Notes from 2YA

Radio Record, Volume II, Issue 28, 25 January 1929, Page 14

Notes from 2YA

OPENING with the overture from "The Barber of Seville," the studio orchestra will present a very interesting programme on Monday evening, these selections being from the works of Rubenstein, Brahms, and Romberg, the latter being the composer of the music of "The Student Prince." The ¥ocalists for a varied programme of

classical items will be Miss Jeanette Briggs, Miss Monica Malfroy, Mr. Roy Hill and Mr. John Prouse. Mr. Roy Hill, one of Wellington’s leading tenors and one who specialises in classical songs, will sing, with ’cello obligato, Denza’s "Had You But Known." The ’eello obligato will be played by Miss Lilla Hill, a sister of Mr. Hill and a young ’cello player of promise. Mr. Norman Aitken, the well-known elocutionist, will make a welcome re-ap-pearance on Monday evening. His items will be "By the Yukon Trail,’ by Milton Hayes, and "Charm," a humorous number, the "Philosophy of a Widow." Mr. Aitken’s voice, allied to his artistic interpretation, always makes his items very popular with listeners of all tastes and shades of opinion. QUISTANDING amongst the orchestral items will be a concerto for piano and orchestra (by Schutt), which will bring under the notice of listeners for the first time a pianist of outstanding ability in the person of Mr. M. Dixon. Mr. Dixon is the soloist in this number and he will have the assistance of the 2YA orchestra under jhe baton of Mr. George Ellwood. "TUESDAY afternoon’s programme will be provided by Messrs. Tr. J. Pinny Ltd., the entertainment consisting of player-piano selections, gramophone items, as well as vocal numbers by Mrs. J. HE. Booth and Mr. H. E. Wilson. Mr. G. Austin Blackie, tenor, will be singing again for 2YA on Tuesday evening. His numbers will be "Laurette" and "I Hear You Calling me." Mr. Austin Blackie is one of New Zealand’s finest tenors, and his first appearance at 2YA was acclaimed by all listeners. Other vocalists for Tuesday evening will be Mrs. H. Jackson, singer of popular songs, and Mr. F. Stanley (bass). There will also be Mr. "Rolly" Robertson in songs at the piano, and Palmer’s Hawaiian Trio will play Hawaiian music. The Studio Orchestra will present a programme of popular items. ISS ETHEL FRIEND, the Sydney 4 contralto, will be singing again at 2YA on Thursday evening. She will treat listeners to a delightful rendition of "Forgetfulness," the negro spiritual "Deep River," Schubert’s "Io Music," and Windsor’s "Three." The male voices for the evening will be those of the Lyric Four. Quartets will be "T'wo Roses," "Little Tommy," and "Kentucky Lullaby." A duet will also be sung. The instrumentalists engaged for the evening are the band of the First Battalion, Wellington Regiment, whose opening overture will be "Martial Moments." "ROOTS," a Kipling poem deseriptive of the interminable marching which the infantry had to do in the South African War, will be one of the pieces to be given by Mr. J. S. Webb on Thursday evening. He will also recite how The Sentimental Bloke Saw the Play." :

ONE-ACT operetta by Balfe, the Dublin-born composer who achieved fame when he wrote "The Bohemian Girl," with its never-failing melodic charm, is to be presented on Friady evening. The operetta is "The Sleeping Queen." In texture this little work is just as tuneful as the "Bohemian Girl," but somewhat lighter in character. It will occupy the first hour of the concert programme. The singerg , will be Miss Jeanette Briggs, Mi Ngaire Coster, Mr. W. Roy Hill, anc Mr. J. M. Caldwell, The dialogue of the piece will be spoken by Misses Effie Brice, Ngaire Coster, Mr. Peter Dorrian, and Mr. Cedric Gardiner. The studio orchestra will co-operate in the production of the operetta and in the concluding portion of the evening’s programme it will also play Flotow’s "Stradella," Saint Saens’s "Ascanio Ballet Music," and selections from "The Mikado." N Saturday a bright and varied programme will be presented. ‘The vocal section will be in the hands of the popular Melodie Four, whose quartet items will include "The Old Folks Medley," a special arrangement by Frank Crowther of "Get Out and Get Under the Moon," and "Banjos Down’ in Dixie." Tenor solos by Mr. F. Bryant will be "An Hvening Song" by Blu~ x menthal and "A Song and A Dream,"? by Cadman. . R. R. S. ALLWRIGHT will be heard in a baritone solo, "Fleurette;" Mr. W. W. Marshall. (bass) will sing "The Bandolero." Novelty items will be given by "Vermont," the wellknown bird and animal imitator, and Mr. Jack Wilkinson will provide the humorous section of the programme. The orchestra will play Meyerbeer’s ° well-known overture in the form of a‘: March, Raff’s "Cavatina,,’ and Le-: mare’s famous "Andantino," two novelty items,, "A musical Jig Saw" and "The Mouse and the Block." The musical comedy selection "Stop Flirting" will also be a feature of the orchestral programme. ON Sunday evening, at the conclusion of the church service, a studio concert of selected gramophone items in-, terspersed with vocal items by local ar, tists will be presented. The soloists on this occasion will be Miss Rita Arnold, Mr. Ray Kemp, and Mr. Charles Hdwards.