TUESDAY

Radio Record, Volume IV, Issue 11, 26 September 1930, Page 10

TUESDAY

Featured at 1YA. OM® interesting operatic items have been selected for this evening. 1YA String Octet, under the direction of Mr. Whitford Waugh, will play "Les Saltimbauques," ‘"Bacchanale" (from "Samson and, Delilah"), and _ selections from "Lilac Time" and ‘Lucia di Lammermoor." Schubert’s Ave Maria" . will be played as a violin solo by Mr. Haydn Murray. Recently Mr. Murray gave a half-hour recital from 1YA, and this was particularly "enjoyed by listeners. The vocalists. for the evening are Miss Joyce Seth Smith

(mezzo-soprano), and Mr. Arthur Ripley (tenor). Mr. A. B. Chappell, M.A., will give another topical talk. During the evening there will be a short relay from the Scotts Hall of the Auckland Orphans’ Club Orchestra, under the direction of Mr. Harold Baxter. It is hoped to make a regular feature of these short relays of selections by the Orchestra. Popular Night From 2YA. RS. LURLIE DARGAVILLE, the possessor of a very fine contralto voice, will sing two numbers. Mr, Andrew Bolton, an artist, who specialises in a form of entertainment new to New Zealand radio audiences, viz., yodelling with banjo will make his first appearance. His items are certain to find favour with listeners. Mr. 8. B. Rodger (baritone), is making a welcome reappearance before the microphone with the well-known items, ‘The Desert Song," "A Bachelor Gay" and "Queen of My Heart." Humorous sketches will be presented by Miss Lottie Rastall and Mr. W. G.. Kitchener,

Listeners will no doubt remember the ovation that ‘Reno and Arta,, xylophone duo, received at a recent band concert, and will be pleased to hear that they are appearing on this programme, The Salon Orchestra, under the conductorship of Mr. M. T. Dixon, will play suitable music, including Sinding’s ‘Rustle of Spring." Items from 4YA. A REQUESTED repeat performance of the fine selection, "Reinzi,’" which was played by the Kaikorai Band over two months ago, is to be repeated in the concert session this evening. . The programme opens with a new march, entitled "British to the Backbone," written by a new ‘composerHill. A descriptive "haka" is also included on the band’s programme. Syncopated harmony will be contributed to the programme by Messrs. Wilson and Farrant. With many other vocal and elocutionary items this should prove a particularly bright and pleasing programme.