A Programme by a LOCAL COMPOSER to be Broadcast from 2YA

Radio Record, Volume IV, Issue 14, 17 October 1930, Page 6

A Programme by a LOCAL COMPOSER to be Broadcast from 2YA

PROM 2YA, on the evening of Monday, October 20, will be broadcast a _ programme of the works of the well known Wellington composer, Mr. Claude Haydon, Mus.B., L.A.B. This is of particular interest considering the very successiul list of works Mr. Haydon has to his credit. Taking his Bachelor’s degree in 1911, Mr. Haydon produced his first opera in May, 1920, at Melbourne. This was the well known * Paolo and Francesca" with full orchestra and stage settings.

The opera was _ successfully repeated ‘by the Wellington Harmonic Society in 1926. Mr. Haydon’s String Quartet was performed in Vienna on May 27, and the first radio programme was broadcast on June 25, 1928. To his credit is the music of the Children’s Radio Hymn, the words of which were written by the "Radio Record" contributor, John Storm. . On the occasion of the forthcoming broadcast from 2YA, a, varied programme will be submitted, every item of which is his own composition. Special features will include the "Ballade in E Flat Major," for violin, with orchestra (Miss Ava Symons, soloist), and ’cello and piano-

forte sonata to be rendered by Claude Tanner and Madame Evelyn de -Mauny, which contains four movements, but on this occasion the first only will be played. For several of the songs, for examplethe entire tenor cycle to be sung by Mr. Roy Hill-Mr. Haydon has written words as well as music. This applies also to three of the four songs which Miss Monica Malfroy will present. Wellknown 2YA artists, includ-. ing Miss Hilda Chudley (contralto), will figure on this

programme. Mr. F. Haydn Rodway, one of Mr. Haydon’s most brilliant pupils, will play three groups of compositions for the pianoforte to include a composition "Five Glimpses of Fairyland." Mr. C, Wilkie (baritone) will sing in addition to a cycle of songs, two lighter numbers of a humorous type, the words of which are written by New Zealand writers. The accompaniments are in the capable hands of Mr. Gordon Short, and it is gratifying to note the warmth and friendly enthusiasm shown by all the artists in securing a worthy rendering of items on what promises to be a unique programme. —