MONDAY

Radio Record, Volume IV, Issue 24, 26 December 1930, Page 18

MONDAY

From Auckland FROM 11.30-a.m. 1¥A will relay results.of the Auckland Racing Club’s meeting at Hllerslie. A very interesting feature of 1YA’s programme. will be items by the Jazz . Band of-the R.M.S, Rangitiki. The Bohemian Duo have returned toAuckland for the holidays, and are making two appearances this week, the first being this evening. The remainder of the artists on the evening’s: programme are-all popular performers from 2YA, Wellington. They are Mr. S. Hvelyn Rodgers (a very fine baritone) and Mr. Sam Duncan, lyrie tenor, a member of the famous

Melodie Four of Wellington. . Two comedy sketches will be given by Miss Linnie Nicholas and Mr. Vryn Evans, of Wellington, They have enjoyed popularity at the southern station, and no doubt Auckland listeners will be pleased to hear some of Wellington’s best artists. 2YA Notes HE Wellington station will feature items of a classical nature, "Mrs. Daisy Basham, who appears regularly from 1YA, will speak on "Wagner," and will be assisted by

Mr. Ernest Short, a baritone singer, who is. known throughout New Zealand as'a ~ soloist. for ‘the leading Choral Societies. Mr. Clement May, the eminent English elocutionist and Dickensian artist, is also appearing on this programme in a recital from the works of Dickens, 0. Henry, and A. A. Milne. The other supporting artists will be Mrs. Mai King and Mr. Les Stapp, both artists of merit. The orchestrina, under Signor A, P. Truda, will play as supporting items the overture to Weber’s "Oberon," three compositions by Wagner-a selection from "Lohengrin," "O Star of Hve" from "Tannhauser," and the famous "Tannhauser March"’-the "Ballet Music Suite" from "Meyerbeer’s Operas," and Schubert’s "Marche Militaire." From Christchurch . RECITAL by Mr. Rex Harrison, baritone, will be featured on 8YA’s programme. He will sing "Tangi," "Waiata Maori," "The Lute Player," and "The Way Home." On the same programme will be Miss Gladys Brooks, who was the soprano soloist in the presentation of "Messiah" by the. Royal Christehurch Musical Society in the Civie Theatre recently. She will broadcast "Bend Low Thine Ear," "The Second Minuet," and "Go Down to Kew." One of the songs to be sung by Mr. ©. R. Williamson, tenor, will be "I Gave You a Gift," by the Christchurch composer the late Mai Burnes-Lough-nan. Mr. Harold Shaw will recite "A Fallen Star’ and "I Understood." On the instrumental side of the entertainment, a capital programme will be provided by the Woolston Band under Conductor R. J. stall. Bandsman Ohlsen will contribute a cornet solo. Dunedin Notes AN instrumental trio, consisting of Misses Holmes, Judd, and Moffat, will provide a series of very pleasing items from 4YA. Miss HB. MePeak will give elocutionary numbers, one of which will be the description of "Mar" from "The Sentimental Bloke." Violin solos, "Paradise" and "Liebeslied," will be played by Miss B. Judd.