2YA Orchestra

Radio Record, Volume V, Issue 47, 3 June 1932, Page 21

2YA Orchestra

(Continued from page 1.} wouldn’t have the ghost of a chance of hearing. We intend to broadcast plenty of lizht music--musical comedy selections, Strauss waltzes, bright marches, and so on. We have a fine team of players and the rehearsals already held have been-very gratifying. The Wellington Chamber Music players, five in number, are all members of the orchestra, and when necessary can present any form of chamber music, from trios to quintets. In addition, two of the players are double-handed, that is, they play two instruments. In this case they happen to be both saxo-phones-those things they use in jazzand so the orchestra can play anything from dance music to a symphony. The orchestra will play from 2YA on Monday, Friday and Saturday nights, unless relays happen to take place on those evenings. In such an event we will appear on another week night. The first hour of each Monday night’s programme will be devoted to an orchestral concert, in which we will be assisted by several vocalists. A varied selection of good light numbers has already been made for the first Monday night’s concert. and I don’t think that there will be any complaints that the music chosen is too heavy,