FRIDAY

Radio Record, Volume V, Issue 39, 8 April 1932, Page 13

FRIDAY

1YA Topics ‘A SPECIAL attraction on a special programme will be a recital by Gordon Bryan, the distinguished English pianist, now on a visit to New Zealand. OR half-an-hour musie lovers will enjoy a galaxy of pianoforte items played by this truly great artist. The Moore Sisters, a talented instrumental

_--eTelté‘-S trio (violin, ’cello, and piano), are also on this evening’s programme. Sylvia Dobbs (soprano), Phyllis Gribbin (con~ tralto), and Barry Coney (baritone) will also take part. Orchestral numbers Md be introduced by means of recording ‘At 9 o’clock there will be an entertaining interlude when Arthur Ross will talk on "The Origin of Popular Superstitions and Customs." Wellington Items (CHRISTINA ORMISTON will sing "Wileen Alannah," "Gather Ye Rosebuds," "Don’t Hurry," and "Scenes that are Brightest," while Claude Moss will be heard in three little Mexican songs and "Kor the Green." Signor Truda has arranged an attractive programme for the Orchestrina. 38YA Schedule A "British Isle Programme" will be presented to-night, when English, Scottish, Welsh, and Irish tunes will be sung and played.. Nor will the Isle of Man be overlooked. (THE programme will be redolent of the national spirit of Britain. Mrs. Winifred Andrews (mezzo-contralto) and Perey Caithness (baritone), with the Studio Orchestra (under Harold Beck), will be the local artists, while a number of recordings, both vocal and instrumental, will be introduced.

Dunedin Items HL2ERALDING the football season, Mr. R. MeKenzie will give a talk from 4YA on "Rugby Prospects and the Season’s Players." Arthur G. Frost and his Symphonic Dance Orchestra will intersperse popuJar melodies throughout the variety programme,