 Modern Varietv 10.30 Close down

Friday. April 23

Local Weather Forecast from Z3's: | 7.32 am, 1.0 p.m. 9.30 p.m. |

) Local Weather Forecast from ZB’s: 7.32 am, 1.0 p.m. 9.30 p.m.

EME in ie. 6. a.m. Start the Day Right (Phi Shone) 8.45 Auckland District Weather Forecast 9. 0 Morning Recipe Session (Aunt Daisy) 9.30 Eugene Woolfe and Orchestra 9.45 We Travel the Friendly Road with Jasper 10.0 My Husband’ s Love 10.15 Regency Buck 10.30 Légend of Kathie Warren 10.45 The Woodleys 12. 0 Mid-day Music rs 30 p.m. Bing Crosby 2.35 Shopping Reporter 2 1) Afternoon Music 2.0 Miss Trent’s Children 2,30 Women’s World (Marina) 3. 0 Beethoven’s Twelve Contra Dances 3.15 Joseph Schmidt 3.30 Al Goodman and Orchestra 4. 0 Beatrice Kaye and Danny aye 4.30 Keyboard Cameo EVENING PROGRAMME 6. 0 Uncle Tom and his Children’s Choir 6.30 Friday Nocturne (Thea and Eric) T:2 Till the End of Time: Ludwig van Beethoven and Leonora van Breuning 7.45 A Musical Quiz 8. 0 First Light Fraser Returns 8.15 Raiph and Betty 8.30 Musical Favourites in Rhythm 8.45 The Dark Horse 3. 0 epee from the Record Presses 9.15 Waltzes with Words 9.30 Musical Variety 10. 0 Week-end Sports Preview Pag Meredith) Famous Dance Bands 40:30 Favourites in Melody 11. 0 Supper Time Melodies 11.15 Mainly Dance Music 12. 0 Close down

2ZB WELLINGTON 1130 ke, 265 m. 6. Oa.m. Breakfast Session 7.30 Musical Show Hits 8. 0 Keyboard Kapers 9. 0 Morning Recipe’ Session (Aunt Daisy) 9.30 John McCormack (tenor) — 9.45 The Decca Light Symphony Orchestra 10. 0 My Husband’s Love 10.15 Housewives’ Quiz (Marjorie) 10.30 Legend of Kathie Warren 10.45 The Woodleys 12. 0 Mid-day Melody Menu 12.30 p.m. Shopping Reporter: Suzanne a. % Mirthful Mealtime Music 2.0 Miss Trent’s Children 2.30 Women’s World 3. 0 Conductor’s Gallery 3.30 James Melton 4. 0 Don Cossacks 4.45 News from the Zoo: C, J. Cutler, of the Wellington Zoo

EVENING PROGRAMME mae | Variety on Parade _s Till the end of time: Ole 6 7 7.45 A. J. Allen’s Stories 8. 0 First Light Fraser Returns 8.15 The Charioteers 8.45 Talent Quest 9. 0 At the Console: Dick Lei9.30 Harvest of Stars 10. 0 A Choice of Dance Recordings Preview of To-morrow’s Sports 11. 0 Accent on Rhythm 12. 0 Close down .:

3ZB CHRISTCHZRCH | 1430 ke, 210 m. 0 a.m. Break o’ Day Music 0 Pucker Up and Whistle 0 Breakfast Club . Oo Morning Recipe’ Session Daisy) 9.30 Two Together 9.45 The Great Cole Porter 10. 0 My Husband’s Love 10.15 Piano Parade 10.30 Legend of Kathie Warren 10.45 The Woodleys 12. 0 Lunchtime Fare 12.30 p.m. Shopping Reporter Anne) 2..0 Miss Trent’s Children 2.30 Women’s World (Joan) 3. 0 Frank Sinatra in Popular Film Songs 3.15 The Versatile Fred Hartley 4.0 Songs of the Plains 4.30 Merry Mood 4.45 Children’s Session EVENING PROGRAMME

6. 0 Places and People (Teddy Grundy) 6.15 Reserved 6.30 The Romance of Famous Jewels: The Dresden Green Diamond 7. 0 Till the End of Time: Paderewski 7.30 Reserved 7.45 Scrapbook 8. 0 First Light Fraser "Returns 8.15 Ralph and Betty 8.30 Rodgers and Hart Film Melodies 8.45 String Time 9. 0 Afterglow 9.30 Personality Parade 10. 0 Sports Preview (the Toff) 10.30 The World of Motoring 11. O From the Pen of" Stanley Stept 11.30 Tranquil Tempo 12. 0 Close down

4ZB DUNEDIN 1310 k.c. 229 m 6. Oa.m. London News 6. 5 6.30 7.0 7.35 9. 0 Start the Day Right Morning Meditation Breakfast Parade Morning Star Morning Recipe session (Aunt Daisy) 9.30 9.45 10. 0 10.15 10.30 10.45 12. 0 A Bouquet of Flower Songs Romance in Melody My Husband’s Love . Heritage Hall Legend of Kathie Warren The Woodleys Mid-day Tunes 12.30 p.m. The Shopping Reporter session 1..0 Luncheon Tunes 1.30 Music of the British Isles 2:0 Miss Trent’s Children 2.30 Women’s World (Alma) 3.0 Songs in Harmony 3.30 Benny Goodman Conducts 4. 0 The Jesters Entertain 4.30 Harry Welchman and Theatre Chorus 4.45 Children’s session

EVENING PROGRAMME 6. 0 Footlight Memories 6.30 Barnabas Von Geczy and Orchestra Z. 0 Till the end of Time: Modeste Petrovich Moussorgsky 8. 0 First Light Fraser Returns 8.15 Ralph and Betty 8.30 Ramblings in Rhythm 8.45 One Good Deed a Day 9. 0 Cheerful Music 10. 0 Sporting Life 0.30 Sporting Preview (Bernie McConnell) 11.15 In a Dancing Mood 12. 0 Close down

27, PALMERSTON. Nth, ‘ 1400 ke. 214 m, 7. Oa.m. Breakfast session 7.15 Dominion Weather Forecast 9. 0 Morning Request session 9.32 Kings of the Keyboard: Whittemore & Lowe 9.45 Lanny Ross (tenor) 10. 0 Wind in the Bracken 10.15 My True Story 10.30 Close down EVENING PROGRAMME 6. 0 Film. Music 6.15 Organola 6.30 Tip Top Tunes 6.45 Musical Miscellany 7. 0 Till the End of. Time: Frederic Chopin and Delphine Potocka 7.30 Light Variety 7.45 First Light Fraser Returns 8. 0 Miss Trent’s Children 8.15 Ralph and. Betty 8.30 Young Farmers’ Club 8.45 Singing for You: The Merry Macs 9. 0 Music for Moderns 9.15 Echoes of the Islands 9.32 Big British Hits , 9.45 Preview of Sport (Fred Murphy) 10. 0 Close down

At 7.45 p.m. from 2ZB, the new feature A. J. Allen’s Stories, will be continued, and at the same time 1ZB will persent another session of A Musical Quiz,

Teddy Grundy will tell 3ZB listeners more about Places and People at 6 o’clock this evening.

Trade names appearing tn Commercial Division programmes are publtshed by arrangement Whittemore and Lowe, a leading American duo-piano team, will be featured by 2ZA at 9:32 a.m, in the session Kings of the Keyboard. * % * Many songs have heen written about flowers, and from 4ZB at 9.30 this morning four such compositions will be included in a Bouquet of Flower Songs.