Notes from 4YA

Radio Record, Volume II, Issue 27, 18 January 1929, Page 15

Notes from 4YA

"THE REV. A. WALLACE will be the preacher at the Hanover Street . Baptist Church when the service in the evening is broadcast next Sunday. Following this, if the weather is suitable. a band concert from St. Kilda will be relayed. A POPULAR programme of band music by the St. Kilda Band, under Mr. J. Dixon, will be heard on Tuesday evening, and this will be the last concert given by the band until after the contest in February. Among the items to be heard will be "The Washington Greys March," the contest Test selection, "Lorenzo" (Keightley), a humoresque, "A Coster’s Courtship" and the march "Prince of Smiles." Several artists will assist the band, including Mr. Albert Bicknell, who will sing "Cloths of Heaven" (Dunhill) and Pergolesi’s "Mina."

"THE Serenaders Quartet will again be on the air on Wednesday night, with a group of old favourite negro plantation melodies, "Darling Nellie Gray," "Uncle Ned," and "Kingdom Coming." Miss Mae Matheson (soprano), Miss Dorothy Allan (contralto), Mr. W. Harrison (tenor) and Mr. R. B. MacDonald (baritone) will each contribute vocal solos, and Miss Rona Scott will recite two of C. J. Dennis’s popular poems, "The Play" and "Ma." The 4YA Broadcasting Trio will render some instrumental numbers. FFRIDAY’S programme will be provided by excellent talent. Miss Doro‘thy Skinner (contralto) will sing three works by modern composers. Miss Dorothy Sligo (mezzo-soprano) will sing, among other numbers, Peel’s "Go Down to Kew in Lilac Time." Mr. Neil Black, the well-known basso, will render Pontet’s beautiful Scottish ballad, "The Last Milestone." "La Dernier Rendezvous" (Rebitkow) will be played on the piano by Miss Aileen Young. N Saturday evening a special programme commemorating the Burns Anniversary will be broadcast.