Notes from 3YA

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

Notes from 3YA

VOCALISTS not regularly heard at. 3YA are appearing on Monday in a very bright and attractive programme. One of these singers will be Mrs. Wilfred Owen, who has a very pretty and flexible mezzo-soprano voice. She will sing "The Sweetest Flower that Blows," also two songs by Easthope Martin, .and "An Hriskay Love Lilt." Another vocalist will be Miss Marian Woodhouse, the well-known Christchurch teacher of singing. Her mezzo contralto voice has previously been heard with much appreciation from SYA. One of Miss Woodhouse’s songs will be "The Sands of Dee." She will also sing Brahms’ "In Summer Feilds," and Needham’s "Little Blue Pigeon." H® male voices to be heard on Mon« day evening will include Mr. W. J. Trewern’s, a popular singer at 3YA. He has chosen three songs in which his voice will be heard to advantage, "Yes, Let Me. Like a Soldier Fall," is well known as a solo from the opera "Matritana." JWiddle’s "A Farewell" ‘and Cowen’s stirring "Border Ballad" are his other numbers. The always popular "Father O’F lynn" is to be sung by: that fine baritone Mr. J. Francis Jones.’ His other items will be "The Wedding of Shon McLean" and "Cargoes." T is now some time since Mr. H. Instone added to the gaiety of a SYA programme, but he will be heard again on Monday in "The Cricket Club at Red Nose Flat" and "I’m Excited." ‘THE instrumental music of Monday’s programme will prove a treat to all listeners. The performers will be the Woolston Band, under Mr. R. J. Estall, and the Studio Trio. There wince be a cornet duet by Bandsmen BX zber and ‘Annand, "Convent Bells," with band accompaniment, :

7 [Ess Thelma Ayres, a gifted young soprano singer, will make a welcome » reappearance on Wednesday evening. She will sing "Loreley," "The Flower ‘Song" from "Faust," and "Love the Sester." Miss Mary Taylor, contralto, Will also be welcomed: Her items will be "O Lovely Night," "Sombre Woods," and Sanderson’s "Harbour Night Songs." Mr, Douglas Suckling (tenor) andr. Fred C. Penfold (baritone) are the’. male Singers. OM RL. TP. J. RYAN will give two humorous huimbers on Wednesday ~ evening, one of which, "The Colonel," will have piand accompaniment. Wooprorp-1 -FINDEN’S charming song-cycle "The Pag oda. of Flowers" will be given on Thursday evening. ‘The presentation of these pretty melodies will occupy the major portion of the first half of the programme, The vocalists will De the popular Melodious Four. The members: ef this quartet will also present a number of miscelJaneous numbers. Assisting the Melodious Four will be Mr. R. R. Wills. whose elocutionary numbers will be "Napoleon’s Tomb," and "Brutus Addresses the Mob" (from Shakespeare's "Julius Caesar’). **TC ISSING TIME" is the musieal play whieh the popular Radiolians will present in radio form on Friday evening. This is another of Caryll’s musical comedies in which the Radiolians have scored. such hits at 3YA, and "Kissing Time" will be no exception. wo -elocutionary numbers will be ‘given by Mr. Alan ‘Brown on Friday evening, "The Barrister" and "Mafferty Has an Hair Cut." Friday will . be late night. for 8YA, the dance music "\for the evening being supplied by the Villyams’ Dance Band. oN Saturday evening 38YA will rebroadeast the week-end programme of 2YA., oN Sunday evening, after church, 3YA will present Sir Arthur Sullivan’s "The Predigal Son." 'The yocalists will be the Melodious Four.