3YA Features

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

3YA Features

"THE service conducted in the Church of Christ, Moorhouse Avenue, will be broadeast on Sunday evening. The studio concert on Snnday evening will be of 3YA’s high standard. Local vocalists will be Miss Nellie Lowe, Miss Mavis Spiller, and Mr. A. G. Thompson.

T is said that "Scenes that are Brightest," which is to be sung by Miss Myrtle Langley on Monday evening, had its inspiration in the mind of the composer of "Maritana," Vincent Wallace, when he saw Wellington by night. Other songs by Miss Langley will be "The Wearin’ o’ the Green" and "Comin’ Through the Rye." A mezzo-soprano singer to be heard the same evening will be Miss Doris Irvine. "The Toilers," a very old favourite, composed by Piccolomin:, will be sung by Mr. Harold Prescott on Monday evening. Another item by him will be the well-known and popular "The Veteran’s Song." Three splendid songs will be contributed by Mr. Robert W. Rofe, baritone, who will make his second appearance at 3YA. These songs will be, "Cloze Props," "The Yeoman’s Wedding Song," and "Drake Goes West" A talented entertainer, one

who may be described as a real radio hostess, Miss Lily Kinsella, will be giving two humorous recitals to her own piano accompaniment. Her contributions are entitled, ""These Men" and "Umpteen Serial Picture." The band engaged for Monday evening will be the popular Woolston Band, under Conductor R. J. Estall. This will be the first radio concert by the band since the Wanganui contest. As may be expected, an excellent programme will be provided. A MISCELLANEOUS assortment of vocal numbers, some of them operatic, will be presented on Wednesday evening. The Dulcet Quartet will sing "Where My Caravan Has Rested" (from "Romany Songs") and "Alas that Spring Should Vanish With the Rose" (from "A Persian Garden’). Miss Hilda Hutt will sing "The Valse Song" (from "Faust") and Mascagni’s "Leggenda." Miss Nellie Lowe’s items will include two solos from "A Lover ' in Damascus" and Braga’s "Serenade." Mr. T. G. Rogers will sing "The Dream"

> +, » ip Dp dp Dp Dp Dp pt, Dp tp, Db ttt ieee (by Rubenstein) and "Onaway! Awake, Beloved," from ‘"Hiawatha’s Wedding Feast," as composed by Coleridge Taylor. Two songs of different types will be sung by Mr. A. G. Thompson. One will be the spritely "From Rushy Beds of Silver Nile," and the other will be "The Courier of Moscow," thrillingly descriptive of a courier’s ride through the snow, pursued by wolves. The song is an old one, difficult to sing properly, but an. artist such as Mr. A. G. Thompson can be relied upon to do full justice to it. Listeners will again have the plea; sure of hearing the brilliant pian Miss Dorothy Davies. She will play Brahms’ "Rhapsody in G Minor," an extremely fine composition. It has a very broad theme throughout, with a quick triplet accompaniment. She will also play an intermezzo by the same composer. This is a more advanced work, but is light. It is a sample of Brahms’ syncopated style. ANEW duo will make an appearance on Friday evening and supply a medley of musical moments.. The performers will be the Rythmie Duo, consisting of Miss Belle Renaut (the popular and versatile contralto of the Melodious Four), and Mr. Finlay Robb, entertainer. This minstrel duo will provide some very enjoyable light entertainment. A popular vocal programme will be presented by the Valencia Quartet on Friday evening. Besides the solos there will be quartets and duos, the latter including "Love and War" and "The Last Rose of Summer." Miss Renetta Rings will sing "I Love You So" (from "Chu Chin Chow’), and Miss Mary Taylor will sing "Friend o’ Mine," Mr. W. Bradshaw will be heard in "My Pretty Jane" and "The March of the Cameron Men," while the bass, Mr. F. A. Miller will sing "I Fear No Foe." There will be instrumental music by Miss Irene Morris and the "Studio Trio," while dance music will continue till 11 p.m. ’ +

A very ciever young pianiste, 118s Bileen Hughson, will be playing on Wednesday evening. She was very suecessful at the Christchurch Compe: titions last year. The Studio Concert; under Mr. Harold Beck, has a fine programme for Wednesday evening. The first number will be Dvorak’s "Gipsy Songs," a suite of four airs. Then will follow Schubert’s "Rosamunde," Beethoven’s "Minuet" and the "Grand March" from "Tannhauser." A MISCELLANEOUS programme, mainly of a classical nature, will be presented by Miss Frances Hamertons Melodious Four on ‘Thursday evening. One of the concerted numbers will be "My Land," a national song of New Zealand, composed by Wedde and published by the Government Printer. Another quartet will be "My Love is Like a Red, Red Rose," and there will . be two by Bantock. Miss Hamerton _ will sing dainty songs composed by Loth, Quilter and Schubert. Miss Belle Renaut will sing two songs by Schupert, "Hvening Boat Song" and "To

Music" and a song by Franz entitled "Request," Mr. Russell Sumner will -also sing a song by Franz, "Romance "Marie" and Haydn’s "In Native "Worth" (from "The Creation"). Mr. T, D. Williams will sing two songs by Mallinson, "Canadian Hunters’ Song" and "We Sway Along the Ridges" (descriptive of a train journey), and Gounods "Vulcan Song."