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TG'HIGHT'S HEW ZEALAND PROGRAMMES Only male voices will bo heard from IYA, tho vocalists being the New Zealand Four, presenting concerted and solo numbers of a miscellaneous nature. Mr Eric Waters will play a pianoforte solo, ‘ Humoreseque ’ (Gardiner), and there will bo selections by the Studio Trio. The Auckland Comedy Players will present two one-act pays, ‘ Dad ’ and ‘ A Sure Winner,’ and Mr J. F. Montague will recite ‘ Agincourt ’ (from ‘ Henry V.’). Mr A. Varney will give another talk on ‘Cricket’ at 2YA. The concert programme will feature items from grand opera and musical comedy, tho artists being Mrs Fraser-Morrish (soprano), Mr and Mrs Hay Kemp (baritone and contralto respectively), Mr E. W. Robbins tenor), and Mr Albert Davey (elocutionist). The vocal items include excerpts from ‘ Lohengrin,’ ‘Pagliacci,’ ‘ Acis and Galatea,’ ‘Carmen,’ ‘The Quaker Girl,’ ‘Tom Jones,’ and ‘ The Arcadians.’ Mr Davey will present a character _ study of Sydney Carton from Dickens’s famous book ‘ A Tale of Two Cities.’ Signor Truda’s Orchestrina will play the overture from Flotow’s ‘ Martha,’ also selections from ‘ Cavalleria Rusticana ’ and ‘ Tannhauser.’ The musical comedy selections to be played will be from ‘ No. No, Nanette ’ and ‘ Natoma.’ A talk on ‘ City Beautification ’ will ho broadcast from 3YA by Mr F. L. Hutchinson, a member of the executive of the Christchurch Beautifying Association. Dance music will be prominent on 3YA’s programme, tho instrumentalists being thhe Bailey-Marston Dance Orchestra. The vocalists of the concert will be Mrs Lucy O’Brien, Miss Mary Taylor, Mr T. C. Rogers, and Mr E. J. Johnson, singing quartets, duets, and solos respectively. At 4YA tho entertainment will be provided by Miss Meda Paine’s Ladies’ Choir. Tho programme will consist of concerted as well as solo numbers. The choir is an excellent combination, many fine soloists being in its ranks. A number of instrumental trios will also be played. When tho choir has appeared in public it has been voted by musical critics ns one of the best combinations of its kind heard in Dunedin for many year*.
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Evening Star, Issue 20315, 25 October 1929, Page 13
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