"I PAGLIACCI" AT 1YA

Radio Record, Volume I, Issue 45, 25 May 1928, Page 7

"I PAGLIACCI" AT 1YA

"I Pagliacci" concerns a gay harlequin, a dainty columbine, a fantastic clown and a pierrot. But is it a-com-edy? Just when the curtain falls on the village play which forms the second act of "I Pagliacci," we are told that "the comedy is ended,’ and the orchestra plays down the curtain with "Laugh, Pagliacci." © But the story is one of bitter tragedy. On Tuesday evening excerpts from this splendid opera will be produced in 1YA studio under the direction of Madame Irene Ainsley. The vocalists will be Miss Murjorie Faire, Mr. Robert Peter and Mr. Ernest Snell. "T Pagliacci" will occupy only a portion of the evening session, the rest, being devoted to an excellent concert provided by the vocalists of Madame Irene Ainsley’s Quartet, the Auckland Trio, the Majestic Orchestra and Mr. Eustace Tregilgas. "The Question of Sovereignty" is the title of Mr. A. B. Chappelil’s next lecture in-his series of tallis on "Old New Zealand." The usual splendid concert given by the Auckland Municipal Band on Wednesday evening will be broadcast. The instrumental items will be supported by a vocal programme contributed in the studio by the Hazel-Sutherland Duo. "In a Persian Garden," Liza Lehmann’s delightful song cycle based on the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, will be given by Mr. Barry Coney’s Quartet on Thursday evening. The song cycle above referred to will conclude the evening session. The first half of the evening’s programme will consist of an excellent miscellaneous programme in which elocutionary items will play an important part. These items will consist of humorous sketches by Mr. T. T. Garland, wayside philosophy to a friend by Mr. Fred Barker, and the "Brutus-Cassius

Quarrel Scene" (from "Julius Caesar’), as enacted by Mr. Culford Bell and Mr. Fred Barker. Other items in this part of the programme will be a song by Mr. Barry Coney, "Allah be with us," selections by the Auckland Trio, Mr. Cyril Towsey and Mr. Walter Smith’s Radio Statics, the items by the last named comprising both yoeal and instrumental. Two feature items stand out on Friday's programme at 1X¥A. These are a one-act play, "Campbell of Kilmohr," to be given by the Auckland Comedy Players under Mr. J. F. Montague, and the presentation of Herbert Oliver’s "Our Pantomime," for which the St. Andrew’s Quartet will be responsible. ‘There are many good gongs in "Our Pantomime." Other items on Friday’s programme at 1YA will be a ’cello solo by Miss Molly Wright, selections by the Auckland Trio, and instrumental and vocal items by the Internationals, 1YA will be on the air at 11.30 on Saturday to broadcast the first day of the Auckland Racing Club’s Great Northern meeting at Hllerslie. The Lyric Quartet and Ingall’s Hawaiians will be responsible for thi popular type of programme for Saturday evening,

Miss Marian Woodhouse, who sang last Saturday evening, May 12, for the first time at 3YA, has a noteworthy career aS a musician. A sister of Professor Randal Woodhouse, at one time well known in Christchurch as a tenor soloist, previous to that as Professor of Singing in Dublin University, and now in Sydney. Miss Woodhouse received her training at Home, and earned her L.R.A.M. She is now a_ successful teacher of singing: in Christchurch. Whenever Miss Woodhouse appears on the local concert platform, her fine, rich contralto voice receives high praise from the Press of the city,