4YA Notes

Radio Record, Volume II, Issue 34, 8 March 1929, Page 15

4YA Notes

-_----- {HE evening service from St. Paul’s "* Qathedral will be relayed on Sunjay, March 10, the preacher being Danon Neville, and the organist, Mr. . Heywood, F.R.C.0O. After the chureh broadeast, the St. Kilda Muni.cipal Band will give their first con‘ert after their return from the Wangului contest. TPUESDAY afternoon, March 12, will gee another relay of the afternoon tea music from the Ritz, and in the

evening the St. Kilda Municipal Band, under the baton of Mr. James Dixon, will resume their regular ‘Tuesday evening concerts, with a splendid programme, including the overture "Taneredi," by Rossini and other fine numpers. Miss Dorothy Skinner (contralto) is singing "Ships of Arcady," by Michael Head, a prominent modern English composer, and also "The* Millex’s Songs," by Schubert, the greatest of all song writers. Miss Joyce Hould will be heard in .Lorenzo’s "Bulogy of Music," from "The Merchant of Venice’ (by Shakespeare), and also in two selections from the "Yworks of the immortal Dickens. In the last competitions in Dunedin Miss Hould received very high praise for her work in Dickensian characters from Mr. Clement May, the adjudicator. Mr. Arthur W. Alloo (baritone). will again be singing, and has included Cowen’s fine setting of Jongfellow’s words "Onaway Awake Beloved," from "Hiawatha." BEFORE the dance session from 9.30 to 11 p.m. on Wednesday, a popular programme has been arranged and should suit all tastes. The Dunedin Banjo Trio, an outstanding combination, ‘will be heard in several novelty numbers. The well-known meZzosoprano, Miss Molly Vickers, will sing "Awake" (by Pelissier), "Valley of Laughter" (by Sanderson), and "Huckoo"’ (by Martin Shaw). Mr. J. fi Patterson, Scottish humorist, will give three numbers from an extensive . repertoire, while Miss Rona Scott elocutioniste, will also appear. N Friday, the 4YA Brvadcasting Trio-Miss Eva Judd (violiniste), Mr. P. J. Palmer (’Cellist), and Mrs. Ernest Drake (studio pianiste)-will play "Ave Maria" (by Schubert), "Syncopation" (by Kriesler), and "Poupee Valsante" (by Poldini). The members of the trio will also give solo items. ISS Mae Matheson (soprano), Miss Mollie Andrews (mezzo-soprano), Mr. Jack Montague, a tenor new to _ .4YA, and Mr. F, M. Tuohy (baritone), \, constitute the 4YA ‘Harmonists. Included in their concerted numbers for Friday evening will be "In Absence" (by Dudley: Buck), and the old song "On the Banks of Allan Water." Out- .

standing yocal numbers are the soprano solos "The Ory of Rachel" (by Salter) and "Vissi d’arte" (from "Tosca"). Mr. ©. Russell Smith (elocutionist) will give several numbers. GATURDAY evening, March 16, will be devoted to a _ special programme of Irish music to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day, which falls on March 17. This will be followed by a special dance programme until 11 p.m. ON Tuesday, March 12, at 7.30 p.m., Mr. R. W. Marshall, of the Government Tourist Office, will continue his talks on "Tourist Resorts," while Mr. H, Greenwood, of the Athenaeum. will again give his book reviews at the same hour on Friday. O popular did Pastor W. D. More's recent lecturette on "The Keeping of Angora Rabbits" prove, that arrangements have been made for a series of six addresses on this subject by the same gentleman. ‘These will commence at an early date.