TUESDAY

Radio Record, Volume III, Issue 50, 27 June 1930, Page 14

TUESDAY

* Faust" Auckland’s Programme. {ROM 1YA at 7.15 pm. Mr. R. Talbot will give a further talk on "Motoring." Vocal numbers from Gounod’s ‘Faust’ will be featured at 1YA. The vocalists for the evening will be Mr, Arthur Ripley and Mr, Len

Baynes. Their first number will be Scene 2, Act 1 of the opera, This seene depicts the meeting of Faust with Mephistofeles when Faust is rejuvenated. With Mr. Owen Pritchard, Mr. Ripley and Mr. Barnes will give the Duel Scene and the death of Valentine from the same opera. Mr. Ripley will sing "All Hail Thou Dwelling,’ and Mr. Len Barnes, "Clear the Way for the Calf of. Gold" and "Serenade," all these numbers being from the opera "Faust." Another vocalist for the evening will be Miss Amy Hansard, who will also include among her items two solos’ from "Faust." The Studio Trio will play selections from ‘"Nadeshda,"’ ‘"Feramors," "Carmen," "Mignon," and ‘"Mercenary Mary." Elocutionary items on the programme will be given by Mr. J. M, Clark. From 2YA. HERE will be the usual talk for the man on the land. The evening programme will be one of more than passing interest in that it will feature an hour with one of the most popular composers of the day-Albert Ketelbey. The items that have been chosen will include both vocal and instrumental nuinbers. ~

The Etude Quartet, comprising Mr. and Mrs. Ray Kemp, Miss Gretta Stark, and Mr. Will Hancock, have been specially engaged for the vocal work, and care has been: taken to include all the more popular of Ketelbey’s orchestral compositions for the instrumental portion of the programme as presented by the Salon Orchestra, under Mr. M. T. Dixon. The latter half of the programme wili also be popular in nature, marking as it does the return of an old favourite in the person of Mr. Len Ashton, whose songs at the piano are always enjoyed by old and young alike. Christchurch Exhibition 3YA Notes. HIS will be the opening night of the Christchurch Radio Olympia. Reference to the programme will be found in another column. A relay to 4YA will be carried out.