TUESDAY

Radio Record, Volume III, Issue 44, 16 May 1930, Page 10

TUESDAY

From 1YA, Wagner Celebration AT 7.40 p.m., Mr. George Campbell will continue his interesting talks on "Motoring." In celebration of the anniversary of the birth of Richard Wagner( which falls on May 22), 1YA has prepared a special programme for this evening. Two short lecture-recitals will be delivered by Mrs. Daisy Basham, and the. 1¥A Orchestral Octet, under the direction of Mr, Eric Waters has chosen some very fine numbers for this eyen-

ing. Miss Laura Walker (soprano) will render two numbers from "Tann-hauser"’-"Dear Hall of Song," and "Blizabeth’s Prayer’-while Mr. Arthur Ripley (tenor) has arranged to sing "Ode to.Venus" and "Lohengrin’s Narrative," from "Tannhauser," also "The Prize Songs," from "The Mastersingers." Mr. Len Barnes (baritone) will contribute "The Two Grenadiers," "My Father" ("Parsifal’) and "Wolfram’s Address" (‘Tannhauser"). From 2YA, "H'OR the Man on the Land," the usual weekly talk for farmers, will be given at 7.40 by a representative of the Department of Agriculture. The evening concert programme will be noteworthy for two unusual features, viz., the last appearance from this station of Miss Ailsa Nicol (who is leaving shortly for England to continue her studies at the Royal Academy of Music, London) and the first appearance before the microphone of Mr. Noho Toki, a Maori tenor soloist with a voice of unusual quality and an excellent interpretative sense. Miss Nicol has done excellent work in New Zealand, not only as a competitor at musical festivals, but as a soloist on the concert platform, and as a radio artist, All listeners, who have enjoyed Miss Nicol’s singing, will wish her every suceess in her new sphere. Mr. Toki was at one time a prominent member of a touring company on the Fuller circuit, and his rendering of the songs of his race leaves nothing to be desired. Assisting artists on thisprogramme will be Miss Nancy Abernethy, a young elocutionist of more than average ability, and Mr. W. PB. Elliott, an artist who specialises in popular songs. ‘The items to be-played by the Salon Orchestra, under the direction of Mr. M. T. Dixon, will include the "Iustspiel" overture, a Suite "From the South," a scene from the "Scaramouche Ballet Music," and a novelty number entitled, "Around the Map." FROM 4YA. "Elijah" Oratorio N excellent programme is forecast. There will be a relay of "Blijah,": well-known oratoria, to be presented by the Dunedin Choral Society in the Dunedin Town Hall. " wae w* pr