FRIDAY

Radio Record, Volume III, Issue 48, 13 June 1930, Page 15

FRIDAY

Notes from Auckland. PADEREWSKI AND ELMAN At 7.40 Mr. Wheeler will continue his talks on "Hsperanto." . Of particular interest on the evening’s programme will be two short lecture-recitals to be given by Mrs. Daisy Basham on "Paderewski" and "Riman," two of ‘the world’s greatest instrumentalists, ‘ The yocalists for the evening will be Madame Mary Towsey and Mr.. John Bree. The orchestral octet, under the direction of Mr. Eric Waters, will play amongst other numbers the wonderful tone-poem, "Finlandia." From 2YA.: A member of Toc’H will give another lecturette on the work of that organisation. The speaker on this occasion will deal with the work of the schools section of Toc H. ; The programme for the eoncert session will be of an operatic and miscellaneous nature, the contributing artists being Miss Myra Sawyer, Mr. Wm. Boardman. Mr. Harry Phipps and the orchestrina. The "vocal numbers will be taken from "La Somnambula," "Don Carlos," "Hiawatha," "Marriage of Figaro," "Monsieur .Beaucaire," and the "Gaiety Girl." The orchestrina will play the. "Royal Overture," a selection from "Offenbach’s Operas," Moussorgski’s "Marche Turque," a selection by Ketelby, entitled "Popple," and a concert valse, "Wine,, Women and Song." The piano soloist, for the evening will be Miss Gladys Morgan, who will play. a bracket of two of Walter Niemann’s compositions, viz. "Wvening on the Nile," and an "Hgyptian. Dance." Mr. Cedrie Gardiner and Miss Madge Freeman, two well-known entertainers, will present. two light sketches,,. "The Seance" and "Dining out." . 3YA Features. THE Valencia Quartet-Miss Lucy Fullwood, Miss Mary Taylor, Mr. T. G. Rogers and BE. J. Johnson-will provide the vocal portion of the programme. Two fine concerted numbers will be "The Widow Malone" and "Come to the Fair." Miss Fullwood will sing "The Valley of Laughter" and "The Pipes of Pan." Miss Taylor’s solos will be "O Lovely Night"

and "My Ships." Mr. Rogers ‘will present "Roses" and "Nirvana." "The Yeoman’s Wedding Song" and "The Little Irish Girl" will be sung by Mr.: Johnson. There will be instrumental" items by Miss Irene Morris (violiniste) . and the Broadcasting Trio,. Dance musie will be provided from 9.30 till closing time at 11 p.m. Dunedin ‘Notes. HE weekly afternoon talk on "Fashions’ by MissBuccleuch will be continued. Miss L. de Clifford will be the soprano vocalist at 4YA for the evening's (Concluded on page 25.) \

Programme Features

(Continued from page 15.) concert. Her solos, will be "Barly in the Morning," "The Almond Tree," and "Columbine’s Garden.". Miss HelenRoy, the contralto, soloist, will sing "Lie. There, My Lute," "If we Sailed Away" and "To a Wild Rose." Mr. Rex Harrison, who has created a favourable impression, will be heard in. a song recital-"Song ' Cycle’ (Cadman), "Spirit Song" (Haydn), and "Prologue to I Pasgliacei" (Leoncavallo). Mr. D. BH. Dall will recite the dramatic "Death of Sydney Carton" (from Dickens’s "Tale of Two Cities"), also Kipling’s "Chant Pagan" and Riley’s "Song." On the instrumental side of the programme Mr. P. J. Palmer will play a ’cello solo, Squire’s "Danse Orientale," and Mr. Max Scherek, pianist, the "Moonlight Sonata." Selections will be played by the Studio’ Trio.