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Radio Record, Volume V, Issue 10, 18 September 1931, Page 18

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Selections from Wellington The popular Italian composer Rossini will be the subject of the weekly musical portrait, The well-known operas "Taneredi," "Semiramide," "William Tell," and "The Barber of Seville" all came from his pen, and among his sacred works "Moses Egypt," "The Stabat Mater," and the "Petite Messe Solennelle" are the most important. Signor Lucien esaroni and his operatic company will present the best solos and choruses from the "Stabat Mater," and "The Barber of Seville." The Orchestrina, under the conductorship of Signor A. P. Truda, will also play numbers. by Rossini, Anether delightful number will be a violin solo with orchestral accompaniment by Ava Symons, while Gordon Short will play "Berceuse," by Chopin. Topics from 3YA THE famous Milford Track will be the subject of a talk by Mr. R. W. Marshall, district manager of the Government Tourist Department. 8YA artists will be associated with the Ashburton Salvation Army Band. under Mr, George B. Argyle, in a studio concert. Appropriately, the pro gramme will open with the overture "Ashburton," composed by the wellknown Salvation Army musician, Scotney. Nora Gray, the well-known Wel lington soprano, and Russell Sumner, tenor, will be the vocalists, singing

popular airs, The items by George Titchener, humorist, will include Chevalier’s "The Future Mrs. ’Awkins," a number in which Mr, Titchener excels himself. Instrumental selections and accompaniments to the songs will be Played by the Christchurch Broadcasting Trio. . Items "HE French Viewpoint in Relation to Armament" will be discussed by Dr. BH. N. Merrington, principal of Knox College, in a talk at 7.40 p.m. During the international programme Mr. H. D. Skinner, M.A., Lecturer in Rthnology at Otago University, will speak on "The Hast Indian Archipelago and Its Peoples."