WEDNESDAY

Radio Record, Volume IV, Issue 5, 15 August 1930, Page 11

WEDNESDAY

Special Orchestral Numbers. Notes from Auckland. ‘THE weekly community singing led by the Rev. Jasper Calder, will be relayed from the Auckland Town Hall from 12.30 p.m. to 1.30 p.m. At 7.40 p.m. Madame Mabel Milne will give a further talk on health and diet. An excellent programme has been arranged for the evening session. It will be contributed to by the Auckland Orphans’ Club Orchestra under the direction of Mr, Harold Baxter. Previous performances by this fine combination have been _ greatly appreciated, and Mr. Baxter has arranged a splendid programme. Included in the programme will be "Pique Dame" (by Suppe), "Henry VIII Dances" (by German), and that wonderful overture, "Iingal’s Cave" (by Mendelssohn). Another interesting number is the waltz "Eros," composed by a member of the club’s orchestra who wishes to remain anonymous. The soloists for the evening will be Mr. Laurie Stuart and Mr. Frank Campbell, the latter already well-known to 1YA listeners. Also on the programme will be a bassoon solo by Mr. Jack Bamber. Mr. A. B. Chappell, M.A., will give a topical talk, choosing for his subject "Music." His last talk on music was given at the recent performance of the

1¥A Broadeasting Choir and proved enjoyable and. instructive. 3YA Features. "THE Christchurch Music Week programme for this evening will be of a miscellaneous nature, which should again fill the Civic Theatre. A good selection of both vocal and instrumental music will be provided. A cantata, Cowen’s "Daughter of the Sea," to be sung by Miss Marian Woodhouse’s Glee Club, will open the programme. Miss Woodhouse will also be heard in a contralto solo, Bantock’s "Hymn to Aphrodite." Quartets by Madame Gower Burns‘s Grand Opera Quartet will be "Fairest Daughter of the Graces" (from "Rigoletto") and éxcerpts from Lane Wilson’s song cycle, "Wlora’s Holiday." Miss Lilian Hanham, soprano, will sing, to flute obbligato by Mr, W. Hay, "Lo, here the gentle lark." The instrumental portion of the programme will be provided: by the Woolston Band, a string quintet, and Miss A. Harley Slack (pianist), while there will be a trombone solo by Bandsman . Williams

and a cornet duet, "Sandy and Jock," by Bandsmen R, Ohlsen and J. Annand. New Quartet 4YA Jottings. "EVYOT Puddings and Pies" will be . the afternoon talk, prepared by the Home Science Extension Department. of Otago University. At 7.15 Mr. J. B. Davies, of the Department of Agriculture, will give. a review of Boys’ and Girls’ Clubs in Otago, 1929380. To-night will mark the second appearance of 4YA’s new male quartet, the Radions, who performed three weeks ago for the first time, and created quite a furore among listeners. The quality of the individual voices is rich, and full of resonant beauty. Balance is the essence of successful quartet singing and it is the endeavour of the quartet personnel to obtain what may be termed "perfect sympathy" with each other in the rendition of

their concerted efforts. Solos anil duets will also be presented, among the former being: "I Heard you Singing," "Song of the Vagabond," "Waiata Poi" and "Prince Ivan’s Song." The instrumental portion of the programme will. be provided by the Select Four. Violin solos will be contributed by Mr. Ted Farrant.