3YA NOTES

Radio Record, Volume I, Issue 23, 23 December 1927, Page 7

3YA NOTES

Station 3YA will observe no sil: ent day next week, and specially: attractive programmes have beet prepared for every concert session, There will be a lingering echo of the Christmas music about the programme on Monday, Derry’s Milir tary Band will include some carols in its selections for the evening, and one of the quartets which the Becke1ham four maie voices wili sing will 5% "Holy Night, Peaceful Night." A QYA artist, Mr. &. G. Peak, wilt also be on the air on Monday evening in two sketches, ‘tenor, soprano, baritone, contralte and banjolene solos, songs at the piano, -recitation-these g» to make the variety programme for ‘Tuesday evening at Orr ak. Mr. R. Lake, baritone, las been solo. ist for the Male Voice Choir at its last two concerts. He will broad. cast well on Tuesday, On ‘Tuesday evening one of Mrs, D. W. Stallard’s songs will be, "We'd Bettcr Bide a Wee." Mr. H.R. Trewern will be welcomed on Tuesday in "funiculi, Municula,’ and ‘‘Niryana."’ Mr. Ik. A. Sargent’s songs at thie piano recall the late Mel. B. Spurr to mind. He is a very acceptable artist at SYA. An original hnmorons recitation wilt come from Mr, H. Instone, Mr, ‘In« stone has considerable ability in this direction. Messrs. Skinner and Birch (banjo aud mandolene) and Mr, A. Hodgson (banjolene) will also help materially with the programme on ‘Tuesday, "Flora’s Holiday," a song cycle of Old Lnglish melodies, will be given by the Madame GowerBurns Quartet on Thursday, Mad: ame had the honour of being the first to introduce this song cycle to a Christchurch audience, It fs a particularly pleasing collection of melodies, of quarteties, duets, and solos, extending in all over about thirty-five minutes. The various inembers of the quartet, Mad« ame Gower-Burns, Miss Jessie King, Mr. Harold Prescott, and Mr. Bernard Rennell-will also bo heard in solo items. (Continued on Page 13.)