WEDNESDAY

Radio Record, Volume III, Issue 36, 21 March 1930, Page 11

WEDNESDAY

SONGS AND STORIES OF THE OPERAS Broadcast from 1¥A. Me. NORMAN KERR will continue his. series of talks on physical culture at 7.40. Included in the orchestral items during the evening’s concért session will be a clarinet solo, "Alieante," to be played by Mr. -Gordon ‘Kady, with orchestral accompaniment. Misses Alma McGruer and _ Beryl Smith, soprano and contralto respectively, will be heard in a number of solos and duets, and Mr, Albert Gibbons Taylor (bass-baritone) will- also be singing some very fine songs. .Mr. A. B, Chappell, M.A., will-give his usual topical talk. Concluding the programme is a lecture-recital of the latest recordings. .-. From 3YA, | "THERE will be a special programme, , "Songs and Stories from Operas," arranged by Mr. W.. H. Dixon, full details of which are given elsewhere, From 4YA, HE} popular nature of the evening’s ‘programme will be augmented by the inclusion of saxophone novelties by Messrs. J. McCaw and T. Law. These instrumentalists are two of the finest in the city. A welcome reappearance on the same programme will be made by Miss Roberta Williams, elocutioniste. Miss Williams has been away from | Dunedin for some considerable time. | She is a very fine elocutioniste, and excels in humorous items, three of . which will be presented. by her on Wednesday. An artist who is to make her debut before the microphone is Miss Poppy’ Christie, mezzo-soprano, who is well known on the competition platform. Miss Christie is the possessor of a very sweet voice with clear. enunciation.. The items chosen for this, her first appearance "over the air," will give her ample scope to display her ability. The remaining artists on the programme are Mr, James: Paterson (Scottish comedian) and Miss Gwenda Burt (contralto), ~with the ever-popular Novelty Trio. ~ / .