2YA Notes

Radio Record, Volume III, Issue 6, 23 August 1929, Page 14

2YA Notes

HIF} evening service of St. Thomas's Anglican Church will be relayed on Sunday evening, and at the conclusion of the service the recital of the Wellington .Mu:‘ ‘pal Traneways Band will be broadcast. ON Monday ,evening at 7.40 Mr. H. C.. South will give his fortnightly talk on "Books---Grave and‘Gay." "TUESDAY evening’s programme will be of a light "popular" nature, the supporting artists being Mr. Claude O’Hagan (baritone), Mr. Spencer: Furrell (who will sing popu-

lar: songs), Mr. Ken Aitken (elocutionist), and Miss Marjorie Buckeridge (soubrette). The ‘orchestral items will include. the overture "Beautiful Galatea" (by. Suppe), "Pas des Echarpes and Variations" (by Chaminade), "Four Dances" from the "Rebel Maid," and Herhert’s "Serenade. The repeat item on this occasion wil lbe Sarasate’s "Romanza. Andalusa." Mr. Ken Aitken is an entertainer well known in Wellington concert * circles, but this will be his first ap- . pearance before the microphone. His items will be "My Wife’s Husband" and "The Green Tie on the Little ~ Yellow Dog." Another. new artist is Mr. Spencer Furrell, who was at-one. time a member of Pat Hanna’s Diggers Company, having toured with this ‘combination . throughout Australia and New Zealand. -Miss Marjorie Buckeridge is a ‘soubrette well known to Wellington audiences. Her items, "Little Miss Wooden Shoes" from "Miss Hook of Holland," and "O, Listen to the Band" from "The Runaway Girl," are sure to find favour with listeners. A new quartet of singers will be heard on Monday evening. They will be known as the Harmonious Four, and their radio performances are sure to please... |

HH Wellington Municipal Tramways Band, assisted by the Lyric Quartet, Mr. J. R. McKenzie (novelty pianist) and Miss Thelma’ Aitken (elocutioniste), will provide. the programme on Thursday evening. The band items will include "The Bohemian Girl Overture," the intermezzo "In. a Persian Market," a selection from "Rose Mcrie," a patrol "Jungle Drums," sand several marches and ‘waltzes. Mrs. Norman: Izett, a& mezzosoprano with a pleasing voice and a nice sense of interpretation, will be heard in "Sincerity" and "Amarella." Miss Thelma Aitken (elocutioniste) will_provide the lighter side of the programme, her items being two humorous recitations, "At the Seaside" and "Foolish Questions." HE Ariel Singers on Friday even | ing will present a programme uf vocal gems from grand and comie operas. ‘Their items will eomprise 2 mezzo-contralto solo, "Farewell to My

_-~. . Home," from "La Wally. " The madri- , gal from "The Mikado," "Brightly ‘Dawns Our Wedding Day," a bass solo, "When a Maiden Takes Your Fancy," from "Il Seragiio," the well-known soprano solo from "Pirates of Penzance," "Poor Wandering One," and a duet from "La Vestale." The coloists will be Miss Ngaire Coster (mezzo-contral-to), Mr. J. M. Caldwell (bass), ahd Miss | Jeanette Briggs (soprano), orchestra will play items in keeping with the programme, their numbers comprising the overture to "Martha," a selection from "Carmen," the "Faust Ballet Music," the "Prince Igor Dances," and a selection from Benedict’s "The Lily of Killarney." The humour of Friday evening will be contributed by Madame Eugenie Dennis Wand her partner, who. will be heard in two sketches, "Two in a Punt" (by Esmond), and."Foiled Fiend" (by Coke). N Saturday evening the Melodie Four, Berthold and Bent (steel guitar duo), and Mr. Jack Roworth will, with the assistance of the studio orchestra, provide an entertaining \ vaudeville programme. . The concerted items will be "The Glow Worm," "The Goblins ‘ll Get You," and ‘"’The Owl and. the Pussy Cat." Mr. R. 8. Allwright (baritone) Will sing "The Muleteer of Malaga," and Mr, Frank Bryant the tenor solo, "Kat Lil’ Feller with his Mammy’s Hyes," Gadman’s "I Hear a Thrush at Eye" will be Mr. 8, Duncan’s solo, and Mr. W. W. Marshall has chosen " for his. item "Down in the Deep Let Me Sleep.when I Die," a bass solo, which should prove eminently suitable to this singer’s voice, Berthold and Bent will be heard in several Hawaiian and popular song numbers, and Mr. « Jack Roworth will entertain with comic songs and patter. The orchestral overture will be Eger’s "Snacks in Bars," and further novelties by the orchestra will include Bidgood’s "A Motor Ride," a trombone polka, Locker’s "Ragtime Bass Player," and a selec. tion, "Poppy" (by Samuels). The. usual dance programme of selected gramophone records will be presented at 10 o’clock, and at 10.45 a summary of the day’s sporting results will be given. HE.preacher for the broadcast service on Sunday evening will be the Rev. T. W, Vealie, of the Trinity Methodist Church, Newtown, the organist ’ being Miss Lillian Thowley, and the Ychoirmaster Mr. W. McClellan, The ‘yvecital by the Port Nicholson Silver Band will be relayed from the Grand Opera House at the conclusion of the evening service.