Wellington Listeners' Turn Next

Radio Record, Volume VIII, Issue 24, 21 December 1934, Page 21

Wellington Listeners' Turn Next

Madame Goossens-Viceroy and Mr. Raymond Beatty Featured on 2YA’s Programmes for Christmas Week-A New B.B.C. Recorded Farce to be Heard-Cricket Relays by 2YA. .

NEXT week it is to be Wellington listeners’ turn to hear the two latest artists to be imported. by the Broadeasting Board, when Madame Goossens-Viceroy ‘and Mr. Raymond Beatty are featured on several of the programmes. These two artists have created something of a sensation in Auckland, where their singing has been praised without qualification by all ( classes of listeners. With the new ) powerful transmitter for 1YA on the airmany W: uwvxton listeners have also heard these iamous artists, and they are eagerly awaiting the recitals to be presented from the local station. A NOTHDR of the series of B.B.C. recordings is to be heard from 2YA on Monday, December 24, when "Playing the Game." a farce by L, du Garde Peach will be presented for the . first time in New Zealand. Mr, du Garde Peach is a well-known. Wnglish humorist, and is a frequent contributor to the "Radio Times," the English radio paper. His offerings are always very well received by listeners in England, and it is expected that they will prove equally popular here. DURING the holidays 2YA is to relay at hourly intervals during the day resumes of the Plunket Shield cricket match between Wellington and Otago, which is being played on the Basin Reserve, Wellington, from Christmas Day on. It is something of a problem to give cricket enthusiasts the descriptions -they require, without boring those who are more used to the rush and bustle of a Rugby relay, but the system of short relays at hourly intervals should prove satisfactory. T is safe to say that a good many alarm clocks will be set for an early hour on the morning of Boxing Day, before listeners retire to sleep off .the effects of their Christmas, Though .the whole of the Bmpire Christmas Day programme will be recorded by the B.B.C., and broadcast again at 2 timé more suitable for New Zealand listeners, many people agree that a recording of the King’s speech is "not quite the same" as hearing his Majesty \ speaking from his palace in London to his subjects all over the world. , DURING Christmas week this year most of the programmes from 2YA, with the exception of those to be presented by Madame Goossens-Viceroy and Mr, Raymond Beatty, will be com posed of specially selected recordings. It has been usual to arrange seasonable studio presentations in past years. but on this occasion the difficulty of obtaining suitable artists, and of zgetting the proper atmosphere in studio presentations, has led to the tise of recordings, which can more easily he arranged into attractive. varied programmes, with a seasonable flavour,

S is usual, 2YA will on Christmas ive relay the midnight mass from St. Gerard’s Re¢ mptorist Church, Hawker Street. ‘this relay is to commence at 11.58, and the complete ser‘yice will be broadcast. The choirmaster is Mr. Frank J. Oakes, and the organist is Mr. Henry Mount. Me. RICHARD MAUNDER, who 1s to be heard from 2YA on Friday, December 28 in tenor solos, was well: known in Wellington musical -circles some time ago, though he is now a resident of Hawera. Mr. Maunder will be on a brief visit to Wellington during the holidays, and 2YA has taken the opportunity of presenting to listeners once again a very popular vocalist. QNE of the most popular Maori singers in New Zealand is Mr. Henri Tahiwi, who is to sing from 2YA on Saturday, December 29. Mr, Tabiwi is no stranger to Wellington listeners, and everyone will be looking forward ta his next microphone appearance. On the same evening's programme is featured Mr. Frank Crowther’s Novelty Orchestra, a combination which has become. deservedly popular among lis- . teners, and Mr, Frank Crowther is to present as a piano solo, "Christmas," by Flavell,

NE of the most outstanding presentations of the year will be heard from 2YA on the afternoon of Sunday, December 23 from 2 p.m. This will be a special recorded version of the immortal oratorio, "The Messiah’ by Handel, recorded in the Central iall. Westminster. The soloists in this work are Dora Labette, a soprano whose beautiful records are well-known to New Zealand listeners, especially in duets with the Wnglish tenor, Hubert Hisdell, who is tenor soloist for "The Messiah"; the contralto is Muriel Brunskill, who is at present in Australia with Sir Benjamin Fuller’s Royal Grand Opera Company, and the baritone is Harold Williams, who is ‘with the same company. The soloists will be supported by the B.B.C. Choir, and a full orchestra, with organ, the whole performance conducted by Sir Thomas Beecham, the famous Hnglish conduector, who is considering a tour ot New Zealand and Australia in 19386.