2YA Notes

Radio Record, Volume II, Issue 36, 22 March 1929, Page 14

2YA Notes

ON Monday evening a varied and interesting programme will be presented. The vocalists will be Madame Emily Briggs (soprano), Mr. John Prouse (baritone), Mrs. W. J. Coventry (contralto), and Mr. Herbert F. Wood (tenor). This will be Mr. Herbert Wood’s first appearance at the studio and as this popular tenor is already well and favourably known to listeners through the good work he has performed at band concerts which have been relayed. His items are bound to provoke a great deal of interest. By request, Madame Hmily Briggs will sing "Die Lorely," an old folk song based on a German legend of the Rhine. Further items by Madame Briggs will include Bemberg’s "Hindoo Song" and "Come, Dance the Romaika,’ by Liza Lehman. Mr. John Prouse, one of New Zealand’s leading baritones and a one-time pupil of the late Sir Charles Santley, will be heard to advantage in the recitative and aria from Gaul’s "The Holy City," "Thus Saith the Lord" and "A New Heaven and Warth,"’ and in a bracket of two numbers, Marzial’s "The River of Years". and Hill’s "My Fairest Child." Mrs. W. J. Coventry is a mezzocontralto who has already performed at 2YA successfully and has also appeared as soloist with the Harmonic Society. Mrs. Coventry’s voice is of pleasing quality and she can be relied upon to do consistently good work. Her items will be Bohm’s "Still as the Night," Del Riego’s "Homing," Willeby’s "Summer Rain," and a little number by Leoni, "The Birth of Morn." Mr. Herbert Wood will be heard in two old favourites, the evergreen "Take a Pair of Sparkling Byes" and "T Like You in Velvet." These numbers will be coupled with two "theme" songs which were sung recently by Mr. Wood at the De Luxe Theatre, "Little Mother" and "When Love Comes: Stealing. " Mr. Victor 8. Lloyd, the popular entertainer, will relate another of his experiences and’ the uncanny incidents seem only to admit of a psychic explanation, but he confesses that he does not agree altogether with such a way of explaining or accounting for them,

POIRIER ERR IGS He therefore invites his listeners to use their wits in an endeavour to make a more plausible explanation of the apparent mystery that he will relate. Explanations, which may be humorous or otherwise, should be addressed to Mr. Victor S. Lloyd, c/o 2YA, not later than April 1. A LIGHT popular programme has been arranged for Tuesday. The items will comprise tenor solos by Mr. G. Austin Blackie, popular fox-tpot numbers by Mrs. Mildred Steel Guitar Trio, humorous items by Mr. Henry Desmond and popular songs by Mrs. Mabel Jackson. Mr. Blackie has chosen three numbers which’ should suit his type of voice admirably, viz., "Who is Sylvia," "Daphne" and "Long Long Ago." Mrs. Mabel Jackson, whose work continues to prove very

popular, will be heard in "Ol Man Sunshine" and "There’s a Rainbow Round My Shoulder." Mr. Henry Desmond will provide the humour of the evening and his items are bound to appeal to a large number of listeners. HURSDAY evening’s programme will consist of band items by the Wellington City Silver Citadel Band, under the conductorship of Mr. Scotney, and vocal items by the popular Mellow Fellows Quartet. The humor-. ous part of the programme will be pro- | vided by Miss Maude Farrant, a well" known local artist. ON Good Friday there will be a programme in keeping with the day. In the morning a relay of the morning service of St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Chureh will be carried out and in the afternoon a relay from St. Gerard’s Redemptorist Church of the ceremony of "The Stations of the Cross.". At 7 o'clock a relay of Stainer’s "The Crucifixion" from St. Thomas’s Church, Newtown, will be carried out. The choir of this church will be under the conductorship of Mr. W. A. Gatheridge, the soloists being Messrs. Will Goudie (baritone) and Chas. Williams (tenor). At 8.15 p.m. approximately from the studio, the Island Bay Wesley Church Choir will give the sacred cantat "From Olivet to Calvary." This won the Wellington Competitions S0ciety’s Choir Championship and have already given a concert from the studio, which was the subject of favourable comment. The soloists will

be Miss Gretta Stark (soprano), Mr. Seon. Brown (tenor), Mr. Wilbur Dav"jes (baritone) and the organist, Mr. _ Arthur Crisp. Miss Dorothy Tighe will act as pianiste. The choir will be under the baton of Mr. Roy Dellow. Suitable items in keeping with the oceasion will be rendered by the orchestra. ON Easter Saturday a bright programme will be rendered, the contributing artists being Miss. Decima Morgans (soprano), Mr. Lad Haywood (mandola), Mr. Harry Matthew (baritone) and Mr. Austin Peters (entertainer). Mr. Austin Peters has appeared with marked success on the stage and has also been successfully broadcast by 38LO, Melbourne, 5CUL, Adelaide, and other leading "A" class stations in Australia. He has also aie times appeared with such s as Union Theatres, Ltd., and J. ©. Williamson, Ltd. ON Raster Sunday at the conclusion of the evening service, a studio eoncert will be given by the BHtude Quartet. Their items will comprise excerpts from "The Seven Last Words" (by Dubois) and from the "Messiah" (by Handel). Gramophone records suitable to the occasion will be included in the programme.