WEDNESDAY

Radio Record, Volume V, Issue 16, 30 October 1931, Page 19

WEDNESDAY

ren From Auckland "SPARWOOD," of the "N.Z. Referee," will commence at 1YA a new series of talks on "Dogs." J. M. Clark and his company will produce a three-act radio play written by Dr. George de Clive Lowe, entitled "The Doge of Venice." Wellington Selections T 7.40 p.m. Mr. Girling Butcher, Inspector of Fire Brigades, will speak on "Fire Prevention and Business." Dr. Guy H. Scholefield, 0.B.E., will deliver the evening’s international talk. Jottings from Christchurch HE .concert version of Gounod’s "Faust," to be presented in the Civie Theatre by the Royal Christ- . ‘church Musical Society, under Mr. W. H. Dixon, will be relayed. There will be a grand chorus of 200 voices supported by a full orchestra, and a.strong cast of soloists, comprising Addie Campbell (Christchurch), M. O’Connor (Christchurch), Wilfred Kershaw (Dunedin), Hubert Carter (Christchurch), and Clive Hindle (Christchurch). 4YA Selections HE Dunedin Returned Soldiers’ Choir, under the able conductorship of John T. Leech, will present the vocal portion of the programme, appearing first in "The Song of the Bow" and "‘O, Peaceful Night." The star item will be a cantata, "King Olaf’s Christmas," a Dudley Buck composition. Dudley Buck, the noted organist, composer. and teacher, was born at Hartford, Connecticut, in 1909. He was one of the first of American composers to achieve world-wide recognition, his church music and cantatas, sacred and secular, being deservedly popular. Probably his best claim to fame is as the composer of ‘‘Prometheus Unbound," the male chorus from which "Chorus of Spirits and Hours" is performed by male voice choirs the world over. The rendition of "King Olaf’s Christmas" by the Dunedin Returned Soldiers’ Choir on this occasion should be very interesting. Concessions to "the lighter side" are ade by the choir in the part-songs, Peter the Cat" and "Alexandra." The remaining items on the choir’s programme are all of a lively nature"Down Among the Dead Men," "Farewell" (from "Songs of the Fleet’), besides the lovely anthem ‘Nazareth." Nell Wilson, a talented young soprano, will be heard in "Love is Meant to Make. Us Glad" and "Comin’ Thro’ the Rye." Supplying the instrumental portion of the entertainment will be Pettitt’s Quartet. Sibelius’s ‘"Berceuse"’ will be played by -the ’cellist of the quartet, T. Law,