TUESDAY

Radio Record, Volume IV, Issue 17, 7 November 1930, Page 18

TUESDAY

Auckland Topics At 7.40 p.m. Sir Carrick Robertson will give a talk on "Cancer." Appearing on the programme will be Miss Joyce Seth-Smith, mezzo-soprano, who will sing "Hindoo Song" (from "Sadko"), and two other operatic numbers. Excerpts, solos, and duets from light operas will be given by Miss Sarah Stacpoole (soprano), and Mr. Frank Sutherland (bass-baritone). They have chosen items from "The Vagabond King," "The Desert Song," +‘ "Veronique," and "Lilac Time." Mr} A. B. Chappell, M.A., will give a further Topical Talk, Some very fine numbers have been arranged for the String Octet, including the selection "La Traviata," and that beautiful suite,

APE EER ee eh Eh = SBIIMIRIRUELAURU Ia! THE _ WEEK Sunday School Anniversary 2VA, Sunday. "Last Judgment’’ 2YA, Monday. West Country Revel 4VA, Monday. Maori Quintet 2YA, Tuesday. "Life in India" 4VA, Tuesday. "English Countryside’’ 3YA, Thursday. Mozart Evening 4VA, Friday. Radio Rascals 3YA, Saturday. VEU AU MUIRIIRIINUE ULE IRURIURUM ULL MIERIRILE CLR a hE |

"Ballet Suite" from "Le Lae des Cygnes," by Tschaikowsky. Broadcast from 2YA a LISTENERS will welcome the f .,. Well-known Petone Maori Light : Quintet, who will make their first studio appearance this evening. 'The talented combination is not unknown to listeners, having been heard séveral times during band concert relays. The quintet will give fifteen minutes of popular vocal and instrumental numbers. Also appearing on this programme will be a new performer in the person of Mr. Arthur Weller, a promising young bass-baritone. Soprano solos of a light nature (two being from musical comedies) will be ‘given by- Miss Phyllis Martin, and the humorous portion of the programme will be in the capable hands of the popular entertainer, Mr. Len Ashton. The Salon Orchestra, under the conductorship of Mr. M. T. Dixon, will play suitable incidental music. 3YA On the Air Ten station will not observe a silent day, but will go on the air at noon for the Metropolitan Trotting Club meeting at Addington. In the evening there will be a holiday concert. 4YA Notes [HE popularity of the first novelty fantasia, presented over the air in New Zealand by the Kaikorai Band some time ago,. attained sueh ‘success that it has encouraged others to follow, and this evening the St. Kilda Band will present a programme depicting "Life in India with the . British Army." Every item on the ‘, procramme will be characterisiic of \ India. At 8.23 a talk, interspersed with descriptive selections by the band, will be given by Major F. H. Lampen. Major Lampen’s long military service in India will add interest to this par-

a ticularly fine programme, and it is his intention to describe with as much detail as possible what a British officer’s life in India really is like. Major Lampen has an excellent broadcasting voice and possesses a keen sense of humour, so that listeners will be entertained and interested in hearing of . his experiences in this country. The fantasia opens with a selection, describing in musical form "The Battle of Delhi," which was fought in 1857. This selection begins with the chiming of a clock in the Mogul’s palace, and is followed by music depicting the break of day, with the songs .of the birds in the tropical forest. In the distance is heard Indian airs sung and played by the mutineers. Then an attack is launched, an advance is made by the British cavalry; there is fighting, the banging of the guns, the flight of the rebels, and the ultimate victory, the "Stretto" of which contains "The Campbells Are Coming," and completes a-very bright selection. Amy Wood-forde-Finden, who. is well known for her compositions of the "Pagoda of Flowers" and "Indian Love Lyrics’ is represented in the fantasia. A recording of Ketelbey’s "Jungle Drums" , will be presented as a musical back-

ground for the story of a jungle hunt by Major Lampen. To conclude the programme the band will play "Echoes of England." Miss Freda Wlmes, soprano, who is the possessor of an exceptionally brilliant’ broadcasting voice, with perfect diction, will sing three beautiful Indian songs: Rimsky: Korsakoff’s "Song of India," Bemberg’s "Hindu Song," and KnighiLogan’s "Pale Moon."