TO-DAY’S RADIO PROGRAMME

Greymouth Evening Star, 24 August 1928, Page 9

TO-DAY’S RADIO PROGRAMME

IYA, AUCKLAND (333 Metres). 3 p.m.: Afternoon session—selected studio items; 4.0: Literary selec-

tion by the Announcer; 4.8: Selected I studio items; 4.25: Sports results; 4.30: Close down; 6.0: Children’s session, conducted by Uncle Nod, assisted by Hotel Cargen Orchestra, in nursery rhymes and popular airs. Letters and birthdays. Stories; 7.15: News and market reports; 8.0: Chimes; 8.1: Orchestral selection—- “ Hungarian Rhapsody, No. 3” (Liszt); 8.9: Tenor solo —Mr John McDougall, “Bells of the Sea” (Solman); 8.13: Cornet solo —Mr Fred Bowes, “Lucille Caprice” (Code): 8.18: Soprano solo — Madame Mary Towsey, “Three Fishers” (Hallah); 8.22: Instrumental trio —Auckland Trio, “Trio, No. 3—First Movement” (Beethoven); 8.31: Baritone solo —Mr John Brce, “Drink to Ale Only” (Quilter); 8.35: Guitar solo (record) —“Because I Love You” (Berlin); 8.39: Contralto solo —Miss G. Evans, “Love’s Old Sweet Song” (Molloy); 8.43: ’Cello solo —Miss M. Wright, “Traumerel” (Schumann); 8.48: Boy soprano and 'chorus —Master George Asher, “Hear My Prayer” (Mendelssohn); 8.53: Orchestral selection —“Turandot” (Puccini); 9.1: Weather forecast; 9.3: Novelty—The Wizard, “Word Wangles”; 9.23: Soprano solo —Madame Mary Towsey, “Absent” (Metcalf); 9.27: Cornet solos —Mr F. Bowes, (a) “Serenade and Allegro” from “Don Pasquale” (Hartman); (b) “Cavatina” (Meyerbeer); 9.36: Baritone solo —Mr John Bree, “Genevieve” (Tucker); 9.40: Guitar solo (record) —“My Rose” (Bright);. 9.44: Contralto solo—Miss G. Evans, “Out on the Rocks” (Santon Dolby); 9.48: Instrumental trio— Auckland Trio, “Springtime”— (Drumm); 9.57: Vocal quartet—Madame Mary Towsey’s 'Quartet, “The Rosary” (Nevin); 10.0: God Save the King. 2YA, WELLINGTON (420 Metres). 3 p.m.: Chimes of the G.P.O. clock; i *3.l: Selected gramophone items; 4.30 and 4.55: Sports results to hand; 5.0; Close down; 6.0: Children’s session.— Uncle Ernest and the Cheerio Girls. Song, Cheerio Girls, “Old Man Moon” (Amy i Hill). Recitation, Uncle Ernest. Song, “Cousin Maxine, “Colonel of the Crimson Hussars” (Jacobi). Birthdays, Song, Cheerio Girls, “Captain Baby Bunting” (soloist. Cousin Maxine), (Helf). Song, Cousin Zena, “Odds and Ends” (Drummond). Trip to distant lands, Uncle Ernest. New Zealand National Anthem, “God Defend New Zealand,” Cheerio Girls; 7.0: News session, market reports, and sports results; 8.0: Chimes of the G.P.O. clock; 8.0: Special presentation of “The Rebel Maid” (Montague Phillips) by the Wellington Orpheus' Musical Society, under the conductorship of Mr Len. Barnes, assisted by the 2YA Orchestra. Cast. Lady Mary (The Rebel Maid), soprano —Mrs Alice Harris

Abigail—her maid) Dorothy ) mezzo-soprano, —Mrs Margaret Press Percy, tenor Mr Will Hancock Derek (commander of the rebel cutter, Curley), baritone Mr Ray Kemp Bunkie (an innkeeper), Lord Milverton (Derek’s father), Stephen, baritone, Mr Jno. Pearson. Solomon (Derek’s servant), baritone, —Mr Rupert Bennett.

The action occurs in 1688 on the eve of the landing of William, Prince of Orange (afterwards crowned William III) at Torbay, in Devonshire. Lord Milverton, a Devonshire adherent to the cause of the Stuart King, James, is celebrating the arrival of his nephew,, Sir Stephen Crespigny, who has been appointed to the dignity of Royal Commissioner for the suppression of the anti-Stuart plot. Among Lord Milverton’s guests is the young and high spirited Lady Mary Trefusis, a near neighbour, who is secretly concerned in the conspiracy. Another of the conspirators against King James is Lord Milverton’s own son. Derek Lanscombe, who, after * an absence from England of three years, arrives on the Devonshire coast in his cutter, the Curlew, to prepare for the safe landing of the Prince of Orange’s fleet. Lady Mary, suspecting Derek’s participation in the conspiracy, tries to win his confidence, but Derek, despite his love for her, remains faithful to his pledge of secrecy, and in this lack of mutual understanding Sir Stephen finds opportunity for setting the lovers at cross-purposes and of thwarting their respective plans. Lady Mary is known to the fisher folk, who sympathise with the plot to overthrow King James, by the name of “Snow Bunting.” She has been instructed to set a signal for the guidance of the invading fleet on a high point overlooking Torbay. Finding this place in the occupation of Sir Stephen’s Redcoats, she sets a red light to warn the ships of danger. Sir Stephen, who has discovered her secret by intercepting a letter containing her instructions, takes down the red light and substitutes a green one, which is the appointed “all clear” signal of safety. Derek Lanscombe on the Curlew is thereby lured into an ambush, from which he narrowly escapes with his life, and is led by Sir Stephen to believe that Mary is the treacherous cause of his betrayal. With the help of the fishermen, however, he escapes, but, recklessly returning in the third act of the opera, he discovers the truth, and is again captured and is on the point of being shot as a rebel when the Prince of Orange, having landed from his fleet, opportunely arrives in time to restore the lovers to safety, love, and luippiness. Act I.

Introduction and opening chorus—- “ This English Land.” Duet, (Dorothy and Percy) and chorus, “In 1688.” Song (Derek), “Home Again.” Song, (Mary) and chorus, “Sunshine and Laughter.” Quartet and Gavotte (Mary, Dorothy, Percy, and Derek) — “Shepherdess and Beau Brocade.” Song (Derek .and chorus—“ Unavailing Little Lady.” Song (Mary)—“When a Dream of Love You Cherish.” Finale (principals and chorus)—“But Stay, Confession I Should Make.”

Act 11. Song (Bunkie) and male chorus—- “ We’ve Searched the Countryside.” Song (Abigail)—“l Want. My Man to be a Landlord.” Madrigal (chorus) — “How Strange This Tumult.” Song (Mary)—“The Old-fashioned Cloak.” Chorus of serving-maids—“ Serving Merry.” Duet. (Solomon and Bunkie) and male chorus—“Ho, Lo! Diddle Dum.” Song (Mary) and chorus—“ Are My Lanterns Shining?” Finale (principals and chorus) —“Now Hold. Can We Not Save?”

Act 111 Jig—the Orchestra.

Opening Chorus—“ When the Heart is Blithe and Jolly.” Song (Derok) and chorus—“ The Fishermen of England.” Song (Mary)—“Sail, My Ships.” Madrigal (chorus) —“Wis-

dom and Folly.” Duet (Mary and Derek) —“Now Stand We on the Summit, of the Hill.” Finale—“ They Have Come From Over the Seas.” God Save the King. 3 YA, CHRISTCHURCH (306 Metres). 3 p.m.: Afternoon session—Selected studio items; 4.25: Sports results; 4.30: Close down; 6.0: Children’s session—Big Brother. Opening chat and story for the Tiny Tots by Big Brother. Chorus by Edgeware Road Wolf Club Pack, “Waltzing Matilda.” Fairy tale in music and story, Miss Appegio, “Jack and the Beanstalk.” Recitation, Cousin Ray, “Going (9 the Dentist.” Chorus, Wolf Cub Pack, “A Sad, Sad Story.” Health Game Talk by the Captain. Birthdays. Recitation, Cousin Ray, “You’ll Get Heaps of Lickin’s.” Chorus by Cubs, “My Old Massarum.’’ Story for the Big Boys, by Big Brother. Pack calls by the Cubs —“African Jungle Call.” “Maori Haka,” “Cub Yells.” Closing chorus, “Merrily We Roll Along”: 7.1.5: Nows session; 7.30: Talk, “Football Review,” Mr J. K. Moloney; 8.0: Chimes; 8.1: Overture (rebroadcast of 2YA, Wellington, conditions permitting); 8.7: Vocal duet, followed by contralto solo —The Yeoman Duo and Mrs E. H. Davies, (a) “Tenor and Baritone” (Wilson), (b) “Sunshine and Rain” (Blumenthal); 8.15: ’Cello solo —Mr Harold Beck, “To a Wild Rose” (Macdowell); 8.20: Tenor sblos —Mr Russell Sumner, (a) “Caro Mio Ben” (Giordini), (b) “Would God I Were the Tender Apple Blossom” (Fisher): 8.27: Instrumental trio — Christchurch Broadcasting Trio, "Romance and Minuet” . (Bremner); 8.36: Baritone solos —Mr T. D. Williams, “Songs from the Fringes of the Fleet” (Elgar); 8.45: Recital—Miss Pearl Noonan, “Music in the Bush” (Service); 8.50: Mezzo-soprano solos —Miss Millicent Jennings, (a) “Dabbling in the Dew” (traditional), (b) “Oh, No, John!” (traditional): 8.56: Weather forecast; 8.58: Overture; 9.3: Vocal male duet, followed by contralto solos—Yeomen Duo and Mi s E 11. Davies, (a) “Soldiers and Comrades” (Jacobs), (b) “A Bowl of Roses” (Clarke), (c) “Lay My Head Beneath a Rose” (Falkenstein); 9.13: ’Cello solo —Mr Harold Beck, “March Oh” (negro spiritual), (Benjamin), 9.17: Tenor solos—Mr Russell Sumner (a) “A Farewell” (Liddle), (b) “Pretty Creature” (Wilson); 9.23: Instrumental trios — Christchurch Broadcasting Trio, (a) “Vienoise March” (Kreisler), (b) “Chanson Triste” (Tschaikowsky), (c) “Syncopation” (Kreisler); 9.33: Mezzo-so-prano solo—Miss Millicent Jennings, “Country Night Song” (Phillips); 9.37: Hawaiian fox-trot (xylophone solo) —Mr S. Morrish, “Dreamy Paradise” (Van Alstyne); 9.40: Sketch — Miss Pearl Noonan and Mr W. H. Moses, “He Tried to Tell His Wife” (MS); 9.50: Saxophone, bells and vocal—Messrs Wilkinson, Morrish and Willyams, “Castaway” (slow waltz), (Easton); 9.56: Dance music—Eastern Fox-trot, Willyains’s Dance Band, “Blue Egypt” (Cobb), (refrain by marimba and effects). Willyams’s Dance Band will dispense music at intervals until 11 11.0: God Save the King. 4YA, DUNEDIN (463 Metres).

3 p.m.: Town Hall chimes; 3.1: Gamophone .music; 3.15: An address; 3.30: Relay of afternoon-tea music from the Savoy; 3.45: Studio music; 4.0: Relay of music from the Savoy; 4.15: Gramophone music; 4.25: Sports results; 4.30: Close down; 6.0: Town Hall chimes; 6.1: Children’s session— Aunt Sheila and Big Brother Bill— Happy Folks’ Anthem. The musical part of the programme will be provided by the Forbury School choir; 7.15: News session; 7.30: Review by Mr H. Greenwood (Dunedin Athenaeum) of the latest books; 8.0: Town Hall chimes; 8.1: Orchestral selection; 8.10: Bass solos —Mr Neil Black, (a) “Off to Philadelphia” (Haynes), (b) “A Bowl of Roses” (Clarke) f 8.17: Flute solo —Mr Chas. E. Gibbons, “Dans les Bois au Printemps” (Chandoir); 8.23: Contralto solo—Miss Dorothy Skinnenr, “When All Was Young” (Gounod); 8.26: Cornet solos —Mr D. J. Robertson, (a) “Chant d’Amour” (Forestein), (b) “Maritana” (Wallace); 8.34: Pianoforte solo —Mrs Ernest Drake, “Liebestraum No. 2” (Liszt); 8.38: Bass solo —Mr Neil Black, “Doreen” (Agate); 8.42: Flute solo—Mr Chas. *E. Gibbons, “The Nightingale” (Barsotti); 8.48: Contralto solos —Miss Dorothy Skinner, (a) “Down Here” (Brahe), (b) “My Prayer” (Sauire); 8.54: Cornet solo — Mr D. J. Robertson, “Wiemen Volkslied” (Brandi); 8.58: Weather forecast; 9.0: An hour’s dance music relayed from the Savoy; 10.0: Close down.