RADIO IN THE HOME

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22318, 16 January 1936, Page 14

RADIO IN THE HOME

OVERSEAS AKTISTS

TOUR OF MAIN STATIONS

AUCKLAND PROGRAMMES

BY ALL-WAVE

At 9.5 this evening IYA will put on the air a complete musical presentation of the Gilbert and Sullivan opera "Yeomen of the Guard." This will bo one of the few Gilbert and ,toulli\an operas to be heard lor some timo to come. On February IS when a "flesh mid blood" company will open its New Zealand season of the Savoy operas the Broadcasting Board will, in accordance with the terms of an agreement, refrain from broadcasting theso comic operas. The embargo will remain in force until the departure of the travelling company. It will be exceedingly interesting to note the effect on theatre attendances consequent upon the frequent recourse the board has had to these recorded operas.

The Broadcasting Board has arriving shortly from overseas a number of artists under contract to tour the main stations. Prominent among these is Miss Gladys Lorimer, a soprano, and a one-time Christchurch resident, who has sung most of the principal coloratura soprano roles at Covent Garden. Miss Dorothy Helmrich, an Australian mezzo-soprano, will arrive about the same time as Miss Lorimer, and will bo followed a little later by Florence Austral and her equally famous husband, John Amadio, a former Wellington resident and a world-renowned flautist. The last of the group to arrive will be Leo Cherniavsky, violinist, who has long been associated with station 2UW in half-hour recitals.

At 8.17 to-night the Wellington station will broadcast a recital by tho Australian soprano, Beatrice Pugh, tho items including: "The Prayer" (Tosca), "I Attempt from Love's Sickness" (Purcell), "Slumber Song" (Gretchaninov), "Dream Vessels" (Tunks) and "Come Along and Danco" (Pennington). At 9.9 the same station will feature tlio Spivakovskv-Kurtz Trio playing Haydn's Trio in G Major. At 9.23 Jascha and Tossy Spivakovsky will play Brahms' Sonata for piano and violin in D minor, while at 9.57 Tossy Spivakovsky and Edmund Kurtz, violin and 'cello, will render Handel's Passacaglia for violin and 'cello. On Friday evening 2YA will put on tho air at 9.16 and again at 9.46 a series of soprano songs sung by Miss Cicely Audibert, including "Ay-Ay-Ay," "Songs My Mother Taught Mo." "Maids of Cadiz" and "Coppclia Waltz."

Lovers of grand opera will appreciate the presentation over 4YA, which is now heard here in the evening at good volume and with comparative freedom from extraneous noise, of Verdi's "Aida." The whole four acts of the opera are to be broadcast, tho programme commencing at 8.130 and finishing at 11.2 on Sunday next. On Tuesday next at 9.5 p.m. the Wellington station will put on the air a classical programme by Dr. Edgar L. Baiuton, director of the New South Wales Conservatorium of Music. The programme will consist in the main of the works of Bach, although a number of compositions by Maurice Ravel are to be included.

A very ambitious radio play, "The Fantastic Battle." adapted by Leslie Bailey from a story by C. R. Burns, is to be put on the air by the Dramatic Players under the direction of J. M. Clark. This company, which has staged so many excellent radio plays over IYA during the past year, has a big task ahead of it. The production requires 50 minutes, the portrayal of over & dozen maior parts and almost as many minor ones, to say nothing of vocal items and special effects. The remaining 10 minutes of the time usually devoted to radio plays is given over to a recorded presentation by Lewis Casson, Jack Hobbs, Jane Comfort and Sybil Thorndyke, "To Meet the King," by Stevens O'Neill.

The broadcast commentary on the swimming carnival last Tuesday evening was very good, the descriptions being flowing and interesting. Fewer superlatives would have improved tho value of the broadcast, as on quite a number of occasions the anti-climax following on the announced times for some of the events caused one to question the accuracy of the account. So far as one can learn no arrangements have as yet been made to broadcast any description of the major aquatic event of the year, the Auckland Anniversary Regatta, but with the commendable keenness shown by the staff of IYA in broadcasting all main sporting meetings it is certain that if suitable arrangements can be made tho broadcast will be undertaken.

There is a lot yet to bo accomplished toward the elimination of man-made "static," which interferes so badly with radio reception in Auckland. The major offenders in the city area are the several hundreds of tramcars and one has but to use- a ear radio in the city for a short time to appreciate the strength of the interference set up by a pas*ing tramcar and the distance over which the consequent electrical disturbance travels. With the application of modern methods of interference suppression it should not be a costly or difficult task to "silence" the trains. It is significant that the modern car radio gives perfect clarity in reproduction and this in spite of tho fact that the receiver uses an indifferent aerial and the set is located right alongside the motor, with its electrically noisy ignition system and a powerful dynamo. FROM IYA To-day: 8 p.m., continuity, "Sink Red Sun": 8.35, "Retrospect." a cavalcade of tunes of the past; 9.5, complete musical presentation of "Yeoman of the Guard": 10.35 to 11.30. dance music. To-morrow: 8 p.m., geographical impressions in instrumental form; 8.53, Conchitn Supervia, meazo-soprano. "El Pano Moruno," "Seauidilla Murciana," "Asturiana": 9.5, talk, W F. Boyle, "The American Constitution*'; 9.20, continuation of geographical instrumental impressions; 10 to 11. music and melody. Saturday: 8 p.m., the 8.8.C. Choir sineing (a) Warner's Grand March, (b) "Pilgrims' Chorus," Berlin Slate Opera Chorus. "Wnke up, the Day is Approaching"; 8.32, Hinemoii iiosicur (a) "The First Primrose." (b) "Ein Schwan," (c) "Good Morning." (d) "Two Brown Eyes" and "Wood Wanderings"; P. 45, organ numbers; 9.5, Corona Babes, "The Birthday of the Nursery Rhymes"; 9.12, Jimmy Durante with orchestra ; 9.19. '/Twenty-five Years of Musical Comedy"; 9..'if;, Cicely Courtneidge. comedienne; 9.53, "Musical Box Miniatures"; 10.10 to 11.15, dance music. Sunday: 13 a.m., morning service from Mount Eden Congregational Church: 3.30 p.m., Beethoven's "Pathetique" sonata; 7 p.m., relay from Pitt Street Methodist Church; 8.30 p.m., relay Municipal Band, including "Light Cavalry" overture, cornet duet, "Two Jolly Boys," the "Peer Gynt" nuite, piccolo solo, "Silver Birds," a descriptive piece, "A Motor Ride," musical sketch, "Down South." Nocturno from "Midsummer Night's Dream," - J,a Traviata" Eelection, and "Victoria" march. Monday: 8 p.m., Dramatic Players present "The Fantastic Battle"; 8,50, Jack Hobbs, Lewis Cas- ; ' son, Jane Comfort and Sybil Thorndike present "To Meet the King"; 9.5. talk, Mrs. B. C. Vernon, "A New Zealander in North Africa"; 9.20, Clement Williame, baritone, "Standing By," "Music of the Night," "Cargoes" and "The Song of the London Bridge"; 9.35, studio orchestra, "Keltic Suite"; 9.43, Hincmoa Rosieur, soprano, "Shepherd. Thy Demeanour," "Phyllis Has Charming Graces," "My Lovely Celia" and "My Mother Bids Me Bind My Ilftir"; 9.55, studio orchestra, "By the Swanee River"; 10 to 11, music nnrl melody. TUCB* day: 8 p.m., "Mnrch Review"; 8.10, Eb and Zeb; 8.20, "Music At Your Fireside"; 8.35, Japanese Houseboy episode; 9.5, talkon famous British trials, "The Wallace Case"; 9.20 to 11, dance music. Wednesday: 8 p.m., strings of the studio orchestra, "Eine Kleine Nachtmuaik" and two fantasias for strings; 8.28. Clement Williams, "D'Une Prison," "L'Heure Exqtiise," "A Southern Night," "Don Juan's Serenade"; 9.5, talk, A. A. Gray, "Sport In England," j followed by recordings; 10 to 11, music and melody.