Broadcast Jottings

Radio Record, Volume V, Issue 36, 18 March 1932, Page 6

Broadcast Jottings

AILSA Nicol, well known to 2YA listeners, is reported to be doing well in musical circles at Home. She recently sang in a concert before the New Zealand Women’s Association in London. Commenting on her performance, a critic said: Voice is only one, though a necessary, element in making @ singer. Miss Nicol’s yoice is pure. a clear, ringing soprano; her diction is excellent, and her control admirable. But most of all, she sang with great intelligence and artistry. She began with "Vissi d’arte," from Tosca, in which she showed the soundness of her training. Her singing of "The Lass With the Delicate Air" was a delight. Her third song was "Love’s Philosophy," by Roger Quilter. * * * YA has arranged with Mr. H. F. von Haast, well-known Wellington barrister, whom listeners have already heard.in talks on China and Shanghai, to give a series of six travel lecturettes, the subjects of which will be. "Nikko and the Old Japan," "Granada and the Moors," "Florence the Renaissance" (2), "Sicily the Cockpit of the Mediterranean," and "London and its Landmarks." In these talks Mr. Von Haast ---]_"»__ SSS

will endeavour to show. what. these places stand for in the civilisation of their respective countries, how the spirit of the people is. expressed in them, and the extent to which the pleasure of travel is enhanced by the previous perusal of books that reveal romances of real life more thrilling than

any fiction. The first talk is scheduled for March 21. « = » ; s MBs. A. LI. LONG, a well-known anuthority on bridge, is to begin at 2YA on April 1. a series of lecturettes on this popular game. A series of talks on dancing will also shortly begin.