BROADCASTING

Ashburton Guardian, Volume 58, Issue 42, 29 November 1937, Page 8

BROADCASTING

TO-NIGHT’S PROGRAMMES. The wireless programmes to be broadcast to-night are:— IYA AUCKLAND (650 k). 7.0: News service and British Official Wireless news (rebroadcast from 2YA). 7.10 (approx.): News and reports. 8.0: An hour’s presentation in commemoration of St. Andrew’s Day, with vocal illustrations by Mr G. Spicer, Miss Rattray, and James Leighton. Prepared and presented by Mr J. W. Shaw. 9.0: Weather. Station notices. 9.5: Sydney JVlacEwan (Scottish tenor), “O, Del Mio Amata Ben” (Donaudy) j “Plaisir d’Amour” (Martini); “La Maison Grise” (Messager). 9.15: Studio Orchestra, conducted by Harold Baxter. “Two Little Waltzes’’ (Fuchs); “Yishma El” (Jalowicz). 9.24: Recordings: Gladys Swarthaut (soprano), “Clouds”; “Spendthrift” (Charles). 9.30: Studio Orchestra, “l’Oiseau du Bois” (piccolo solo) (soloist : Victor Cater) (Tliiere); “Squirrel Dance” (Smith). 9.35: Sydney McEwan (Scottish tenor), “The Road to the Isles” (Kennedy Fraser); “Bonnie Wee Thing” (Fox); “Mary of Argyle” (Nelson). 9.45: The Studio Orchestra, “Cobwebb Castle” (Liza Lehmann); “La Tzigane” (Ganne). 10.0: Music, mirth and melody. 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: “This Changing World: The Progress of Man: Is Progress Real?” Final discussion. 8.0: Chimes. Recording: Eily Ney Trio, Trio in B Major, Op. 8 (Brahms). 8.32: Elena Gerhardt (mezzo-soprano), (a) “Feinsliebchen, odu Sollst mir Nicht” (“My Darling Shall Never With Bare Feet Go”); (b) “Erlaube mir, Feinsleibchen” (“Allow Me?”); («) “Wie Komm’ Ich Denn Zur Tur Heroin” (“And if I Come Unto Your Door”); (d) “Mein Madel Lat’nen Rosenmund” (“My Maiden Has a Mouth of Red”) (Brahms). 8.40: Talk: A Countrywoman, “Housekeeping on a Country Station.” 9.0: Weather. Station notices. 9.5: Continuity programme, featuring Noel Coward, composer, playwright and actor. 10.0: Dance programme. 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: Our Garden Expert, “Plant Names and Definitions.” 8.0: Chimes. Woolston Brass Band, conducted by R. J. Estall, (a) “El Dorado” (Ord Hume); (b) “If I Were King” Overture (Adams). 8.13: Rex Harrison (baritone), “Across the Far Blue Hills, Marie” (Blumenthal). 8.18: Band, (a) “In Cellar Cool” (Truman); (b) “Bonds of Friendship” March (Texidor). 8.28: “Eb and Zeb.” 8.37: Euphonium with the Band (H. Koskvist, soloist), “The Connoisseur” (Sutton). The Band, “Deep Harmony)” Hymn (Parker). 8.44: Rex Harrison (baritone), (a) “The Wolf” (Shield); (b) “Bianca” (Mattel). 8.51: Band, (a) “The Bells of Aberdovey” Fantasia (Holloway); (b) “The Mad Major” March (Alford). 9.0: Weather. Station notices. 9.5: Talk: Mr F. Wilding, sen., “The Hon William Pember Reeves.” 9.20': Recording. 9.44: Elena Gerhardt (soprano), (a) “Sacred Cradle Song”; . (b) “And If I Come Unto Your Door?” (c) “My Maid Has a Mouth of Red”; (d) “Cradle Song of the Virgin Mary” (Brahms). 9.5 G: Arthur Rubinstein (pianoforte), C'apriccio in B Minor (Brahms). 10.0: Music, mirth and melody. 11.0: Close down. 4YA, DUNEDIN /790 kilocycles) 7.0: News service and British Official Wireless news (rebroadcast from 2YA). 7.10 (approx.): News and reports. 7.30: A talk by Mr R, W. Mathieson, “Bridge.” 8.0: Chimes. Recordings, London Chamber Orchestra, conducted by Anthony Bernard, “Ayres for the Theatre” (Purcell); “Sally in Our Alley”; “Cherry Ripe” (arr. Bridge). 8.16: Dan Folqy (Irish tenor), with Kathleen Dunne at the piano, in a selection from the works of a popular English composer, Haydn Wood. 8.29: Recordings, Moriz Rosenthal (piano), “Carneval de Vienne au Themes” (Johann Strauss); Valse in C Flat Minor (Chopin). 8.40: A talk by Mr J. T. Paul, “World Affairs.” 9.0: Weather. Station notices. ■ 9.5: “Greater Love Hath No Man,” a play by Catherine Brownbill. Produced by Gordon Niven. 9.40: Recording, Quentin Maclean (organ), “This Lovely Rose” (Ramsay). 9.43: Marriott Edgar (humour), “The Battle of Hastings, 1066); “The Magna Charta, 1215” (Edgar). 9.51: International Novelty Quartet, “Wedding of the Three Blind Mice” (Wark). 9.54: Clapham and Dwyer (humorous sketch), “Horses for Courses” (Claphamf). 1.0.0: “Everybody Dance,” an hour of dance music in correct tempo. 11.0: Close down.