Notes and News from the North

Radio Record, Volume V, Issue 20, 27 November 1931, Page 5

Notes and News from the North

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‘THE series of talks being given from 1YA under the auspices of the Workers’ Educational Association are being very closely followed by many listeners, and the scheme is meeting with every success, Circles have been formed in several districts for joining in the study of the broadcast talks, and interest is being evinced in other ways. ? ® * ON November 26, station 1YA will relay another of the Royal Auckland Choir’s concerts. This choir, which has been popular in Auckland for many years, is now, as a result Me broadcasting, establishing a repution in other parts of the Dominion. In Dunedin an old member of the choir distributes programmes to those interested, and as many as a hundred and twenty people gather to listen to 1YA’s relays of the Auckland singers. » x = AORI music, with its unique charm, is always popular, and for that reason the appearance of Abel Rowe on the 1YA programme on November 27 is sure to be looked forward to. Mr. Rowe is the composer of "EH Pari Ra" and other well-known Maori songs. He will sing four of his own songs Over the air, including "Maori Lament" and "Ne Huia," a song of welcome which was specially written for the Duke and Duchess of York when they visited the Dominion a few years 2g0. . * * e GHIGNEUR COSTANTINI, conductor of the Auckland Puccini Society, was formerly a member of the world-famous Sistine Choir. Under his able leadership the society will give a concert from 1YA on Sunday evening, November 29. This will include a trio from "Forza del Destino," quqarter from "Rigoletto,’? Leonora’s Prayer from "Forza del Destino," Credo from "Othello," and the Church Scene from "aust." The second half of the programme will be given to an oratorio, "Benedicimus Domino," by Monseigneur Laurence Perosi, conductor of the Sistine Choir. . & © gS MAN Z people who are heard from 1YA evoke listeners to write to them, and many are the letters which ive at the station addressed to different speakers and singers, "Lee-ore-Brace," that amusing old sea-dog who has rapidly become popular with listeners, seems to be in a position to ¢elaim a record for correspondence rfe-

ceived from interested listeners, and the likelihood of the postman claiming a premium from "Lee-Fore-Brace" is apparent when it is stated that he has received well over four hundred letters addressed to the studio. We understand that already he is considering the engagement of a private secretary to attend to this correspondence. Ly) R ba} RS. A. M. LEWIS, a new artiste, will appear from 1YA for the first time on the evening programme, November 27. Microphone Whispers. The Puccini Society will give a con cert from 1YA on November 29. There is every probability of a short relay from the Auckland Amateur Operatic Society’s presentation of "The Greek Slave" being included in one of next week’s programmes,