Notes from 3YA

Radio Record, Volume II, Issue 31, 15 February 1929, Page 15

Notes from 3YA

after-church concert next Sunday ening will be Miss Nellie Lowe, Miss Mavis Spiller, and Mr. A. G. Thompson. The gramophone. records chosen for the occasion will include the "Peer Gynt" Suite, and a remarkable production, ‘Storm on the Volga." Ce tte artists singing for 3YA at the é Two songs in Maori will be sung by Mr. Rangi Hiwi Couch on Monday evening-"Beneath Thy Window" and "Waiata Poi." This popular tenor will also sing "Kashmiri Song" from Amy Woodforde Finden’s delightful "Indian Love Lyrics." The other vocalist for. Monday evening will be Miss Betty Hilliard, whose songs will be of the vaudeville and popular type. Another artists will be Mr. Bracey Wilson, the well-known. Scottish humorist. One of his numbers will be "The Wedding ‘of Sandy McNab," and ‘the other "I Saw Peter Henry Home." ~ ‘The instrumental music of Mon‘Niday evening’s programme will be provided by the Studio Trio and by the Municipal Band, the items being, as usual, of a varied nature. "THREE very interesting songs will be sung by Mr. HB. J. Johnson, baritone, on Wednesday evening. One, "The Bedouin Love Song," is but rarely sung, owing to the difficulty of doing. full justice to it. It is, however, a song which should be safe with Mr. Johnson. In his second song, "The Windmill," tels its own story of its daily round and common task for the sake of mankind. It is a fine song , by Nelson. The third song is one Dp preathing patriotism, "Your Land and ne." ‘ A COLORATURA soprano singer, Mrs. W. M. Walton, will make her first appearance on Wednesday evening. She is an Australian mow resident in Christchurch, on

the staff of the Bristol Piano Company. She has chosen three songs which should demonstrate her ability, "Santuzza’s Song" (from "Cavalleria Rusticana"), Lane Wilson’s "Carmenia" and -"The Pipes of Pan," from "The Areatlians." ISS LUCY FULLWOOD, mezzosoprano singer and pianiste, will appear in those roles on Wednesday and Thursday respectively. For her vocal.numbers she has chosen songs by Crane, Ronald, Phillips, and Sanderson. Three different types of recitations will be given by Mr. R. R. Wills on Wednesday evening. Two are by Longstaffe, "My Little Rosa" and "Cavlotta Mia," and the third is "The Weather Friend," a story in American dialect. ‘

PROGRAMME of old English folk songs will be given on Thursday evening by the Madame Gower Burns Quartet. The choruses will be "Some Folks Do" (a very old favourite). "It was a Lover and His Lass," "Dabbling in the Dew,’’. ‘John Peel," and "Goodnight." The solo numbers will be "A Pastoral’ (by Carey), "I’ve Been Roaming," "When Daisies . Pied," "Cherry Ripe," "Simon the Cellarer," "Where the Bee Sucks,’ "The Arrow and the Song,’ and "Drink to Me only with Thine Dyes." There will be some fine duets included: "Trust Her Not," and "I Know a Bank." The instrumental music for the evening will be supplied by the Bohemian Quintet. "HE GEISHA," one of the most popular of stage productions, will be radioed by the Radiolians on Friday evening. All the principal solos and choruses will be sung. During the evening humorous items will be given by Mr. George ‘Titchener. Dance music items will be played by the Bailey-Marston Dance Orchestra. HERE will be a vaudeville programme on Saturday evening. Miss Connie Flamank (contralto) will be singing; also Mr. W. J. Trewern (tenor), and Mr. J. Graham Young (baritone). The Joyous Pair (Messrs Dorothy and Midna Johnson), will present a:further budget of popular duets at the piano, to ukulele accompaniment. Mr. Jock Lochart will give more.of his humorous songbits with patter. Humorous elocutionary numbers will be given by Mr. Campbell Brown. Last to -be* mentioned, but not least on any vaudeville programme, will be Mr. Leslie Croft, who will make ‘his second appearance at 8YA. Mr. Croft is a champion mouth organist. His turns will comprise trick playing on small and large mouth organs, improvisations from -wellknown operas, and, in general, a mixture of melodies.