Notes from 1YA

Radio Record, Volume II, Issue 21, 7 December 1928, Page 14

Notes from 1YA

Hi pleasure of hearing the Lyric Quartet will be afforded listenersin on Tuesday. This programme will be quite a change from the usual. The concerted numbers will include "Sunset," "All Through the Night," and "Peggy." "Neptune’s Toll," "The Minstrel Boy," and "My Dreams," will be solos by members of the quartet. Miss Christina Ormiston, whose beautiful soprano voice has been such a delight to listeners, will sing "Ave Maria," "Don’t Hurry," and Puccini’s "A Little Birdie.’ The orchestral programme for the evening will be particularly good, "Semiramide," "Dance of- the Hours," and "Tip-toes" being included. The humour of the evening will be provided by Mr. Alan McHIwain. ; s HE customs of’ the Maori will form the subject of Mr. A. B. Chappell’s talk on Tuesday evening, "rE GONDOLIERS" will be broadcast by 1YA on Wednesday evening. The whole evening will be devoted to this sparkling opera, and it will be an occasion on which everyone who appreciates the works of Gilbert and Sullivan will listen-in. For this will be a radio production of the highest order, the whole of the music and vocal score being rendered per medium of. gramophone records. Mr, Karl Atkinson will be responsible for this lec-ture-recital. The story of "The Gondoliers" will be told, and the plot explained, the recital being illustrated by records made by the D’Oyly Carte Opera Company under the personal supervision of Mr. Rupert D’Oyly Carte, N Thursday evening there will be another treat for listeners, when excerpts from "The Chocolate Soldier" will be presented, the vocalists being Miss Nancye Hanna, Miss Violet Harrison, Mr. Arthur Ripley, and Mr: Brnest Snell. TN the supporting miscellaneous programme the Griffiths Duo will appear, first in a dramatic sketch, "New Year’s Hve," and then in some humorous sketches. Miss Nancye Hanna will sing "Lament of Isis," and Miss Marjorie Fair will sing Chaminade’s "Ritournelle." "Eive Hyes"’ will be sung by Mr. Ernest Snell, and "Yesterday and To-day" by Mr. Arthur Ripley. . WO one-act plays will be presented on Friday evening by the -Aueckland Comedy . Players. These plays are entitled "The Discovery" and "A Perfect Pair." (THE vocalists on Friday evening will be Madame Mary ‘Towsey, Miss ‘Irma Schollum, Miss Beryl Barker, Miss Hdna Peace, Mr. John McDougall, and Mr. John Bree. They will sing

a variety of songs. The popular Asquiths will give one of their half-hour drawing-room entertainments, which have made them so well and favourably known. The orchestral items will be a feature of the evening. OR the week-end concert on Saturday evening some capital studio items will be presented by Miss Beth Whitelaw, Mr. Clinton Williams, and Mr. Frank Sutherland. Mr. F. W. Barker will give a Dickens character sketch, "Jonas Chuzzlewit comes Home Drunk." Listeners will also enjoy his rendition of the Lord Chancellor’s song in "Iolanthe," a very humorous number.