Notes from 4YA

Radio Record, Volume II, Issue 9, 14 September 1928, Page 16

Notes from 4YA

Sunday evening’s church service will be relayed from the Hanover Street Baptist Church, the preacher being the . Rev. BE. S. Tuckwell, M.A. A special feature of the service will be the hymn studies, illustrating how well-known hymns may be treated as special arrangements for choral singing. At the. close of the service, another fine sacred coneert. will be relayed from the church. Are ghost real? Many folks say they are. In any case most people wo, are interested in ghosts, and so Pastor —

ee Will D. More has arranged a series of fortnightly talks on the subject, which will be heard during the evening -programmes On alternate Tuesdays for the next few months. The first address will will take place on Tuesday, at 8.45 p.m., and is entitled "Ghosts, in Sorts and Sizes." Only the humorous side these weird visitors will be dealt with, so listeners can look forward to some fun from 4YA. ; An excellent programme will be broadcast on Tuesday night. One of Mr. Alfred Hill’s stirring Maori songs will be rendered by Mr. R. B. Macdonald (baritone), who will also sing "The Banjo Song" from the pen of Sydney Homer. Eric Coates’s "I Heard You Singing," is one of the daintiest of modern ballads, and its sweet melody is capable of wonderful expression, as Mr. Chas. Edwards will demonstrate. The ‘old favourite duet, "Love and War," ‘will be presented by Messrs. Edwards -and Macdonald. Mr. E. G. Bond ' (bass) will sing Solman’s melodious ballad, "Bells of the Sea." A group of modern recitations by Duggans,. Hilaire Belloc, and Alfred Moyes, will be given by the gifted young elocutioniste, Miss Nancy Ayson, on Tuesday evening. . Fritz Kreisler has arranged for the numerous popular old songs, and one that he has adorned particularly with artistic beauty is "The Old Folks at Home." Miss Hva Judd will render this composition on her violin on Tuesday evening. Another happy programme from 4YA. on Wednesday evening. Miss Jacquelene Burke and Mr. Billy Gay will each entertain with the latest fox trot songs, among which are "Leonora," "There’s Somebody for Everybody But Me," "Tillian," "I Want You," and the sweet little’ waltz song, "I’m in Heaven When I See You Smile." Character songs at the piano will be contributed by Miss Eileen Cooper. Two of these will be English vaudeville successes by Margaret Cooper, entitled "Catch Me" and "Agatha Green." A light number which is tremendously popular is Pryor’s "The Whistler and His Dog," and this will be played on Wednesday night on the marimba by Mr. Hugh Dalziel. Some original Hawaiian music will be played on Hawaiian guitars by Messrs. Tyrie and Maitland. Amusing sketches will be enacted by Miss Anita Winkel and Major KF. H. Lampen during Wednesday’s programme. Friday’s studio concert should be very entertaining. Miss Dorothy Skinner (contralto) will sing amongst her numbers "The Blind Ploughman," and "A Dream Paradise" will be rendered as a bass solo by Neil Black. Mr. D. J.. Robertson on his cornet will play "The Better Land" and "The Trumpeter." Other instrumentalists on the programme will include Mrs. Ernest Drake (studio-pianiste), who will play two Preludes (Chopin) and Mr. Chas. Gibbons (flautist), who will contribute two classical numbers. From 9 p.m. to 10 p.m. the usual dance session will be broadcast, the music being relayed from the Savoy. Seme leading Dunedin artists have been engaged for Saturday evening’s concert, Miss Agnes Guy (mezzo-so-prano), Miss Irene Horniblow, L,R.AM. (contralto), Mr. Arthur Lansley (baritone), and Mr. J. Feruson (bass) are the vocalists. Instrumental musie will be- provided by Mr. Harold Riddle (violinist), Mrs. Ernest Drake (pianiste), and Mr. P. J. Pal- ~~

mer (cellist). A group of trios will be provided by these artists. Miss Molly Gallagher will contribute a number of elocutionary items. Orchestral musie under the conductorship of Mr. L. D. Austen will be relayed at intervals.from the Strand Theatre,