RADIO IN THE HOME

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVI, Issue 23320, 13 April 1939, Page 5

RADIO IN THE HOME

PROGRAMME FEATURES PLAY BY BERNARD SHAW UNIT BROADCASTING SYSTEM

BT ALL WAVE

In lighter vein than usual, to-mor-row's reading, to be given from IYA at 8 p.m. by Mr. Llewellyn Etherington will consist of some notable examples of humour and nonsense. The same programme is noteworthy for the inclusion of a recital by Sybil Phillipps, soprano, and a presentation by Vincent As per and the studio orchestra under the baton of Harold Baxter, of Brahms' Concerto in D Major. Joseph Kaartinen, the Finnish saxophone player, will be heard on Saturday and again on Sunday evening, when his offerings will include "Song of India" and Mozart's Hondo Alia Turca. Opening with a recorded version of Ravel's Introduction and Allegro for harp with strings and woodwind, Wednesday's chamber music session will include at 8.22 Brahms' Sonata in E Minor played by Molly "Wright, 'cellist, and Maud Lvsaght, pianist.

From 4YA at 8.36 this evening, the National Broadcasting Service will present "Mohammed," an historical panoramic episode in the series "Man Through the Ages." This will be followed by a fifteen-minute recital by Alfred Lorence, a Viennese bass-bari-tone, who enjoys an enviable reputation for his broadcasts. Another British Broadcasting Corporation recorded programme "West from Bristol," devised and produced by Francis Dillon of the staff of the will be put on the air at 8 p.m. to-morrow by 2YA, which will offer at 8.42 a talk, by Dr. E. G. Malherbe, "The Poor Whites of South Africa." From 3YA at 8..'30 p.m. on Sunday listeners will hear an adaptation by the National Broadcasting Service of Shakepeare's "Julius Caesar." As this recording takes 90 minutes, it is obvious that there has been less than usual condensing of the script. The alternative programme front the Dunedin station will consist of "Falstaff," Verdi's comic opera founded on the "Merry Wives of Windsor."

From the Empire short-wave stations at 8.15 this evening Sir Alfred Zimtucrn, Montague Burton Professor of international Relations at the sity of Oxford, is to give a talk on "World Affairs." The transmission on Friday will open with a 45-minute biographical sketch of J. M. W T . Turner, the renowned artist and landscape painter. The sketeh, which will be given by Stephen Potter, is from the pen" of R. H. Wilenski, the distinguished art critic, and is, in a sense, a centennial celebration, for it was in 1839 that Turner painted his bestknown work, 'The Fighting Tcmeraire." At 7.25 p.m. on Monday Bernard Shaw's "Arms and the Man," an anti-romantic comedy, will be broadcast, and on Wednesday at 7.30 p.m. a Mozart recital will be featured. The, next talk on world affairs will be given a week hence when the commentator will be Mr. H. V. Hodson, of the Round Table.

For a good many years Australian national broadcasting has been modelled on the mnit- system, providing excellent and alternative programmes through a concentration of effort. On the other hand the NBS has aimed at providing each night several programmes centre, with the result that so many concerts have to be provided that there is diversification and a resultant poor quality. On the Australian/plan, with few programmes to provide each night and with the interlinking of stations it is possible to garner the best in each centre, but on the NBS plan each centre is bound by the talent offering there. In addition to suffering in quality of offerings the New Zealand plan is most expensive, involving travelling expenses and prolonged tours by visiting artists, duplication of artists' fees m each of the four centres, and overmuch recourse to recordings.

Many of the older types of all-wave receivers, while performing excellently on the broadcast band, are lacking in sensitivity and selectivity when it comes to the short waves. In a good manv cases this arises from lack of any radio frenquencv amplification prior to the first detector. In many instances the power pack of the receiver is quite capable of handling the heater and plate currents of one or two more valves, and with such sets it is a simple and inexpensive matter to improve shortwave performance substantially. A competent serviceman can readily construct and attach a pre-amplifier to boost up the signals before they arc fed to the receiver proper, and this equipment adds little complication, requiring only a switching system and a separate tuning dial which can be calibrated for ease in use.

FROM IYA To-day.—7.3o p.m., talk, Mr. J. R. Morris, "The Great Trading: Companies and Their Part in the Growth of the Empire"; 8 p.m., "Westward Ho!"; 8.15. "Wandering With the West Wind": 845. "The Fourth Form at. St. Percy's"; 0.5, talk. Professor Arnold Wall, "The Meaning of Words"; 0.20, recorded band music; 9.30, "Dad and Dave"; 9.43 to JO, recordings; 10 to 11, dance music. To-morrow: 8 p.m., talk and reading by L. Etherington, "Humour and Nonsense"; 8.32, "Egmont" overture; 8.40, Sybil Phillipps, soprano, ".Love Triumphant," "The Maiden Speaks," "If Thou Art Near." "The Rosebud" and "Impa.tience"; 8.52, "Elegiac Melodies"; 9.13, Vincent Aspey, violinist, and the studio orchestra present Brahms' Concerto in D Major; 9.52, Delibes' "Pavane" and "Passepied"; 10 to 11, music and melody. Saturday: 8 p.m., the Mastersingers' Vocal Ensemble, "Hosanna," "There's a Small Hotel," "Roses of Picardy" and "Valencia"; 8.11, Joseph Kaartinen, saxophonist, "Romanze," "Mazurka," "When Wedding Bells Rim: iu Sweden," "Aloha Oe" and "Soldier's Son"; 8.20, Ada Lynn, soprano, "Song of ths Open," "My Heart is Singing," "I Pitch My Lonely Caravan," and "Homeward to You"; 8.-J7, Joseph Crawford. baritone, "Captain Mac." "Love's Coronation," "The Sea Gipsy" and "Comrades of Mine"; 9.8, the Merry Macs, vocal ensemble, "Pop Goes the Weasel"; 9.11, Marie Darby, novelty pianist, "Bei Mir Bist Du Schon," "Whispering" and "Thanks for the Memory," and at 9.41, "Twelfth Street Rag," "Solitudo" and "Little Old Lady"; 10.10 to 11.15, dance .ausic. Sunday: 11 a.m., relay from All Saints' Anglican Church; 7 p.m., relay from SI;. James' Presbyterian Church; 8.30, Liszt's Hungarian Storm March; 8.44, Brahms' Alto Rhapsody; 9.5, Joseph Kaartinen, saxophonist, "A Song of India," "Love Smiles," "Kuyawiak," "Canzone Barcarola" and

"Rondo Alia Tuna",: 9 26, Liszt's Ballade in B Minor; 9.18, "La Rosiere Republirain.ii." Monday: 8 p.m., "Exploits of the Black Moth"; 8.32, "The Old-time TheAyter": 8.45, "John Halifax—Gentleman"; )).h. talk,. Professor Jagan Xath, "The Indian Caste System"-; 9.20, Studio Orchestra music from "Macbeth' ; 9.30, Reg. McGregor, tenor, "1 Heard Yoj Singing" and "For Yoi. Alone." and at 9.44, "When Shadows Gather' and "Love, Could I Only Tell Thee"; 10 to 11, music and irelody. Tuesday: 8 p.m., Japanese Houseboy; 8.13, Joseph Kaartinen, saxophonist: 8.41, Kb and Zeb; 8.40, Buccaneers of the Vulture; 9.5, talk, L. K. Munro, "World Affairs"; 9.20 to 11, dance music. -Wednesday: 7.40 p.m., talk, G. W. fe'. Drake. M.A . "Youth on the Threshold"; S p.m., Ravel's Introduction and Allegro for harp with strings and woodwind; 8.14, Dorothy Helm rich, mezzo-soprano, in four songs by d'Arbam; 8.22, Maud Lysagbt and Moliie Wright present, Brahms' Sonata for piano and 'cello in E Minor; 9.5, "Coronets of England—Charles H."; 9.33 to 10, light recordings; 10 to 11, music and melody. EMPIRE SHORT WAVE STATIONS GSB, 31.55 metres; GSD, 25.53 metres; GSF, 19.82 metres; GSO, 19.70 metres; and GSI, 19.00 metres. Daily: 0.30 p.m. to 8.45 p.m.