RADIO STRAVINSKY’S “FIRE BIRD” FROM 3YA

Timaru Herald, Volume CXLVIII, Issue 21788, 18 October 1940, Page 2

RADIO STRAVINSKY’S “FIRE BIRD” FROM 3YA

New Zealand Programmes For To-night FROM ALL YA STATIONS (Approximate Times) 7.30 a.m.: Breakfast,session. 10.0 a.m.: Devotional service. 12 noon* 2 p.m.: Lunch music. 4.0: p.m.: Weather report. 5.0 p.m.: Children’s session. 5.45 p.m.: Dinner music. 7.0 p.m.: News. 9.0 p.m.: NewsreeL IYA Auckland 7.15: Sports talk, Gordon Hutter. 7.30: BBC Symphony Orchestra, “Cockaigne” Concert Overture (Elgar). 7.44: James Leighton (baritone). 7.56: Leopold Stokowski with Philadelphia Symphony Orchestra, Symphony No. 7 in A Major, Opus 92 (Beethoven). 8.37: Lotte Lehmann (soprano). 8.40: Frederick Grinke (violin) with Boyd Neel Orchestra. 9.20: John McCormack (tenor). 9.26: Sergei Rachmaninoff (soloist) and Philadelphia Orchestra, Concerto No. 2 in C Minor < Rachmaninoff). 10.0: Music, mirth and melody. 2YA Wellington 7.45: “The Gloom Chasers": Bobby Comber and Company, Arthur Askey, Elsie and Doris Waters. 8.0: “Funzapoppin’”. 8.31: “I Pulled Out a Plum.” 8.51: “Evergreen Selection” (Woods). 9.20: Bands of St. Hilda Colliery. 9.37: “Meek’s Antiques.” 9.46: Massed Bands. 10.0: “Rhythm on Record.” 3YA Christchurch 7.15: Talk. 7.30: "Music from the the Theatre,” “Fire Bird” to music of Stravinsky. 7.55: “Russian and Ludmilla" Overture (Glinka), “Saschinka,” Potpourri of Russian Gipsy Airs (Schirman). 8.15: Alexander Borowsky (piano), “Concert Study in C Major” (Glazounov), “Saracasme No. 5” (Prokofleff). 8.21: Alison Cordery. 8.25: Orchestra. 8.28: Alison Cordery. 8.36: Dr. Geoffrey Shaw (piano), "Children's Album, Op. 39” (Tchaikovski). 8.48: Orchestra. 9.20: Viennese Orchestra, “At Home” Waltz (Strauss). 9.23: Beatrice Hall. 9.30: Orchestra. 9.33: Beatrice Hall. 9.40: Orchestra. 9.48: Buccaneers Octet. 9.54: Orchestra, “Brahms Waltzes.” 10.0; Music, mirth and melody. 4YA Dunedin 7.12: “What Shall We Eat?” 7.30: “Viktoria and Her Hussar” Selection (Abrahams). 7.40: "Dad and Dave.” 7.53: “Rhumba Rhythms and Tango Tunes.” 8.8: “Do You Know Why?” , 8.14: Variety, Charlie Kunz (piano), Oleanders Negro Quartet, Semprini and Kramer, Jack Warner (humour), and New Mayfair Novelty Orchestra. 8.44: “The Circle of Shiva.” 9.20: International Singers (male chorus). 9.26: Decca String Orchestra, “Larghetto e Effettuoso” (from “Grand Concerto No. 6”) (Handel). 9.30: Prof. T. D. Adams: Readings on “Trees.” 10.0: Dick Colvin and Music.