Sunday, December 25th

Radio Record, Volume I, Issue 23, 23 December 1927, Page 8

Sunday, December 25th

1YA AUCKLAND (333 METRES)-SUNDAY, DECEMBER 25. 3 pam.-Afternoon session-Selected Studio items. 4.30: Close down. ‘eeUnete L 0: 1ildren’s song Leo. Relay of service from St. Andrew’s Church, Preacher, Rev. Lamb-Harvey; organist, Dr. Neil McDougall. 8.30: Relay of organ recital from Town Hall: Organist, Mr. Maughan Barnett. | 9.30: A thought. } 9.31: Close down. 2X¥A WELLINGTON (420 METRES)-SUNDAY, DECEMBER 25. 12.1 a.m.: Relay of Midnight Mass from St. Gerard’s Redemptorist Church, Hawker Street, Wellington. Gounod Messe Solenelle, St. Cecilia. Opening Motet, "Adeste Fideles." Offertoire, "Noel" (Adams). After the Mass, "Worthy is the Lamb" from "Messiah" (Handel). Choral Director, Mr. Frank J. Oakes; organist, Mr. H. Mount. 1.30 am. (approx.): Close down. 6.55 p.m.: Relay of evening service from St. Thomas’s Anglican Church, Wellington South. Vicar, Rev. C. V. Rooke, M.A,, T.C.D Preacher, Rey. Percy Houghton, M.A., Vicar of Brooklyn. Organist and choirmaster, Mr. W. H. Collie, LL.C.M. : 3sYA CHRISTCHURCH (306 METRES)-SUNDAY, DECEMBER 25. 5.45 p.m.: Children’s song service by Uncle Sam, assisted by scholars from Durham Street Methodist Sunday School, from 3YA Studio. 7.0: Relay of evening service from Christchurch Anglican Cathedral. Full choral evensong and anthem. Christmas carols will be sung near the close of the service. Pipe organ voluntaries after the Benediction by the Cathedral organist. Preacher, the Very Rev. Awdry Julius, Dean of Christchurch. Organist and choirmaster, Dr. J. C. Bradshaw, Mus.Doc. After the conclusion of the Cathedral service, the following programme will be given from 3YA Studio :- Cello solo-Mr. Hamilton Dickson, "Slavonic Fantasia" (DvorakKreisler). Tenor solo-Mr. Russell Sumner, "The Legend" (Tschaikowsky). Violin solo-Miss Thelma Cusack, "Valse Triste" from Arvid Jarnfeldt's drama, "Kuolema," Op. 44 (Sibelius). Soprano solo-Miss Frances Hamerton, "O, Holy Night" with violin obbligato by Miss Thelma Cusack (Busch). Cello solos-Mr. Hamilton Dickson, (a) "Harlequin" (Popper); (b) "Serenade Espagnole’ (Glazonov). Tenor solo-Mr. Russell Sumner, "An Evening Song" (Blumenthal). Violin solo-Miss Thelma Cusack, "Sicilliano and Rigaudon" (Kreisler). Soprano solo-Miss Frances Hamerton, "Rejoice Greatly" from "Messiah" (Handel). God Save the King. . 4YA DUNEDIN (463 METRES)-SUNDAY, DECEMBER 235. 5.45 p.n.: Children’s Christmas song service, by Big Brother Bill and a choir of children’s voices. 7.0: Town Hall chimes. Relay of evening service from Hanover Street Baptist Church. Preacher, . Rey. E. S. Tuckwell, B.A. Organist, Mr. IH. BP. Desmoulins. Gramophone recital of Christmas music. Close down.