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Radio Record, Volume VIII, Issue 44, 10 May 1935, Page 40

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SYDNEY NATIONAL STATION 763 K.c

SUNDAY, MAY 12. ° National programme. See 8LO. MONDAY, MAY 13. 7.45: Dinner music. 9.30: A National Programme. The A.B.O, Revue Company, assisted by the Wireless Chorus and the New Theatre Or.chestra, under the direction of Fred: Whaite, presents "So Wags _ the World." A mirthful and melodious melange from many lands, written by Edmund Barclay. "One Half of the World Doesn’t Know how the Other Half Lives." In this latest presentation the A.B.C, Revue Company, featuring many of your favourite radio artists, gives totally unreliable and absolutely unveracious impressions of life in many lands,. Topical skits upon eur_rent events are included, and new songs and choruses are combined to form a revue which is packed to the brim with pleasing entertainment. Production: James J. Donnelly. 10.45: A programme commemorating th 250th Anniversary of the Birth of Bach and Handel, Presented by the A.B.C, (Sydney) String Orchestra, conducted by B. J. Roberts. The Wireless Chorus, conducted by Joseph Post. G. Vera Barnett at the studio organ. Neville Amadio, flautist. Constance Burt, soprano, TUESDAY, MAY 14. 7.45: Dinner music. National pro-: gramme. See 3L0. WEDNESDAY, MAY 15. 7.45: Dinner music. 9.30: From the Sydney Town Hall. The second of the series of concerts. by the New South Wales State Symphony Orchestra, conducted -by Dr. E. Ut. Bainton, D.Mus., F.R.C.M. ‘Vocalist: Andri Beviti, the New Zealand -contralto. In celebration of the Silver. Jubilee of his Majesty, King George Y. (1) Overture, "Cockaigne" (BHlgar). (2) Tone poem, "The Garden of Fand" (Arnold Bax), (3) "Enigma Variations" (Wlgar), Interval. (4) Overture, "The Wasps" (Vaughan Williams). (5) Song cycle, "Sea Pictures’ (Wlgar); vocalist, Andri Bevin. (6) "On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring" (Delius). (7) "Shepherd’s Hey" (Perey Grainger), (8) "Mereury" and "Jupiter" from "Dhe Plan‘ets" (Holst). 12.30: Relayed from 3L0, Melbourne: Dance music by the A.B.O. Dance | Band, directed by Jim Davidson.

THURSDAY, MAY 16. 7.45: Dinner music. National programme. See 3L0. FRIDAY, MAY 17. 7.45: Dinner music. 9.30: A National programme. "The Lady with the Lamp." The Florence Nightingale commemoration play by Reginald Berkeley. Adapted for radio by Edmund Barclay. This week celebrates the birthday of one of the Hmpire’s greatest heroines, Florence Nightingale, and.-this. dramatie presentation: is offered as a fitting tribute to her memory. Florence Nightingale is best remembered for her work among the wounded soldiers at the Crimea, but it was after that war, and in Hngland that she made her greatest contribution to. the. cause of suffer‘ing humanity. It is perhaps not too much to say that ‘the modern public hospital system, with its hygenic efficiency, and its highly trained staff of skilled specialists. is largely the result of her life’s work. Her glorious selfsacrifice and her struggles against inept and inert officialdom form the theme of this play. Scene One: Hmbley Park, Hampshire. Early nineteenth -century. Scene two: London, six years later. Scene three: The Crimea. winter. Scene four. London, 1861. Scene five. South Street, summer, 1886. Scene six: The same, 1907. Production: Lawrence H Cecil. 10.80: Dances from the classical composers, presented by ‘The Palestrinas." 10.55: "Memories of By-Gone Days," by the A.B.C. (Sydney) Concert Orchestra and Wireless Chorus, condneted by R. J. Roberts. 12.30: Relayed from 3L0, »Meibourne, Dance music by the A.B.O. Dance Band, divected by Jim Davidson. , SATURDAY, MAY 18. 7.45: Dinner music, National programme, See 3LO. »