The PIED PIPER'S PAGE —News. Views and Comments

Radio Record, Volume VII, Issue 9, 8 September 1933, Page 16

The PIED PIPER'S PAGE —News. Views and Comments

ISTENERS should find little to complain about in the programmes for the coming week. They are of a decidedly high standard and include many features of outstanding merit. ON Monday evening the first portion of 1YA’s programme will take the form of a lecture recital, "The Jew in Music." Few people realise just what Jewish influence has meant to Art in general and music in particular. The lecturer, Mr. Karl Atkinson, is one of the Dominion’s leading authorities on all forms. of music and his recital will unquestionably be of the most entertaining programmes broadcast by 1¥YA for some considerable time past. Following this recital, 1YA will relay a deseription of the wrestling from the Town Hall. Bright studio concerts are scheduled by 2YA and 38YA, with ample variety for alllisteners, From 4YA the weekly recorded programme will include 60 minutes of entertainment. in Buenos Aires, the narrator being Mr. John Gordon. Buenos Aires is one of the great art centres of the world and no doubt the glamour of its romance and life will be adequately portrayed in this feature programme. a % gS HE Tuesday evening programmes contain ‘many interesting features -too numerous to detail in the space at my disposal. In 1YA’s recorded programme there is entertainment for practically every class of listener. The studio concert from 2YA'is well varied in content’ and will include several numibersby the vocal octet. 3YA schedules a miscellaneous studio concert, including items by Elain Moody’s Hawaiian Trio, Mr, P. Wynne-Yorke (ibaritone), and Mrs. Betty Hilliard (contralto). At 8.31 3YA will present the recorded one-act radio drama-‘The Masterpiece’-one of the Broadcasting Board’s specially-imported overseas features. Listeners to 4YA will be entertained with an attractive studio concert, a features of which will be "Half an Hour with Modern Popular Song Writers," presented by rhe Symposians. "QAMEOS of Song Land," and items by ‘the Marelle Sextet, are in-' cluded in 1YA’s programme for Wednesday evening. From:2YA the weekly recorded programme: will include a wide range of ‘entertainment, the principal. feature being a short recorded recital by Yvonne Printemps, the bril--liant ‘French revue star. 4YA; relaying to 3YA, will present a studio concert of: more than usual merit; including items hy Madame Annette Chapman (mezzo-soprano) and Mr. Reg. Tapley: (bass-baritone). = x HE Thursday programmes promise excellent entertainment from all four stations... A relay-.of the Bohemian Orchestra’s concert will comprise 1YA’s programme. ‘This orchestra is unquestionably one of the best in the Dominion, and its programme on this occasion is one which will make

particularly entertaining radio fare. Several novelties are included in 2YA’s programme, which will feature Frank Crowther’s Novelty Orchestra; Mr. Ji. Temple White in organ solos and Miss Ava Symons in violin solos with organ accompaniment. 3YA will present its weekly recorded programme on Thursday evening, and from 4YA listeners will be entertained with a concert by a choir of mixed yoices under Dr. V. E. Galway, Dunedin City Organist. m te & A FEATURE of 1YA’s programme on Friday evening will be the appearance of Mr. Paul Vinogradoff, the brilliant Russian pianist, with string quintet. A programme of recordings will be presented from 2YA. The programme from 3YA will be of a

popular nature, and will include items by Miss Aileen Warren (pianist), Miss Addie Campbell (soprano) and Mr. F. R. Hawker (baritone). 4YA promises some sparkling entertainment by the Gaiety Troupe, which will present "Community Song Land and Camp Concert." 3 * R. PAUL VINOGRADOFF, Russian pianist, will contribute seyveral numbers to 1YA’s programme for Saturday evening, and Mr. Arthur Ripley, Auckland popular tenor, will be heard in popular songs and ballads. Light popular entertainment will be featured by 2YA, including Will Bishop in songs at the piano and Miss Muriel Johns in popular songs. Listeners to 3YA will be entertained by the B.B.0. recorded vaudeville programme, supported by a miscellaneous studio concert. A B.B.C. programme is also scheduled by 4YA-"Songs from the

Shows," a programme of excerpts froni English musical comedies. This will be supported by "Sixty Minutes of Scots Music." s co ; ON Sunday evening (September 17) 1YA will relay from the Town Hall a concert by the Auckland Municipal Band. 2YA schedules a very attractive concert, including several recorded numbers not hitherto broadcast in the Dominion, Mr. Arthur Clarke in tenor solos and a talk by "Dante," the magician who is at present touring New Zealand. The programme from 4YA contains many excellent features, including part-songs by the Jubilee Choristers, under Mr. Alfred Walmsley, and pianoforte solos by Mrs. H. CG. Campbell. This programme will be relayed by 3YA, ; Ed ' i = FyPUCATION and information loom large in the talks for the coming week. Altogether 33 speakers will be heard from the four stations, their subjects covering an almost encyclopaedic range of topics. bd HB Monday evening talks, details of which will be found on another page ("Spotlights on the Programmes’) are all purely informative and offer little in the form of entertainment. a S ue He talks for Tuesday evening are also for the most part of an informative nature. From 8YA and 4YA talks with more than a dash of romance in them will be broadcast at 9.2 p.m. From 3YA Mr. C. Stuart Perry will continue his narrative of "Some Famous Open Boat Voyages," and from 4YA Mr. David H. Graham will describe a day’s fishing off Cape Saunders in a launch, and. will describe the "catch," WORLD Races and the Maori will be the subject of a talk by Mr. Gilbert Archey, M.A., from 1YA at 7.80 on Wednesday. 2YA will present its weekly talk for home gardeners (7.30), and the weekly reviews on world affairs will be broadcast from 1YA and 2YA at 8.40 and 9.2 respectively. * * "THE most interesting of the talks scheduled for Thursday evening appears to be Professor L. G. Pocock’s "The Probable Date of the Next Big War." This will be broadcast by 8YA at 9.2 p.m. Other talks of more than passing intrest scheduled for Thursday are "OldTime Maori Civilisation" (2YA, 8.40) ; "Tiibrary Service in America" (2YA. 7.80), and a talk on the late Arnold Bennett, the eminent English author and playwright, from 1YA at 7.30 p,m. "TRAVEL and overseas affairs are well represented in Friday evening’s talks. From 1YA at 9.2 p.m. Mr. L. W. Delph will speak on Bethlehem. From 2YA at 8.40 Mr. P. J. O’Regan will continue his talks on.early New Zealand. explorers, and will deal on this

occasion with Thomas Brunner, of West Coast fame. "Mussolini and Modern Italy" is the subject ofa talk from 4YA at 7.30., and from the same station at 9.2 Mr. W. H. Carson will narrate incidents in the trial of H. R. Armstrong. * * * ROM iYA at 9.2 on Saturday "Old Wire Whiskers" will tell another of his "thrillers’-"The Terror of Night." Mr. W. Perry, president of the Wellington Bowling Association, will speak from 2YA at 8.40 and will add his contribution to the symposium on "the best sport and why I play it." OYA schedules a travel talk for Sunday evening, when Dante, the magician at present touring New Zealand, will speak on some of his experiences. Dante broadcast on several occasions from the Australian stations during his tour of the Commonwealth and proved an outstanding attraction for listeners. : * a a (COMMENTING on 4YA’s old-time ' dance programme from the Somerset Lounge, the Dunedin "Hvening Star" says:-While by no means a new idea, the old-time dance arranged by 4YA last Saturday night was distinctly suecessful. Other stations have conceived the idea of engaging a band to play old-time dance music in the studio, with a master of ceremonies directing before the microphone, and one at least has attempted to create the right atmosphere by including several dancers in the studio itself, but none seems to have carried the plan through with such thoroughness as was the case last week, = * * It was a break away in the right direction when it was decided to conduct the dance in the Somerset Lounge, where there is more space for those taking part, and to invite several persons connected with the station in one way or another to be present, One can easily imagine that as soon as country districts heard of the coming broadcast local committees would hastily meet, engage halls for the night, and hire or borrow radio receivers in order to tune in to 4YA, thus synchronising their own dances with the one in town Also, they would not have to search for a master of ceremonies. for the one who took charge of the microphone for the night directed perhaps several festivals at once. ® s LJ There is a decided inclination this winter to return somewhat to the steps practised by former generations. so it is opportune to run an old-time dance just now. Saturday night’s event, it would seem from inquiries made around the town, was as mucb enjoyed by the young people as by their

grand-parents and mothers and fathers; certainly it was thoroughly enjoyed by the guests in the Somerset. Many of those present had their first experience of a dance of this nature, and everyone entered into the spirit of the evening wholeheartedly, which meant that whether experienced or not, everyone was well satisfied with the fun provided, or rather the amusement most of them provided themselves, It was soon found that these old-fashion-ed steps are much more. strenuous than the modern ones, and one was naturally glad of a little respite when the microphone was occupied by the singers, who added ‘a "spot" of variety to the programme, * % * HE action of the PostmasterGeneral’s Department in Australia in giving notice of the termination of the arrangement under which 8/- is paid from every listener’s license to cover patent rights has created a firstclass sensation in radio circles in the Commonwealth. This is not surprising

when it is borne in mind that a possible result of this action will be an increase in the prices of receiving sets of from £8 to £5 each, and that listeners may have to pay at least another twelve shillings, and possibly £1 a year, in respect of their sets. The radio dealers have joined issue with the PostmasterGeneral’s Department in earnest and having secured an initial advantage by taking the war into the enemy’s territory, are carrying on the fight with an enthusiasm which will probably result in a Commonwealth-wide organisation of listeners.