2YA Notes.

Radio Record, Volume II, Issue 34, 8 March 1929, Page 14

2YA Notes.

"THE classical programme for Monday evening is full of good items, both instrumental and vocal. The singers will be Miss Nora Gray (soprano), Miss Mollie Fenton (contralto), Mr. Roy Hill (tenor), and Mr. John Prouse (baritone). Miss Nora Gray’s items will be "The Page’s Song." "Armida’s Garden," and ‘The Rosebud." Miss Fenton will sing "Caro Mio Ben," "The Took,’ and "Four by the Clock." Mr. Roy Hill will present "To the Distant Beloved," Beethoven’s fine work of six songs, occupying fourteen minutes. Mr. Hill will also sing "Duna." Mr. John Prouse will sing an excerpt from "The Creation," "Les Rameaux," and "The Flight of Ages." Mr. Albert J. Harper, elocutionist, will recite "A Night Under the Pines" (by R.L.S.), and the humorous "Jules on the ’Phone." The orchestral items for Monday evening will be the overture "The Flying Dutchman,’ Bemberg’s "Hindoo Song," the dance suite, "In Days of Old," and "The Merry Wives of Windsor.’ ‘VARIETY of the popular type marks Tuesday evening’s programme. Mr. G. Austin Blackie, tenor, will sing "Mother o’ Mine," "Joy and Pleasure," and "Love, I Have Won You." Messrs. Berthold and Bent, the steel guitar duo, will play some of the latest airs. The Jacksons, two bright entertainers, will present two sketches, "The Railway Jortgr" and "Married Life in 1949" (an original composition), and two songs. The orchestral items will be in keeping with the rest of the programme-"Chal "Romano," "By the Blue Hawaiian Waters," "Three O’clock in the Morning," "Hyde Park," and "The Rainbow." "THE Wellington Municipal Tramways Band will provide the instrumental music on Thursday evening. A firstclass programme to suit all tastes has been arranged. The vocalists will be

Miss Monica Malfroy, Miss Violet Roberts, Mr. Oliver Foote, and Mr. Claude O’Hagan. Some of the best and latest gramophone recordings by the world’s leading artists will also be introduced. HE Strollers Concert Party, assisted by the Studio Orchestra, will contribute to Friday evening’s programme. ‘The Strollers are a party of talented artists who can enterfain with songs, sketches, humour, and patter. Numerous musical plays are represented in the solos, duets and choruses. There will be two sketches, "The Company Will Decide" and "Switched."