2YA Notes

Radio Record, Volume II, Issue 45, 24 May 1929, Page 18

2YA Notes

ON Monday evening Mr. A. J. Nicholls will give a further lecturette on "Gardening." The artists for the concert session will be Mrs. W. Fraser Morrish (soprano), Miss Hilda Chudley (contralto), Mr. John Prouse (baritone), and Mr, J. Fordie (tenor). R. A. STANLEY WARWICK will make a reappearance before the\ microphone after an absence of some months, his items being "Orange Blos- ) soms," a dramatic sketch of the Hast, ; and a character sketch from Dickens’s "Dan’l Peggotty." Mrs. Fraser Mor-_ rish, the soprano soloist, has chosen for her items Suliivan's "Orpheus With His Lute" and "The Little Dustman," by Brahms. Landon Ronald’s wellknown song, "Remembrance," together with a Negro Spiritua. vy Burleigh, "C@- ™ >wn Moses," and "For. Ever and a Day," a charming little ballad by © Mack, will be Miss Hilda Chudley’s contributions to the programme. Two of Schumann’s finest songs, "Ich Grolle Nicht" and "The Two Grenadiers," will be sung by Mr. John Prouse in the first half of the programme, this artist’s other numbers being a bracket of two Florence Needham .compositions, "The Brow of Nefin’" and "The Queen of Connemara." Mr. J. Fordie’s items will be "The Flower Song" from "Car-' " men" and a bracket of two Scottish folk songs, "Mary" and "My Love is Like a Red, Red Rose." Orchestral items in keeping with the programme ‘will also be rendered. ON Tuesday evening the representative of the Agricultural Department will give a talk on matters of interest to "The Man on the Land." At 8 o’clock a light and varied programme will be presented, the contributing artists being Mr. G. Austin ‘Blackie (tenor), Miss Phyllis Martin (soprano), Mr. David Barrie (humour) and Mr. Henry Desmond (popular gongs). At 9.80 the. usual dance programme will be given. THE Band of the First Battalion Wellington Regiment, under the conductorship of Lieutenant B. J. Shards low, will, on Thursday evening. provide a studio concert. The band will have the assistance of The: Mellow Fel-:

eee lows quartet, Miss Blanche Densem (soprano) and Miss Sinclair Breen (elocutionist), Outstanding amongst the hand items will be a selection of Sir Henry Bishop’s songs, a tenor solo, "Tona," by Bandsman Love, and two cornet solos, Mendelssohn’s "Spring Song" and "The Lost Chord." The first number will be plared by Sergeant Barke and the latter number by Lieutenant B. J. Shardlow. A selection from the popular "Maritana," together with several marches and waltzes, will also be played. ON Friday evening a programme of grand opera and comic opera and musical comedy excerpts will be given. The vocalists for the evening will be Miss Gretta Stark (soprano), Mr. S. HB. Rodger (baritone), Miss Edith Buckmaster (contralto), and Mr. Oliver Foote (tenor). Mr. Peter Dorrian { wilt give two recitals, "The Three Kings," by Longfellow, and "The Cur- ’ ate’ Explains,’ the former a dramatic number and the latter a humorous number. Miss Pauline Rogers, late of Sydney, will play two piano solos, namely, the "First Movement of the Moonlight Sonata," by Beethoven, and a "Romance" by Sibelius. ‘THE Melodie Four, Mr. Jack Wilkinson (humour) and The Bridges Trio, together with the orchestra, will provide an interesting and varied programme on Saturday evening. The quartet numbers will be the "Old Folks Medley," "Down at the Huskin’ Bee" and "’Cos I’d Nothing Dlse to Do." Mr. W. W. Marshall (bass) will sing the well-known Scottish folk song, "Wi a Hundred Pipers an’ a’" and Mr. Sam Duncan (tenor) Toselli’s "Serenade." Mr. R. 8. Allwright (baritone) will be heard in Alfred Hill’s well-known song, "Hine e Hine," and Mr. Frank Bryant will sing "A Song of the Hills,’ by Lee. The Bridges Trio are a talented combination from Wanganui and have just recently completed a tour of some of the more important towns of Australia, having also broadcast with marked success from the major "A" class Australian stations. The composition of the trio is one suitable for broadcasting from a novelty point ot view, consisting of piano, violin and xylophone, and no doubt this combination’s items will be regarded with more than passing interest by a large number of listeners. Mr. Jack Wilkinson will sing two comic songs, "And Here’s Another Thing" and "It’s the Girls That Make the Seaside," ON Sunday evening the evening service of St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church will be relayed, the preacher on this occasion being the Rev. R. Howie and the organist and choirmaster Mr, Frank Thomas. At 8.15 p.m. approx. a relay of the Wellington Municipal . Tramways Band recital from His Majesty’s Theatre will be carried out. The conductor on this occasion will be Captain Herd. ‘