"Carmen" at 1YA

Radio Record, Volume II, Issue 20, 30 November 1928, Page 14

"Carmen" at 1YA

IGHT vocalists, headed by Madame Irene Ainsley, will present excerpts from Bizet’s famous opera, "Carmen," on Tuesday evening. All the best-known solos and choruses will pe sung. The cast of characters will ei ‘Carmen, Madame Irene Ainsley, Micaela, Miss Nancye Hanna, Frasquita, Miss Marjorie Fain. Mercedes, Miss Irene Frost. Don Jose, Mr. Lambert Harvey. Escamilio, Mr, Len Keven. Ramendado, Mr. H. ©, Burr. Don Cairo, Mr. A. EB. Davies. HE whole of the second portion of the programme will be occupied by the presentation of "Carmen," the vocal items being interspersed by orchestral numbers, HE supporting programme will consist of ballads and popular numbers, including "Orpheus with his Lute" (Sullivan), sung by Miss Nancye Hanna; "My Heart is Weary" (Thomas), sung by Madame Irene Ainsley; and "To-morrow" (Keel), sung by Mr, Len Keven. Contributing to the orchestral portion of the programme, the Studio Orchestra will render popular numbers, including the "Magic Flute" (Mozart), "Voice of .the. Bells" (Thurban), "Maid of the East" (Morgan), and "Der Rosenkavalier’ (Strauss). NN Wednesday evening, the at-_ traction at 1VYA will be Madame Humphrey Steward’s party, who will make their first appearanee at this station. Madame Humphrey Steward is a soprano of note in Auckland , being well Known in musical and dramatic circles, She will be assisted on this oceasion by Miss Mavis Grevatt, lyrist, who is well-known in musical cireles throughout the Dominion as "The Girl of the Golden Harp." Miss Grevatt was broadeast from 1YA on the oceasion of the demonstration concert last _ year, and has appeared for all the — musical societies in the city. OVEL items will be given on this programme by the Bohemian Duo, whose numbers will include "Girl of my Dreams," and "Ain’t That a Grand and Glorious Feeling," while humour will be provided by the Hebrew Two, "Happy Abe and Dismal Ike," being one of their items. Mr. Arthur FE. Wilson, organist at the Auckland Baptist Tabernacle, will provide a programme of very beautiful organ musie, included in which will be "Miniature Suite" (Rogers), "Conzonetta" (FrySinger), and "The Swedish Wedding" (Soderman), Miss Doreen Logan, Soprano, will assist Mr. Wilson on this evening by singing Dudley Buck’s "Fear Not Ye, O Israel," with organ

accompaniment, also "God’s Garden" (Baker). Me. BARRY CONEY’S Quartet will be the principal vocalists on ‘Thursday’s programme, their quartet numbers being, "Fisherman’s Goodnight" (Bishop).. A duet will be sung by Messrs. Lambert Harvey and Barry Coney, "I Wish to Tune my Quivering Lyre," Miss Dorothy Youd, soprano, will sing, "I Got a Robe" (Burleigh), Miss Martha Williamson, "I Heard you Singing" (Coates), Mr. Lambert Harvey, "By the Sea" (Schubert), and Mr.

Barry Coney, "Peter Warlock’s Fancy" (Warlock). A debate, lasting forty wminutes, has been arranged for Thursday evening, "That the Heart is ‘more Important than the Mind." Listeners who have been so interested in debates in the past will look forward to this one. The debaters are Mr. F. W. Barker and Mr. Vernon Drew. Hi} chief vocalists on Friday. evening’s programme, which will be of a popular nature, will be the St. Andrew’s Quartet, their quartet numbers being, "Brightly Dawns" (Sullivan), and "Sweet Day, Grow Cool" (German). The solos on the programme will include "Two Little Irish Songs" (Lohr), sung by Miss Adelaide Taylor, "My Ships" (Barratt), sung by Miss Phyllis Gribben, "I Know a Sea" (Grey), by Mr. Robert Peter, and‘ "Song of the Toreador" (Bizet), by Mr. Arthur Colledge.

[{LOCUTIONARY items to be given on Friday evening by Mr. J, F. Montague will be "A Short Story"Mhe Girl’ (O. Henry) and "A Bunch of Roses," also "Lhe Little Irish Mother." On the instrumental side of the programme the Studio Orchestra will provide a variety programme of popular music, including "Stars and Stripes" (Sousa). A banjo quartet will perform this evening. "Saxophone Waltz" (Lisk) and "In Old Manila" (Earl) ‘are two of their numbers.

VERY popular entertainment is promised on Saturday evening. Mrs. Daisy Basham and Mr. Arthur Briggs will provide an extremely varied programme. A baritone solo, "Queen of the Earth" (d’Hardelot) will be sung by Mr. Arthur Briggs. Mrs. Daisy Basham and Mr. A. Briggs will sing a duet, entitled "A Night in Venice" (Lucantoni) at the conclusion of which "An Irish Lullaby" (Needham) will be sung. After an instrumental interlude provided by the Auckland Trio, excerpts from "The Yeoman of. the Guard" will be performed. These will include, "When a Maiden Loves She Sits and Sighs," "I Have a Song to Sing, 0." Following this, excerpts from "Tolanthe" will be sung, "When Britain Really Ruled the Waves" being one of the numbers. A duet by Mrs. Basham and Mr. Arthur Briggs will be "When You and I and I and You" from "The Cingalee" (Monckton). Dance music will conclude the programme.

At the conclusion of the church service on Sunday evening, a: gramophone lecture recital will be given by Mr. As Fairburn from the studio. }