FRIDAY

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

FRIDAY

MIss HARRHY REAPPEARS Broadcast from 1YA, ON Friday evening Miss Edith Harrhy will be the star performer. A new artist at 1YA is Mrs. A, Rattray, Scottish soprano, and naturally she haS included Scottish. numbers among her items for Saturday evening. Instrumental and vocal items will be given -by the Sunshine Duo, elocutionary items by Miss Rhona Speed, and humorous items by Mr. Owen Pritchard. The 1YA Orchestral Octet has included selections from "Romeo and Juliet," "Queen High," the waltz, "Painting Pretty . Pictures," and the fox-trot, "Ohloe." From 2YA. FURTHER talk will be delivered on the "Stock Hxchange" by a

member of that organisation. Phe talk commences at 7.40 p.m. The programme for the evening session will be of the usual operatic type, those contributing being the 2YA Orchestrina, Miss Myra Sawyer Mr. Wm. Boardman, Miss Mary Bald (contralto), and Mr. B. W. Robbins. A feature of the programme will be the items to be rendered by the popular entertainers, Mr. and Mr. Albert Russell. Their items are always of an original nature, especially the conversation (topical) with "Mike." The Orchestrina’s items will include Suppe’s popular overture, "Morning, Noon and Night," the Fantasia, "A Midsummer. Night’s Dream," a selection from "The Student Prince" and Noel Coward’s "On With. the Dance." The vocal portion of the programme will include solos from "Dinorah," "Martha," "The, Magic Flute," "Faust," "La Boheme" and "The Maid of the Mountains." The programme will also be interrupted to permit of a relay from the Majestic Theatre of a portion of a sound film. From 3YA. . POPULAR vocal programme will be provided by the Valencia Quartet, Concerted numbers will be "Will

o’ the Wisp" and "Sally ‘in Our . ley." Some old favourite solos | be sung:' "A Heart that’s Free," "© -Trumpeter," "My Ships," "The ¥eo: man’s Wedding Song," "The Blue Alsatian Mountains," "In an Old fashioned Town," "Comin’ thro’ the Rye," and "The Song of the Wagoner." Mr. John Campbell, the concertina and ocarino expert, will play popular melodies. ; Miss Merle Miller, the studio pianist, will present some jazz improvisations in a piece called "Rambling Over the Ivories," her own arrangement. Mis4 Irene Moris (violinist) and thd Christchurch Broadcasting Trio wil} play. selections. From 930 til 11 there will be dance music, From 4YA, -. A. H. PHTTITI’S excellent orchestral combination presents two very fine orchestral suites, entitled "My Lady Dragonfly" and Percy Fletcher’s "Nautical Scenes," Thes¢ two selections have not been played q great deal in Dunedin and their inclu sion on 4YA’s classical programme wil! give a great deal of pleasure to listen ers. Mr, Kenderdine and Mr. 8. George ‘of this combination are to present as a flute and clarinet duet with orches tral accompaniment, Bishop’s ‘ Here the Gentle Lark." Mr. Noel H. North, baritone, is. make his second appearance in ra this evening, his songs being "tT Trumpets Shall Sound" (by. Handel) "O Flower of All the World" (by Woodforde-Finden), and "Obstina tion" (by Fontenailles). Mrs. OC, Drake (studio pianiste) is to present Weber’: ever popular "Invitation to the Waltz,’ The remaining artists are Mr. Dall who has an excellent repertoire of nev and original recitations, Mr. Geo. Craw ford (the well-known tenor), and Mis; Bvyelyn Shepard, ;