FRIDAY

Radio Record, Volume III, Issue 45, 23 May 1930, Page 15

FRIDAY

Features from 1YA. ON Friday evening Madame Mary Towsey (soprano), Miss Aimee

Clapham (contralto) and Mr. John Bree (baritone) will be the vocalists. Of particular interest among their num--bers will be Schubert’s very fine song, "The Young Nun," which is sure to receive excellent interpretation by Madame Towsey. Mr. J. F. Montague will recite Shakespeare’s "Clarence’s Dream," a humorous number, "The Thinnest Girl," and Stevenson’s "QOhristmas at Sea." Mr. S. C. Lewis, clarinetist, will also be heard, and the members of the Studio Trio will supply instrumental trios and solos. Special gramophone recordings will be introduced. From 2YA. "TINOURIST and Holiday Resorts" will be the title of a lecturette to be given by Mr. A. E. Wilson this evening at 7.40. At 8 o’clock a programme featuring the Philharmonic Quartette in vocal gems from "The Arcadians" will be presented. It might be of interest to listeners to know that all the members of this combination were in the cast of the recent performance of this work at the Grand Opera House and a finished performance should result.

Miss Dorothy Millar, a young elocutionist, making her first appearance before the microphone, will recite Drinkwater’s famous poem, "The Ballad of Dreaming John," and two poems by A. A. Milne, viz, "Vespers" and "Yorgiven." Miss Hdith Rait, a talented young pianist, will play Chaminade’s "Automne" and a number not previously broadcast, viz, Percy Grainger’s "Sentimentals." The .2YA Orchestrina, under Signor A. P. Truda, will play Haydn Wood’s "Mayday Overture,’ Rimsky-Korsakoy’s "Snegourtschka" (The Snow Maiden), a selection from "The Arcadians," "Four Dances from ‘The Rebel Maid’," and a valse, "Lente Deux Souvenirs." During the course of the programme a sound film feature will be relayed from the Majestic Theatre. Christchureh Features. WITH THE OLD FOLKS NUMEROUS old favourites will be sung at 3YA-‘"Silver Threads Among the Gold," "Danny Boy," "A May Morning," "The Land of Dréams," "Mother Machree," "It is Only a Tiny Garden," "Song of the ‘ Bow," "When the Heart is Young," "The Parting Kiss" are among the quartets and_ solos. Another of the songs will be "Lullaby," composed by Mrs. Alice Forrester, of Christchurch. The vocalists will be Miss Lucy Fullwood, Miss Mary Taylor, Mr. T. G. Rogers and Mr. E. J Johnson. Humorous items will be contributed by Mr. H. Instone, and there will be an orchestral programme by the Studio Octet, under Mr. Harold Beck. ,

4YA Broadecast.. At 4YA, Miss Valda McCurdy (soprano), Miss Irene Horniblow (contralto), Mr. James Simpson (tenor) and Mr. B. C. Bellhouse (baritone) will be the singers. EHlocutionary numbers will be given by Mr. C. Russell-Smith. The instrumental portion of the programme will be provided by Mr. P. J. Palmer (’cellist), Mr. Max Scherek (pianist) and the 4YA Trio. SATURDAY-14 Cas. ete.