4YA Features

Radio Record, Volume III, Issue 22, 13 December 1929, Page 15

4YA Features

SUNDAY evening’s broadcasts will comprise a relay from the Congregational Church (Rey. Alfred Mead, preacher), and a relay of the concert to be given at the St. Kilda Band rotunda by the St. Kilda Band. F{XCERPTS from Frimt’s opera, "The Vagabond King," will be sung by Madame Carlson and Miss de Reya on Monday. ‘The operd is very popular at the present time, due to the fact that the motif of Friml’s themes is very much like that of Puccini, the composer of "Madame Butterfly," "La Tosca," ete, The duets and solos chosen for this occasion contain the popular Hogette Waltz. A smali orchestra has been specially engaged for the evening’s programme. This .combination consists of piano, violin, ‘cello, bass, clarinet and cornet, It will be under the direction of Mr. Pettit, the wellknown Dunedin musical director. Included on the orchestral. items are Mendelssohn’s "Fingal’s Cave" and Max Bruch’s "Kol Nidrei," Mr. Angus Gorrie will continue his Series of the Poets, taking for this occasion Robert Browning. Mr. L. B. Dalley, one of Dunedin's leading tenors, has chosen selections from Puccini’s "La Boheme," Mascagni’s "Iris," and Goring Thomas's "Hsmeralda." : f Beto Kaikorai Band, under Mr. T. J. | Kirk-Burnnand, will be providing the programme on Tuesday . evening.

Two interesting items tv be played will be "Two New Hungarian Dances," es‘pecially written for brass bands by Frank Mullen. These dances are of u barbaric nature, but unlike Brahms, are not based upon Hungarian folk songs and dances. At the same time these dances are descriptive, and present ample scope for hand playing. A new arrangement of Richard Wagner's © "Meistersingers von Nurnberg" is also being presented by the band. The as- — _sisting artists for the evening will be Miss Sligo (soprano), Miss Gwenda Burt (contralto), Miss Ngata Busweil (elocutioniste), and Mr. Les. Stubbs » (baritone). N Wednesday evening a well diversi- . fied programme’ will be presented, Solos and duets will be sung by Miss Rita Holmes and: Miss Irene Hornblow, the duets being "Awake" and "The End of a Perfect Day." Baritone songs will be sung by Mr. W. Ruffell. A novelty trio will play a number of popular airs.

wrt will be very interesting items will be provided by Miss Ida Lungley on Friday, when she will sing. several negro .spirityals, which have become so popular of late. Miss Lung: ley,. who is the Dunedin Operatic Society’s pianiste, is the possessor of a beautiful contralto voice. Last summer she toured Central Otago and delighted many large audiences with her interpretation of Negro Spirituals and Maori folk songs. Listeners in Otago Central will look forward to hearing her on the air, ae Also singing on Friday evening will be Mr. A. Lungley, a fine baritone, who will be heard in "Onaway, Awake Beloyed," "The Devout Lover" and "The Volga Boatmen." Soprano solos will be sung by Miss Lettie de Clifford, and there will be tenor songs by Mr, D. Crew. Instrumental music will be supplied by the Seleste Quintet. Elo_eutionary items will be given by Miss Tui Northey. ON Saturday evening there will be the "Night With the Pioneers."