4YA Notes

Radio Record, Volume II, Issue 23, 21 December 1928, Page 15

4YA Notes

IPUESDAY being Christmas Day, a service is being held in the evening in St. Paul’s Cathedral, and this will be relayed by 4YA. Commencing at 8 p.m. a unique lecture will be proadeast from the studio. The title of this is "Yuletide Music," and will be delivereed by Mr. T. J. Kirk-Bur-nand, who will be assisted by the 4YA Harmonists. The address will deal with Christmas music of various decades, each being illustrated with soclo and concerted numbers, in the course of which oratorio and well-known carols will be dealt with. .

HE programme for Wednesday (Boxing Day) will be of a bright natute in keeping with the holiday season. The Serenaders’ Quartet will provide a series of negro plantation songs, and each member of the party will contribute solo items. Mr. W. Harrison will sing two of Hermann Lohr’s lighter songs, "Little Irish Girl" and "Two Little Irish Songs," Miss Mae Matheson will contribute two light numbers from musical comedies, "Two Little Blue Birds," from "Sunny," and "Tie a String,’ from "Mercenary Mary." Miss Rona Scott will recite some humorous eloecutionary numbers. Bright music will be played by the 4YA Broadcasting Trio. PYRIDAY night’s programme will inelude some of Dunedin’s best talent. Miss Mary Pratt (contralto), whose work in the recent competitions was so outstanding, will sing three songs by Dr. darman, who acted as adjudicator for the competition fesatival, Thev are "Rhapsody," "There’s

a Spring," and "Cradle Song." Miss Agnes Guy will sing "A Japanese Love Song" and Alfred Hill’s "Pokarekare." Elocutionary items will be contributed by Miss Roberta Williams, and a pianoforte solo, "Andante con Variazione" (Beethoveen) will be played by Miss Aileen Young. AN excellent vaudeville programme will be heard on Saturday night. Miss Mona Melville will sing the popular song hits "Riviera Rose," "Leonora," and "Close in Your Arms." A group of humorow. songs at the piano will be rendered by Miss Hileeen Cooper, "These Men" and "Ellen." Mr. J. B. McConnell will present popular song hits, "The Music in Mother's Byes" and "When You Play the Organ and I Sing the Rosary." The Scottish comedian, Mr. Buster Brown, will entertain with three of Lauder’s numbers. Major F. H. Lampen and Mrs. Lampen will combine in humorous sketches. During the evening orchestral music under the baton of M. de Rose, Mus. Bach., will be relayed from the Octagon Theatre.