"The Magic Flute" Overture at 2YA.

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

"The Magic Flute" Overture at 2YA.

ON Hi of the items to be played by 2YA orchestra on Monday evening will be the overture to the favourite opera "The Magic Flute," one of Mozart’s last great works. Mozart wos a Freemason. Freemasonry was very much "in the air" at that time, and all the curious plot of "The Magic Flute" has Masonic ideas as its foundation. There is much elaborate ceremonial in the opera, and we hear suggestions of this in the impressive introduction to the overture, and also’ later in its course. After the Introduction we have the First Main Tune. This is "fugal," ie, one "voice" (in this case an instrumental "voice"’) starts all alone with the tune; next another voice enters, repeating the tune at a different pitch, and so on. This first main tune really runs through most of the overture. For instance, bassoons and clarinets continue playing the beginning of it While oboe and flute are playing the second main tune. With this material the overture trips along happily and straightforwardly, with only the one serious check-when we have solemn ceremonial again recalled. TE EEE)

~~" oom oO well-known dispenser of Scottish humour. These artists will present a very diversified programme, thoroughly in keeping with a band evening. The instrumentalists for this occasion will be the Christchurch Municipal Band under the baton of Mr. A. J. Schnack. The Studio Trio will also be performing. J A miscellaneous programme, which will include several operatic numbers, will be presented on Wednesday evening. The vocalists will be Miss Hilda Hutt, Miss Nellie Lowe, Mr. T. G. Rogers, and Mr. A. G. Thompson. The studio orchestra, under Mr. Harold Beck, will play "Raymond," Schubert’s "Unfinished Symphony," "Serenata," by Jacobs, and Tschaikowsky’s "Valse of the Flowers." Pianoforte solos will be contributed by Miss Maud K. Stout. The Rev. B. Dudley, F.R.A.S., lecturer on popular astronomy, will give a talk on Wednesday evening on telescopes and observations. Further entertainment of a different nature will be provided by Mr. Dudley, with the recital of "Old Boggles, the Crossing Sweeper." Thursday evening’s programme will be of a Christmas-time nature. A new quartet, to be known as the Valencia Quartet, will provide a popular programme on Friday evening. The members of this quartet are Miss Ren- etta Rings, Miss Anita Graham, Mr. W. Bradshaw, and Mr. Fred A. Millar, all frequently heard at 3YA. For this oceasion the quartet will present extracts from "Maritana" and from Sullivan’s "Pinafore." The concerted numbers should be specially attractive. Other artists on the programme will be Miss Bessie Pollard (pianiste), Miss Irene Morris (violiniste), the Studio Trio, and Mr. L. T. Ryan, who will give two humorous monologues. Vaudeville, pure and simple, will be the programme on Saturday evening. The programme will be provided by the Revellers Concert Party, headed by Mr. George Titchener, an exceptionally most popular radio humorist. The other members of the party will be Mr. Collins, Miss Mavis Ritchie, Miss Muriel Johns, and Miss Dorothy Johnson. These artists have been rehearsing for some time for this broadcast, so listeners can look forward to a great entertainment.