2YA Items.

Radio Record, Volume II, Issue 12, 5 October 1928, Page 14

2YA Items.

TPHAT the studio concert on Sunday, October 7, will be of a standard appropriate to the occasion, is evidenced by the personnel of the contributors -Mr. Assheton Harbord (baritone), Miss Veronica McKenzie (soprano), Mr. Seon-Brown (tenor), Miss Effie Brice (elocutionist), and Miss Agnes MecDavitt (contralto).

[HH programme to be presented by the Ariel Singers at 2YA next Monday, October 8, will be of the usual high standard maintained by these performers. Of special interest should be a new vocal quartet, "Sweet Day," by the gifted modern English composer, Dr. Ralph Vaughan Williams; also two more charming. Hebridean folk songs arranged by Mrs. Kennedy Fraser. Further popular composers whose work will be heard on Monday, include Montague Phillips, Wilfred Sanderson, William James (the Australian pianist who toured New Zealand with Toti dal Monte last year), and Eric Coates. Miss Vivienne Probert will be heard in selected pianoforte solos; Mr. John Prouse, the well-known baritone, will supplement the vocal programme, and Mr. Stanley Warwick will present selected recitations. At 7.40 p.m., Mr. H. C. South will deliver his customary talks on "Books Grave and Gay." OEWE is perhaps the greatest writer of dramatic ballads, and on Tuésday, October 9, three of his greatest numbers will be sung by Mr. Len Barnes: "Edward" (by request), "Archibald Douglas,’ and "The Erl King." Lovers of this class of song will welcome the opportunity of hearing these unfamiliar but nevertheless fine compositions, Mrs. Alice Harris is singing ‘The Blacksmith" and "Rose Softly Blooming"; Mir. Arthur Coe will give "Dolorosa," Miss Lily Mackie "Rain," a delightful song by Curran. Other numbers are a duet, "As I saw fair Clara walk alone," and also ‘‘Mopsa,’ and "A wzittle Cotton Dolly," a Negro lullaby. Mr. Billy Hart will entertain with songs at the piano, and

Mr. J. S. Webb will add a dash of humour to an attractive programme, which will conclude with a zonophone, gramophone recital, presenting the latest releases. HE vocal portion of 2YA’s programme for Thursday, October 11, will be given by The Warblers’ Male Quartet. They have chosen as concerted numbers-" "other o’ Mine," and "When You Played the Organ and I Sang the Rosary" (Gilbert), arranged by Mr. TIT. ©. Woods. Mr. W. 9B. Elliot is the soloist in the latter num-

ber. Mr. Stewart Nelson’s clear tenor Will be heard in "Pale Moon" (Logan) and "A Memory" (Park). Mr. W. EB. Elliot, whose items are always well received, will sing Irving Berlin’s new song "Sunshine." Mr. Harry Matthew (baritone) will delight with "Home Along" and "Achal by the Sea." Mr. T. C. Wood will sing the evergreen "Bandolero" and Sanderson’s beautiful "The Carpet." Mrs. A. Innes Murray (elocutionist) will contribute items grave and gay. The instrumental portion of the programme will be provided by the Wellington Municipal Tramways Band. At 7.40 p.m. on Thursday Mr. A. H. Nicholis, representing the Hutt Valley Horticultural Society, will broadeast an instruetive talk on "Gardening." ON Friday, October 12, the popular Etude Quartet will render a programme of more than ordinary interest. ‘The Anvil Chorus," from "II Trovatore,"’ will be sung and also "The Breeze of the Morn," a delightful number from Hubert Bath’s "The Legend of Nerbudda." This is the number which is sung as the slave Johila goes to seek Sone, the lover of her mistress, Nerbudda. Miss Gretta Stark and Mr. Ray Kemp will sing "The Rose of Love,’ from the "Rose Maiden." The former will sing as a solo the popular "Serenade," by Gounod, while Mr. Kemp will sing the well-known aria from "The Barber of Seville," "Largo. al Factotum," and also "The Heart Bowed Down," from "The Bohemian Girl.’ Mr. Frank Skinner’s numbers are "Your Tiny Hand is Frozen," from "La Boheme," and "The Fortune Hunter," by Willeby. From "Mari-

tana’ Miss Rita Arnold has chosen "Alas, Those Chimes." Mr. Doug. Stark, Wellington’s Harry Lauder, will present some more of his humorous work, and Miss Lilian Beere, a player of marked talent, will be heard at the piano. HE "Melodie Four" will on Saturday, October 13, render more items from their extensive repertoire. On this occasion the chief concerted number will be "The Soldiers’ Chorus" from "Faust," which is considered onef of the first compositions for male