Notes from 1YA

Radio Record, Volume II, Issue 22, 14 December 1928, Page 14

Notes from 1YA

ON Tuesday evening a programme will be presented by Madame Ainsley’s vocal quartet and chorus, of excerpts from Handel’s "Messiah." The soloists will be Miss Violet Harrison, Madame Irene Ainsley, Mr. Arthur

Colledge, and Mr. Lambert Harvey. These artists will also be heard in a number of sacred songs-‘The Gift," "Nazareth," "The Star of Bethlehem." Also contributing to this evening’s performance will be Mr. A. B. Chappell, M.A., who, in continuing his. talks on "The Maori," will speak on "His Occupations," while on the instrumental side of the programme the Studio Orchestra will play a number of favourite airs. Mr. Cyril Towsey will provide a piano solo, "Andante and Rondo Capriccioso.’ "THE main vocalists on Thursday's ' programme will be "The Clarions," who will present excerpts from Reubens’s popular musical comedy, "To-night’s the Night," including "Life is Very Jolly" and "When the Boys Come Home to Tea’; also "The Barly Morning," "They Didn’t Believe Me," "Vd Like to Bring My Mother" and "Tm a Millionaire." Wlocutionary items will be performed by Mr. Alan McSkimming, while instrumentalists for the evening will inculde Mr. Barry Coney, whose items will be "Two Pre-. ludes," by Besley, and "Polonaise in A Eilat." Mr. McSkimming’s numbers will include "Christmas at Sea," which should prove very popular. ON Friday, in accordance with the Christmas spirit, the St. Andrew’s Quartet will present a programme of sacred and oratorio quartets and solos, including excerpts from

the "Messiah" and a number of carols, Included in their presentation of sacred songs will be "I Know That My Redeemer Liveth"’ (Handel), also "Behold the Lamb of God," and their carols will be "Good King Wenceslas" and "The First Nowell." Character sketches will be rendered by Mr. T. Uarris, including "Hbenezer

Scrooge" and "Sidney Carton’s Farewell," from "The Tale of Two Cities." The Studio Orchestra will contribute appropriate selections, which will include many popular numbers. A newcomer to the microphone in the person of Miss Doris Binns, will contribute piano solos, including "Polka de la Reine." SPECIAL Christmas musical programme will be broadcast from the Auckland Baptist Tabernacle, where the Tabernacle Choir of one hundred voices, under the direction of =

Mr. A, H. Wilson, will perform a programme comprising old and new Christmas carols and melodies, also organ excerpts. The well-known Maunder’s Christmas Cantata, "Bethlehem," will also be rendered. ‘The soloists for the programme will be Mr. H. Cox, Mrs. J. Litherland, Mr. C. Turley, Mr. Clinton Williams, the

lh ht iLL ttt eli ti ti thee of a8 tit) tf tt pianiste, Mrs. T, Brame Clark, and the organist and conductor, Mr. Arthur B. Wilson, (THE principal vocalists on Sunday evening’s programme will be Mr. Frank Sutherland and Miss Hazell. Miss Phyllis Hazell will be welcomed back to Auckland and the microphone after an absence of some months in Australia. These artists will be heard in duets and solos, the two duet numbers being "Fiold Thou My Hand" and "Break Diviner Light" (Allitson), While the solo items will include "The People That Walked in Darkness" and "He Shall Feed His Flock," from the "Messiah." Blectrically produced records will also be included in our Sunday evening’s performance. ea ee