Christmas Atmosphere in Next Week's Programmes

Radio Record, Volume I, Issue 22, 16 December 1927, Page 2

Christmas Atmosphere in Next Week's Programmes

Special Attractions For Children

avA ‘There is some really good fun coming this week from »The Trinity Methodist Children’s Choir, under Mr Mr. Crewes, on December 19 will give choruses, duets, carols, vocal solos in infinite variety. Among the number are one or two humorous sketches, ~ _ Santa Clause has a wonderful workshop, crammed {nll of toys for little girls and boys. Uncle Jasper and Auntie Dot are taking a trip through the air on the 20th, to visit Santa Claus. Listen for Santa Claus’s voice "over the air." Even Santa Claus is broadcasting this Christmas. Happy time, little ones! . .. On December 22 the sweet choristcrs of St. Panl’s will be heard, There are one or two excellent Ley sopranos among their number,.and they are presenting itzms of great 0 a) Coe 0) Cee 0 Cae 0 Ga 0) Se 0 Ga So Caen &

interest to young and old. Uncle Sandy will heep the bail rolling in his usual able manner. Altogether, w eshall spend a happy hour. . The Juvenile Choir of the Church of Christ, Rintoul Street, is preparing an €xceHent hour for the 23rd. Carols, choruses amd other items suitable to the festiyiti2s of Yuletide. Uncle Ernest will be away jor two weeks, so Uncle Sandy will take hs place on the Yard, "usrah for Christmas time and good cheer to all} Christmas Eve-oh, wondrous eve-such great things happen during this evening. + Before you cuddle down to await the arrival of Santa Claus, the St. Peter’s Choristres will sing a great varietv of carels. Uncle Jasper, Aunt Gwen end Aunt Dot will be there to wisb you such a Merry Merry. Christmas! ; bE (EES (OEE EES OSE OTOH ann

There will be many Christmas carols and sacred songs fteating throngh the air next-week, fer the . broadcasting stations ate heneuring the auspicious occasion. A talk on "The Christmas Fes« tival and Hts Inference’ is a very fitting subject for the occasion, 2nd will be given by the Rev. Ben. Pudley on Wednesday evening. A distinctly Christmas-time. concest will} be given at 3YA on Stinrsday. There’ wilh be Christm@ias songs, stories, and carols, MADAME GOWER-BURNS UVARTET. Hane@el’s ‘Messiali’’? is the source froni which the Madame Gower-Burns Quartet has chosen its items. Assisting the soloists will be the choir of the East Belt Wesley Church, The choir will sing the chorus to ‘There: Were Shepherds Abiding in the Field" and "Glory to God in the) Wighest,’ which will be sung by Madame Gower-Burus. Madame will 4 also sing as a solo "I Know That My | Redeemer Liveth.’"? Miss Jessie King (coritralto) will sing "QO Thou ‘That ‘fellest Good Tidings," and she will be associated with Madame Gower-Burns in two duets. Mr. Hareld Prescott’s fine tenor voice will be heard in "Comfort Ye, My People," and Mr. | Bernard Rennell will sing "Why Do; the Nations So Furiously Rage?" Christmas for English people will always be associated with Dickens, who, more than any other writer, expressed the spirit of the Lnglish Christmas. Miss Lucy Cowan, the well-known elocutionist, will describe Bob Cratchit’s Christmas Dinner, as told in the "Christmas Carol.’? She wilt also recite "Christmas Bells" (Longfellow), ‘Ring Out, Wild Bells’’’ (Tennyson), and "The Donkey" (Chesterton), the last-named being descriptive of Mary’s ride to Jerusalem. A pianoforte solo by Miss Warren,

flute solo by Mra W. Hay, and items by the Instrumental Trio will also be given. ‘The choir of the Ifast Belt Wesley Church will sing the ‘‘Haliclnjah| Chorus" from ‘The Messiah,’? and, as a fitting finale to the evening, a numi- | ber of Christmas carols. GRAND DOUBLE PROGRAMME, At 2YA on Christmas Eve the Renshaw and Orpheus Quartets will be associated in the presenta: tion of a programme: well suited to the occasion. There have been many requests fer carols to he broadcast on that evening, and the old favourites have been selected, with a view to pleasing as many listeners as possible. The Renshaw Quartet will be heard in "Sleep, Holy Babe’ and "God Rest You, Merry Gentlemen." The solo numbers will be in lighter vein. Miss Nora Greene wilt again sing "Billy Boy,’’ a song which proved such an outstanding success when fast broadcast by this ¢atented contralto that there have been many requests for a repetition. Mrs. Amy Dunn wilk de> |

light again with "Ave Maria,’’ while dir. Thomas Wood will render. "Give Thanks and Sing.’ Two very popular ballads have been selected by Mr, William Renshaw, "As You Pass By" and "For You Alone"’-while with Miss Nora Greene he will sing that beautiful duet from ‘‘Judas Maccabeus,’’ ‘O Lovely Peace." Following on, at 10.30 p.m., the Orpheus Quartet will devote the remainder of the evening to carols. Mr. Len. Barnes has cers tainly made a most delightiul se. lection. Special contributors to this double bill will be Miss Violet Wilson, who will be heard in humor: ous. items, and Messrs, Berthold and Bent, who will be ‘om the air’’ With their steel guitars. ‘ Christmas Eve at 3YA. At the Christchurch station the concinding portion of the even: ing’s programme will be supplied by the choir of the Trinity Congregational Church, under Mr. Fred €. Penfold. The choir will sing Christmas carols and choruses. A Diekens sketch, that of Scrooge (from ‘fA Christmas Carol,’? by Charles Dickens), will be given by Miss Naare Hooper, L.7.C.. This recitation will be illustrated with carols and chimes, and will be a specially attractive item. For the Children’s our, all the Aunts and Uneles at 3YA are combining in a happy gathering to send greetings, sing songs, aud tell stories to their radio family. The rest of the programme will be of a bright and cheerful nature, too, Miss Mabel Thomas and Mr. David MeGill, two very popular singers, will be there. Miss Thomas is new to radio, but will he cordially weleomed. Miss Nellie Lowe, oue of the most poptar contral-

tos in Christchurch, will aiso be singing. So will the Misses Muriel Johns and:Dorothy Johnson, and Mr. Lyndon Christie (saxophone) and Mr. Jack Ox- { ley {zither banjo) will be playmg. CAROLS AND CHORUSES BY CHO At 1YA on Wednesday there will be} a special programme of Christmas music by the Baptist Cherus Choir and | Carol Party, and wili include solos and carols typical of "Ye Olde Time Waits." ; The numbers to be contributed will include an organ solo, "A Dream of Christmas," by Ketelby, with vocal and | carillon effects, and will be descriptive: of a child falling asleep and dreaming of Christmas waits, fairies dancing, the howl of the wolf intermingling with the carols, and concluding with the Christmas morning ringing of bells. Among the carols to be rendered will be, "I Hear Along the Street,’’ "Away in a Manger," "Good King Wencelas," ‘The First Nowell,’ and ‘‘We Three Nings of Orient Are.’ « A feature of the programme will he the well-known and popular cantata, } "Bethlehem," by Maunder, the soloists

including Miss Dorothy Officer, Mrs. Litherland, Miss Dorothy Bioufield, Mrs. Pearly, and Messrs, Clinton Williams and H. Reynolds., They will be assisted by the ‘Tabernacle Chorus Choir of one hundred yoices, which is the largest church choir in Auckland. Mr. Arthur E. Wilson will be musical director and organist, and the accompanist Mrs, T. Brame Clark. 4¥A CHRISTMAS PROGRAMME. Saturday night, being Christmas Eve, some appropriate music will be included in 4YA’s programme, which will be rendered by a-group of the leading artists, among whom is Mr. Arthur Lungley, a baritone of the front rank. _ Miss Florence Sumner, L.A.B., another prominent artist, with maiy successes in recent competitions to her eredit, is a mezzo-soprano, who never ‘fails to please her hearers. Her splendid interpretation will be evident in | the three numbers she has chosen, two of them, "The Gift? and "The Star of Bethlehem," being typical Christ‘mas songs. Mrs. C. O, Flamanek, the possessor of an extremely fine voice, will be heard in- several songs, including "Come unto Him," from ‘The Messiah."’ Mr, Frank Stewart, a lyric tenor of wonderful quality, will make his first appearance before the microphone, and will no doubt be a treat in store for listeners. Mr. A. Levi (the well known flantist), Mr. George Christie (solo cornetist of the St. Kilda Band), and Mr. A. Watson (a violinist of the first rank) will be heard in numerous items. At the conclusion of the concert session, Christmas carois will be sung by members of the choir of the St. Andrew’s Street Church of Christ. The station will close down at clever o’clock on Christmas Eve.