4YA Features

Radio Record, Volume III, Issue 34, 7 March 1930, Page 11

4YA Features

HE service in St. Paul’s Cathedral on Sunday evening will be broadeast by 4YA. Canon Neville will be tht preacher. A studio programme, to which the principal contributors will be the Kaikorai Band will follow. Assisting vocalists will be Miss Rae Stubbs and Mr. Wm. Ruffell. A very attractive programme has been arranged. QNE of Lehar’s most popular musical comedies, "The Merry Widow," will be presented by the Majors Quartette at 4YA on Monday, March 10. It is some time since listeners have heard this quartette, and their reappearance before the microphone will be welcomed by all who enjoyed their operatic presentations last year. All of the most -important excerpts in "The Merry Widow" will be sung on this oceasion, and those who witnessed this musical comedy when it was last played in New Zealand will greatly appreciate its revival in radio. Appropriate selections from "The Merry Widow" will be rendered by the 4YA Instrumental Trio. J NCLUDED on the programme for Tuesday evening are two performers who are new to broadcasting-Mr. J. E. Davies (tenor), and Miss Marie Tucker (mezzo-soprano). Mr. Davies is a brilliant singer, and has recently come to Dunedin from Invercargill, at which place he has been successful in obtaining highest marks at the recent Invercargill Competition festivals. Mr. Davies’ voice has been described as being one of excellent quality, with great power. His items on this, his first appearance before the microphone, are to be three Welsh songs, sung in Welsh. This in itself will be an interesting feature to listeners. Miss Tucker has a very pleasing voice, with excellent enunciation, and will provide some very fine solos for the occasion. Mr. A. D. Alloo, baritone, who will also appear on Tuesday evening, is to sing two sea songs-‘Beating up the Channel" (by Sanderson), and "Out on the Deep" (by Lohr). These songs give clearly a picture of life at sea. Mr, Alloo’s third number is to be ‘The Sword of Ferrara." Included in the Kaikorai Band items for Tuesday evening is one of Purcell’s madrigals in which this greatest of all English composers excelled. Recitations will be given by Miss E. Newbold. N Wednesday afternoon the talk to ladies will be on "Everyday tasks made easier. Are your working surfaces the right height?" In the evening the talk to farmers will be "Trees for Farm Shelter," the lecturer being Mr. D. Tannock (Superintendent of Reserves). Both talks are under’ the auspices of the 4YA Primary Productions’ Committee, Mr. J. McCaw’s Novelty Saxophone Band is to present the major portion of Wednesday’s programme. This will be the second appearance of this novelty combination at 4YA. There are altogether 16 saxophonists in this band, all

of whom are very fine soloists. The band is specialising on this occasion in popular..items, The supporting ~ programme will be provided by Miss W. Collier (soprano), Mr. Alan Breck (baritone), Mr. J. A. Paterson (Lauder songs), and Miss Nellie Osborn (elocutioniste). R, A. H, PETTITT’S Salon Orchestra will appear on Friday evening and present, among other items, an arrangement of Lehmann’s "In a Persian Garden." Waldteufel’s popular Concert Valse, "Estudiantina" will be included, and other items on the programme will be contributed by Miss Ray Stubbs (soprano), Miss Irene Horniblow (contralto), Mr. Wm. Harrison (tenor), Mr. G. M. Salmond (bass-baritone), and Miss M. BD. Juriss (elocutioniste). N Saturday and Sunday, 4YA will relay 3YA, Christchurch.