Notes from 1YA

Radio Record, Volume II, Issue 51, 5 July 1929, Page 14

Notes from 1YA

— PPHE service in St. Matthew’s Church on Sunday evening will be relayed. The preacher will be Canon C. H. Grant-Cowen, the organist, Mr. J. H. Phillpot. ON Tuesday evening Miss Rita McCully will make her first appearance before the "mike" at 1YA. Miss McCully’s light soprano voice is particularly suited for broadcast purposes and her items will be awaited with interest. Mrs. Culford Bell, now 2 firm favourite with ali listeners, will contribute Dr. Drummond’s fine French-Canadian poem (with musical accompaniment), "De Bell of San Michel," and a recital, "The Last Lesson" (Daudet). Contralto solos to be sung by Miss Gwenyth Hvans, who is making a welcome reappearance at 1YA, include "Here’s to Love" ("Sunshine Girl’) and "Love’s Own Kiss." Mr. Frank Sutherland will sing the baritone solos "Song of the Clock," and "If I Were." Thé Studio Trio will eontribute instrumental numbers, in@luding a "Lilac Time" selection. The popular Auckland violiniste, Miss Ina Bosworth, will be heard in "Spanish Dance" (Granados). Orchestral items will be relayed from the Majestic Theatre. QUTSTANDING on Wednesday evening’s programme will be the presentation of Jubilee Songs and Negro Spirituals by Mrs. Daisy Basham and the Lyric Quartet. Although the negro music of both Africa and America is essentially spontaneous, in Africa it Was nearly always used for the war dance, funerals and wedding festivities, while in America it was the outeome of the conditions under which the slave lived and laboured. The plantation songs, or "spirituals" ‘were the outbursts of religious fer‘vyour, and were the slaves’ own inter-

EDOLADADA DAL DLP LOL IOP LI LOL EA TAA OOP OOP pretation of the Scripture as preached to them by their own religious leaders. Mrs. Basham in the course of her recital will trace the history of the "Spirituals" and will be ably assisted by the Lyric Quartet. Also appearing on this programme will be Mr. Bric Maxwell, pianist, and Mr, Leonard Cronin, who will discourse on the "Humours of Parkiament." Mr. Cronin has had many years’ experience in newspaper work in Parliament and his talk should prove most interesting and entertaining. During Wednesday’s programme there will be relays from the semifinal rehearsal of the Bohemian Orchestra. HE programme on Thursday evening will be contributed to by Miss Ina Thomson, contralto, who has returned to Auckland and is making a welcome reappearance before the "mike," and Miss Gwenda Weir, soprano, who is making her initial appearance at 1YA. Baritone solos to be sung by Mr. Walter Brough include "Simon the Cellarer,"’ and "Far Across the Desert Sands." The Studio Orchestra will play popular numbers, while a novelty humorous sketch will be presented by a new combination, the "Four Originals.’ Dance musie will be broadcast until 11 p.m. HB main contributors to Friday evening’s programme will be Mr. Arthur E. Wilson, contributing two short organ recitals. Mr. Wilson will be assisted by the fine baritone, Mr. Laurence North. Miss Irene Frost. a popular young Auckland contralto. will sing "Break, Break, Break’ (Cary), and "Sink, Red Sun" (Del Reiga). Another new artist will, this evening, swell the ranks of vocalists at 1YA in the person of Miss Mary Cofield, soprano, whose sweet soprano voice is particularly adapted to broadcasting.

, PPA LE PAOLA ALAA OAL AL AD AO LAD LAGOA L LAA OA ‘Miss Mollie Wright, the well-known cellist, will play "Romance Sans Paroles" (Dayidoff) while the Studio Trio will contribute instrumental items. Mr. A, B. Chappell, M.A., will continue his extremely interesting "Topical Talks." N Saturday afternoon Mr. W. J. Meredith will describe the main Rugby footbali match on Hden Park. In the evening the "Radio Scamps" will provide a bright and varied programme of novelties, sketches and songs. These novelty programmes are

ia Bn SEE EER EEEE providing one of the most popular entertainments "on the air’ and are always looked forward to with keen anticipation by all classes of listeners. At the conclusion of the concert programme dance musie will be broadcast until 11 p.m.