BROADCASTING

Ashburton Guardian, Volume 58, Issue 39, 25 November 1937, Page 7

BROADCASTING

TO-NIGHT’S PROGRAMMES. . The wireless programmes to be broadcast to-night are:— IYA AUCKLAND (650 k). 7.0: News service and British Offie cial Wireless news (rebroadcast from j 2YA). 7.10 (approx.): News and rec ports. 7.30: Talk: “How Society Works (3): The Essential Nature of Society—The Basis of Community,” s MrA. B. Thompson. 7.45: Talk, “Yesterday and To-day in Literature . (13): Biographers of To-day,” Mrs B. F. G. Richards. 8.0: Continuity presentation: “Litliurgical Music—An f Historical Survey.” Prepared and 3 presented by Father M. J. Lavelle. 0 9.0: Weather. Station notices. 9.5: Talk, Mr H. AY. Scott, “Handwriting , and Crime.” 9.20: Recordings, Grand s Massed Brass Bands at the Leicester 1 Band Festival, 1936, “At the Portals of the Palace’’ (Sellars). 9.26: Ada \ Lynn and Stewart Harvey (vocal duets), _ “Calm, Silent Night” (Goetze); Bar- . carolle (Offenbach). 9.32: Recordings, l BBC "Wireless Military Band, “The t Black Domino’’ Overture (Auber). The Band of H.M. Grenadier Guards, “Ber- . eeuse” (Lacombe); “Jolly Fellows” 1 (Vollspied). 9.44: Ada Lynn and Ste- . wart Harvey (vocal duets), “In a , Garden of Roses” (Sanderson); “Indian f Love Call” (Friml). 9.50: Recordings, i BBC Wireless Military Band. Intro- ; duction to “Lohengrin” (Act 3) (Wag- . ner). Grand Massed Bands at the ( Crystal Palace Contest, 1936, “Be Not [ Afraid” .(from “Elijah”) (Mendels- [ sohn). 10.0: Dance music from the . studio by the Blind Institute Dance Band, with recorded vocal interludes. . 11.0: Close down. 2YA, WELLINGTON (526m—570k.) 7.0: News service and British Official Wireless news (rebroadcast from national stations). 7.10 (approx.): News and reports. 7.30.: Time signals. “Who’s Who and What’s What?” A ramble in the news by C'oranto. 7.40 : Talk, Mr E. Philpot Crowther, “Australian Commonwealth Stamps.” 8.0: Chimes. Concert by the world-famous Comedy Harmonists. Presented by the National Broadcasting Service. (Relayed from the Town Hall). 10.0 (approx.): Music, mirth and melody. 11.0: Close down. 3YA., CHRISTCHURCH (416m—720k) 7.0: News service and British Official Wireless news (rebroadcast from 2YA). 7.10 (approx.): News and 'reports. 7.30: Time signals. 7.35: Talk: Professor E. R. Hudson, Director Canterbury Agricultural College, “Careers in Agriculture.” 8.0: Chimes. Presentation of recorded play, “Captain Blood” episode 2. 8.32: Recording: Reginald Foort (organ), “A Musical Trip Round the British Isles.” 8.40: Henry Ainley in a Shakespearean recital, (a) “O, That This Too, Too Solid Flesh” (“Hamlet,” act 1, scene 2); (b) “To Be, or Not to Be” (“Hamlet,” act 3, scene ff.); (c) “Look Here, Upon This Picture” (“Hamlet,” act 3, scene 3); (d) “How All Occasions” (“Hamlet,” act 4, scene 4). 8.52: Sydney Gustard (organ), Medley Popular Classics. 9.0: Weather. Station notices. 9.5: Talk: Mr Leicester Webb, “World Affairs.” 10.0: Dance music. 11.0: Close down.

YYA. DUNEDIN 1790 kilocycles).

7.0: News service and British Official Wireless news (rebroadcast from 2YA). 7.10 (approx.): News and reports. 7.30: Gardening talk. 8.0: Chimes. London Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Sir Hamilton Hartj r , “Royal Fimvorlcs Music” Suite: (1) Overture; (2) Alla Siciliana ; (3) Bouree, (4) Menuetto (Handel, trans., Harty). 8.18: Lotte Lehmann (soprano), “Voices of the Wood” (Schumann); “The Fortune-teller.” 8.24: Halle Orchestra, conducted by Sir Hamilton Harty, “Capriccio Espagnole” (Rimsky Korsakov). 8.40: A talk by Dr. E. N. Merrington, “The Tercentenary of Harvard.” 9.0: Weather. Station notices. 9.5: Halle Orchestra, conducted by Sir Hamilton Harty, “A Trumpet Voluntary” (Purcell). 9.9: Recordings. 9.19: “Masterpieces of Music,” with thematic illustrations and comments by Dr. V. E. Galway, Dunedin City Organist and Lecturer in Music at Otago University,' “Enigma’’ Variations, Op. 36 (Elgar), played by the Halle Orchestra, conducted by Sir Hamilton Harty. 10.0: Music, mirth and melody. 11.0: Close down.