2YA Notes

Radio Record, Volume III, Issue 8, 6 September 1929, Page 14

2YA Notes

HE church relay on Sunday evening will be broadcast from St, Andrew’s Presbyterian Church, where the preacher will be the Rev. R. J. Howie. Following the church service the concert arranged by the Wellington Municipal Tramways Band, under the .con--ductorship of Mr. B. Franklin, will be relayed. | A PROGRAMM® comprised mainly of classical items has been ar--vanged for Monday, Miss Myra Saw- _ yer contributing Thompson’s "Nightingale and the Rose" and a Negro Spiritual selection. Maori songs will be given by Mr. Claude Moss, "Waiata | Poi" with orchestral accompaniment and "Home, Little Maori, Home." | Mrs. W. J. Coventry, contralto, will / sing "The Wood Pigeon," while Mr. | Austin Blackie will render tenor sojos, and pianoforte selections of a classical / nature will be played by Miss Marjorie J j ] J | King. The Rey. Dr. Gibb will lecture at 9 pm., his subject being "The League of Nations." Items by the or-

chestra will include Beethoven’s wellknown "Egmont Overture" and "Light Hungarian Rhapsodie No. 1."_ ON Tuesday the Agricultural Department will continue at 7.40 p.m, its series of lecturettes "For the Man on the Land.’ ‘The concert session will be of a light and popular nature, comprising the latest vucal hits sung by Miss Lily Charles, humorous items by, Mr. ©. Browne, and light instrumen numbers by the Studio Orchestra. These latter will include a selection of "Four Indian Love Lyrics" by Woodforde Finden. Soprano solos will be contributed by Mrs. E. Ransom Myers and Mrs. Wilbur Davies. "THURSDAY is the anniversary of one of the epic battles of the Great War-"The Somme’-and advantage: has: been taken of the occasion’ to broadcast a special programme of commemoration. The programme will be in the hands of the 1st Battalion Wellington Regiment Band, under Lieutenant B. J. Shardlow, assisted by the Lyric Quartet. The evening will be. reminiscent of the Great War period. Vocal solos will include "A Long Way to Tipperary," "Keep the Home Fires Burning," and other favourites, whilst an item of special interest to be presented by the band will be an "Episode of the Great War." ‘This will be deseriptive of incidents in camp life and will be presented with full éffects. ON Friday evening the Philharmonic Quartet will present a programme featuring vocal gems from "The Rebel Maid." Mr. Edwin Dennis will sing the Goring Thomas "O Vision BEntrancing," and Miss Madge Freeman, the ' possessor of a rich contralto voice, will sing, among other numbers, a selection from "Carmen." Miss Pauline Rodgers is to play Rachmaninoft’s "OC Sharp Minor Prelude" and Paderewski’s "Melodie." Orchestral items will inelude "The Rebel Maid": selections, which will be played as an overture by the 2YA Orchestra. | THE ever-popular Melody Four will have charge of Saturday evening’s ‘programme, and it needs littl®’ more than the mention of their name to convey to listeners some idea of the programme’s excellence. , "THE Soldiers’ Chorus" from "Faust," "Tom, Tom, the Piper’s Son," and "Riding on a Dream Train" will be y

rendered as concerted numbers, Messrs. Berthold and Bent will render steel guitar and Hawaiian _ selections, sketches supervised by Mr. Victor Lloyd, and orchestral selections of a light type by the studio orchestra will contribute to a fine week-end programme.