Notes From 4YA

Radio Record, Volume II, Issue 5, 17 August 1928, Page 15

Notes From 4YA

ON Sunday, as usual at 9 am. 4YA will announce the result of the All Blacks versus South Africa football match. Following the children’s song service from 5.80 p.m. to 6.15 p.m., Divine service will be relayed from St. Paul’s Cathedral. The Rev. Canon Nevill will preach the sermon. Before the service commences Mr. HE. Heywood, F.R.C.O., has arranged to broadcast a short organ recital for fifteen minutes, which owing to the type of music selected and the manner in which it is to be performed will be a real treat for listeners. A studio concert will follow the church service. "PUESDAY night’s band concert will be undertaken by the St. Kilda Band, under the baton of Bandmaster James Dixon, and an interesting .and popular programme wiil be heard. An outstanding number will be a -selection from Donizetti’s opera, "Lucia di Lammermoor," which was inspired by Six Walter Seott’s immertal novel, "Lucy of Lammermoor." Variety will be added to the band programme by a cornet solo, "In a Monastery Garden," and a cornet and euphonium duet, "Sweet Spirit Hear My Prayer," both numbers being accompanied by the band. UPPORTING the band items is an excellent programme of yoeal and elocutionary works. ‘Two ladies will contribute, Miss Wyn McPeak (contralto), with a group of modern ballad songs, and Miss Bertha Rawlinson (soprano), with a group of ballad numbers, including Alfred Hill’s sweet, plaintive little melody, "Pokarekare." The male artists comprise Mr. Chas. Edwards (tenor), Mr. R. B. Macdonald (baritone) and Mr. HE. G. Bond

(bass). Miss Madge Yates and Mr. Iiric Hebden will each provide elocutionary numbers and together will present a humorous sketch. WEDNESDAY night’s programme will be for those who want bright cheerful entertainment. The programme will contain a great variety of vocal, instrumental and elocutionary numbers. Some of the outstanding vocal hits that will be heard are "Just a Memory," "There’s a Cradle in Caroline’ and "Momsy." These will be given by Miss Jacquelene Burke in her usual dainty style. Miss Billie Lorraine (comedienne) will sing "For My Sweetheart" and "Meadowlark." "My Idea of Heaven," "Five Foot Two, Hyes of Blue" and "Brown Ikyes Why are you Blue?" will be sung by Miss Vanda Dunean. Mr. T. V. Anson will play some clever jazz arr.angements of popular hits. A screamingly funny sketch will be exacted by Miss Billie Lorraine and Major F. H. Lampen, the latter also contributing an amusing humorous item. Mr. BH. Heaney, clever exponent of the piano-accordean, and Mr. H. Dalziel with his marimbaphone will each give solos and duets. Orchestral music will be relayed from the Octagon Theatre at intervals. HE first hour of Friday’s concert session will be devoted to a programme of standard songs and instrumental music. A contralto setting of May Brahe’s melodious song, "Down Here,’ will be given by Miss Dorothy Skinner, who will also sing other numbers. The old favourite "Off to Philadelphia," by Haynes, will be provided by Mr. Neil Black (bass), among other numbers. Mr. D. J. Robertson, with his cornet, and Mr. Chas. E. Gibbons (flautist) will entertain with good instrumental music. Liszt’s "Liebestraume" No. 2 will be rendered on the piano by Mrs. Ernest Drake, L.A.B. Dance music will complete the second hour of the concert session, concluding at 10 p.m. "THE programme on Saturday night will be as usu:l of commendable quality, every artist on which is a well-known name on the concert platform in Dunedin. Cowen’s stirring "Border Ballad’ will be sung by Mr. Arthur Lungley. Mis Agnes Guy (soprano), Miss Irene Horniblow (contralto), and Mr. James Ferguson (bass), will be the other

vocalists contributing. Mr. Harold Riddle, L.1.C.L. (violinist), .Mr. P. J. Palmer (’cellist) and Mrs. Ernest Drake, L.A.B., will provide instrumental music, including trio arrangements of Schumann's "praumerei" and "Berceuse de Jocelyn," from Godard’s opera ‘"Tocelyn." Miss Melly "cVechar, F.T.C.L. (elocutioniste) will entertain with humorous and straight elocutionary numbers.