4YA Features

Radio Record, Volume III, Issue 23, 20 December 1929, Page 15

4YA Features

eee THE service in the Central Methodist Mission will be broadcast on Sunday evening, The Rev. G. B. Hinton will be the preacher. The relay of a concert to be given by the St. Kilda Band will follow. tT 7.40 on Monday evening the Radio Man will give a lecturette on Wireless. Irish opera will be the motif of the programme on Monday. A specially engaged orchestra will per: form on this occasion and all theiz items will be of Irish origin. The Har. monists Quartet will sing the prin eipal vocal numbers of the Irish opera "The Lily of Killarney," and the in

cidental music is to ke played by the orchestra. Two Irish numbers by Percy Grainger will be performed by Mrs. HK, Drake, the studio pianiste, and Miss Anita’ Winkel will present two of Winifred Lett’s Irish poems, Miss Mae Matheson will sing "The Last Rose of Summer," "Killarney" will be sung. by Mr. H. Johnston, and Mr. KF. M. Tuohy, the popular baritone, will sing "The Kerry Dance." . A&XTISTS who will be new. to some Dunedin listeners are coutributing to a special Christmas Eye programme at 4YA. These are: Miss Veronica Mackenzie, Miss Mollie Fenton, and Mr. Wm. Yates, all from 2YA,. The programme for the occasion contains specially selected items. Mr. Laurie North, the son of Dr. North, of this city, will sing Allitsen’s "Psalm of Thanksgiving" and two Schubert numbers, "fhe Wanderer" and "To Music." Mr. ‘North is the possessor of ‘a remarkably fine baritone voice, and is a very popular artist in the city. ‘The Studio Trio will perform bright numbers, A dance music session will follow the usual programme until 11.30 p.m., following which a gramophone recital of Christmas musie will be presented.

T 9 o'clock on Wednesday morning, Christmas Day, Big Brother Bill will conduct "Santa Claus Hour." At 10.30 the service in First Church, conducted by the Council of Christian Congregations, will-be relayed. At 5.30 there will be a Christmas Carol session conducted by Big Brother Bill, ©. _ On the ‘evening of Christmas Day an appropriate concert will be broadcast. This has been arranged by ‘Mr. Ernest Drake. A vocal octet_ will ‘sing "Adeste Fideles," "Silent Night," "Good King Wenceslas," and other Christinas songs, as well as miscellaneous items. The soloists will include Miss Aileen Young (soprano), Miss. Mary Pratt (sinsing "Softly Awakes My Heart"), Mr, Les Dalley, whose tenor solo will be "The Star of Bethlehem," and Mr. F. Kershaw (bass solos, "Nazareth" and Verdi’s "Il Lacerato Spirito"). Mr. Ernest Drake ,will sing a solo, and in association with Mr. Fred Tuohy, the duet, "Fickle Hearted Mimi." ‘Instrumental items will be played by Miss Ethel Wallace (violin), There will be elocutionary numbers by Miss Anita Winkel. A NEW combination consisting of professional musicians, the ‘"Mel-

ody Four," will contribute the greater portion of the "Boxing Day" pro- | gramme at 4YA. All the instrumentalists in this combination double on wood-wind and strings, so listeners can be assured of plenty of ,variety. Mr. — Buster Brown will present further numbers of Scottish humour, and there will be recitations by Mr. Lester Moller. The vocalists for Friday evening’s programme will be Miss Evelyn A. Shepherd, Mrs. Ritchie, Mr. G. Crawford, and Mr. Alan Breck, A mis~cellaneous : programme will be pre‘sented. The instrumentalists will be a quartet, the members of which will also play solos. ' QN_ Saturday evening the Caroline Bay (Timaru) Carnival will be relayed. :