A series of programmes featuring New Zealand composers and performers broadcast during 1946 and 1948.
NEW ZEALAND PRESENTS
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D 6503a sa-d-06503-s01-pm PROG 1 part 1 The Knaves, [AK] light vocal group, All God's Chillun (trad Spiritual) Noel Hapgood [CH] saxophone solo, Valse Mazaretta
William Clothier [WN] baritone + piano, Nirvana (Adams) Anita Oliver & 4ZB Choristers [DN] choir, Coloured Fields (Coates)
D 6916a sa-d-06916-s01-pm PROG 1 part 2
Derek Heine Trio & Mavis Rivers [AK] Trio & solo, Serenade of the Bells
John Parkin [WN] solo piano, Showboat Selection (Kern arr Parkin)
Ashley Aitchison [DN] baritone & piano, To The Forest (Tchaikovsky)
Excelsior Piano Accordion Band [CH] group, Searchlight Tattoo
D 6503 sa-d-06503-s02-pm PROG 2 part 1
Dick Colvin [DN] Band & vocal Joyce Picard, Gotta Be This Or That (Skylar)
The Knaves [AK] light vocal group, MacNamara's Band (O'Connor)
Robert Henry [WN] Piano solo, Seguidilla (Albeniz)
The Three Warrens Mother Ivy & 2 sons Barry & Wyatt vocal, Wait For Me Mary
D 6916b sa-d-06916-s02-pm PROG 2 part 2
Ken Smith [DN] cornet solo & piano, Somewhere A Voice is Calling (Tate)
Molly Atkinson [WN] contralto & piano, My Johnny Was a Shoemaker (trad)
Bob Bradford [CH] solo piano, Dream Smoke (Smoke Gets in Your Eyes)
Anita Oliver's 4ZB Choristers [DN] choir, Early in the Morning (Philip)
Excelsior Piano Accordion Band [CH] group & Ainslie King vocal, I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now.
D 6917a sa-d-06917-s01-pm PROG 3 part 1
Hawaiian Serenaders [DN] group & solo female, Hawaiian War Chant (Kalapana)
John Parkin [WN] solo piano, A Pretty Girl is Like a Melody (Berlin)
Noel Hapgood [CH] saxophone solo, Spanish Dance (Granados)
William Clothier [WN] baritone & Robert Henry piano, The Blind Ploughman (Clark)
D 6918a sa-d-06918-s01-pm PROG 3 part 2
Derek Heiney Quintet vocal: Mavis Rivers [AK] Why Do I Love You (Kern)
Ken Smith [DN] cornet solo & piano, Napoli (Bellstedt)
Jean MacPherson [WN] soprano & Robert Henry piano, My Fickle Eye (Gilbert-Miller)
Dick Colvin and His Music [DN] band & solo female, Blue Smoke (Karaitiana)
D 6917b sa-d-06917-s02-pm PROG 4 part 1
Rhythmaires [DN] group perform Lady be Good
Robert Henry [WN} performs Valse de la Reine (Coleridge-Taylor)
Jimmy Long [CH]- guitar and vocal solo - My Pinto Pony and I
Harry Wicks trip perform Chinaboy (P. Boutelje-R. Winfree)
D 6918b sa-d-06918-s02-pm PROG 4 part 2
Ashley Aitchison [DN] baritone & piano, Ma Lindy Lou
John Parkin [WN] solo piano, Sleepy Time Girl
Jacqueline Page [DN] soprano & piano, Kiss Me Again (Herbert)
Peter Logan's Hawaiians [CH] group instrumental, Māori Chimes (King)
D 6919a sa-d-06919-s01-pm PROG 4 part 1
Harry Wick's Trio [AK] group & Esme Stephens vocal, Life Could Be Beautiful
John McKenzie [AK] Novachord solo, So Would I
Sydney Ellis [DN] tenor & piano, Girls Were Made to Love and Kiss
Noel Hapgood [CH] saxophone solo & piano, Elegie
D 6919b sa-d-06919-s02-pm PROG 6 part 2
Peter Logan's Hawaiians [CH] group & female vocal, Don't Sing Aloha
William Clothier [WN] baritone & piano, O Primavera
Trevor Clark [CH] piano solo, Marigold (Mayerl)
The Rhythmaires [CH] jazz group & solo sax, Moonglow
D 6920a sa-d-06920-s01-pm PROG 6 part 1
Merv Coburn's Solitaires [CH] instrumental, You Were Meant For Me
Geoffrey de Latour [DN] baritone & piano, Lord I want to Be
E.P. Heevey solo piano accordion & piano, Invercargill March
Molly Atkinson [WN] contralto & piano, Homing (del Rigo)
D 6920b sa-d-06920-s02-pm PROG 5 part 2
Hawaiian Serenaders [DN] group & female vocal, Pagan Love Song
Jean MacPherson [WN] soprano & piano, With A Hey and a Hi and a HoHoHo
Derek Heiney Quartet [AK] instrumental, Night and Day (Berlin)
The Knaves [AK] vocal group, Swinging Behind the Doors
D6921a sa-d-06921-s01-pm PROG 7 part 1
Hawaiian Serenaders [DN] group & solo female, Māori Brown Eyes
Marion Waite [WN] soprano & piano, Dear Old Donegal
Geoffrey de Latour [DN] baritone & piano, Wade in de Water
Excelsior Piano Accordion Band [CH] band & solo female, The Gypsy (Reid)
D 6921b sa-d-06921-s02-pm PROG 8 part 1
Merv Coburn's Solitaires [CH] group & piano, There Must Be A Way
Stewart Harvey [AK] tenor & piano, Fulfillment (Russell)
Bill Hoffmeister [WN] piano solo, Serenade from Frasquita
Jacqueline Page [DN] soprano & piano, All The Things You Are (Kern)
D 6922a sa-d-06922-s01-pm PROG 7 part 2
John McKenzie [AK] Novachord solo, Come Back to Sorrento
John Parkin [WN] piano solo, Time on My Hands
Ashley Aitchison [DN] baritone & piano, I Travel the Road
Harry Wicks Trio [AK] group instrumentals, I Found a New Baby
D 6922b sa-d-06922-s02-pm PROG 8 part 2
Elaine Moody's Novelty Quartet [CH] instrumental, Wang Wang Blues
Arthur Downes [AK] baritone & piano, I Love Life (Zukar)
The Knaves [AK] vocal group, The Girl That I Marry (Berlin)
Dick Colvin and His Music [DN] band, I Love You
D 6923a sa-d-06923-s01-pm PROG 9 part 1
The Rhythmaires [DN] instrumental, My Heart Goes Crazy
The Knaves [AK] vocal group, All God's Chillun
Sydney Ellis [DN] baritone & piano, Gypsy Moon
Marion Waite [WN] soprano & piano, Kokomo Indiana
D 6923b sa-d-06923-s02-pm PROG 10 part 1
Derek Heiney Quintet [AK] group, The Way You Look Tonight
The Knaves [AK] vocal group, Little Brown Jug
Stuart Harvey baritone & piano, The Dreary Steppes
D 6924a sa-d-06924-s01-pm PROG 9 part 2
Trevor Clark [CH] solo piano, Rose Marie (Friml)
Arthur Downes [AK] baritone & piano, Yarmouth Fair (Warlock)
Jacqueline Page [DN] soprano & piano, Jealousy (Gade)
Elaine Moody's Novelty Quartet [CH] group instrumental, The Dreary Steppes
D 6924b sa-d-06924-s02-pm PROG 10 part 2
Marion Waite [WN] soprano & piano, Say That We're Sweethearts
Sydney Ellis [DN] tenor & piano, You're Mine
E.P. Heeny piano accordion solo & piano, Boston Two Step
Elaine Moody's Novelty Quartet [CH] group & solo female, Lady Be Good (Gershwin)
D 6925a sa-d-06925-s01-pm PROG 11 part 1 FINAL PROGRAMME
Merv Coburn's Solitaires [CH] group & male vocal, I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now
Vocal: Mack Oates
The Knaves [AK] vocal group, Grandfather's Clock
Harry Wick's Trio [AK] group, I Cried For You
D 6926 sa-d-06926-pm PROG 11 part 2
Arthur Downes [AK] baritone, She Shall Have Music
Molly Atkinson [WN], contralto Think On Me (Scott)
Stuart Harvey [AK] baritone, Preach Me Not Your Musty Rules (Arne)
Dick Colvin and His Band [DN] I Love You
NZ PRESENTS
NEW ZEALAND COMPOSERS' SERIES
This is a series of recitals featuring NZ composers and artists which seems to have originated at 1ZB. Composers were invited to contribute their own works - hundreds were received - and they were performed in the studio, in front of an audience, and were recorded live. The composer was frequently involved in the presentation but if that was not possible then local artists were invited to perform the works.
The recitals were part of the New Zealand Presents series. It seems that the programme played fortnightly on Sundays and was devoted to works by New Zealand composers. It played at 9pm. There are 6 programmes extant in this set - no clear indication of how many in total but possibly 12 (there is mention in one of it being the 11th).
In the listings below the composer's name is given first. Then the song title, then performer/s.
D 6912 sa-d-06912-pm 1.6.46 H15A. DUR: 15:32
Rosalind Martin "The Trail to the West". Alec Tilly (tenor) & piano, Esme Stephens & Mr Dale Alderton (AK) "Everything I Dream". Esme Stephens (soprano) & John McKenzie, piano
Francis Bennett "Valse Symphonique". Francis Bennett, piano Mr G.C.H. Moss (AK)
"Somewhere There's Someone Who Loves You". Joan Le Cru (soprano) & John McKenzie, piano
D 6913a sa-d-06913-s01-pm 1.6.46 H5A 6.10.46 DUR: 13:469
P.F. Soljeck "My Own New Zealand Home". Valerie Isbister (soprano) & piano James Stroud [Rotorua] "Dear Old Māori Moon". James Pearson (tenor) & piano Mary Hamutana/Mrs H Trevelyan-King [Auckland] "Huhi Huia". Valerie Isbister (soprano) & piano Henry Shirley [AK] "Thank God For New Zealand". John Bond (baritone) & Henry Shirley, piano
D 6914a sa-d-06914-s01-pm 18.8.46 DUR: 12:11
Barbara Hay [Rotorua] "All That's Past" (words by Walter de la Mere). Gay Williams (soprano) & Moya Cooper-Smith, piano Alan Ford [Whangarei] "Brown Eyes". Maurice Tansley (tenor) & Moya Cooper-Smith, piano Cushla Milroy [Hamilton] "Over The Hill". Words: Mrs O F Lamb. Gay Williams (soprano) & Moya Cooper-Smith, piano Harry Sparks [AK] "Old Man Shineshine, Old Man Gloom". Maurice Tansley (tenor) & Moya Cooper-Smith, piano
D 6914b a-d-06914-s02-pm 20.10.46 DUR: 11:49
Mr A.B. Skinner [Milford, AK] "Gypsy Rendezvous". James Pearson (tenor) & piano
Dorothea Franchi [AK] "Puppet Serenade". Dorothea Franchi, piano
William Flaherty [Takapuna, AK] " Sunday With You". Hazel Peele (soprano) & piano
Mr F.E. Coleman "Serenade" from The Spanish Student. (Words, Henry Longfellow). James Pearson (tenor) & piano
D 6915 Side 1 1.9.46 DUR 14:37
Harry Hiscocks "Medalis". (words by 'Hero' of Auckland) Maurice Tansley (tenor) & Moya Cooper-Smith, piano
David Sharp [Christchurch] "The Fairy Tale Parade". Hazel Peele & Moya Cooper-Smith, piano
Henry Shirley [AK] 'Patricia Dances". Henry Shirley, piano
Les Pearce [AK] "Rainbow Treasure Waltz". Maurice Tansley (teno r) & Moya Cooper-Smith, piano
D 6915b sa-d-06915-s01-pm 20.10.46 DUR 12:26
Rosalind Martin "Now The War Is Over". Hazel Peele (soprano); Peter Swan [Westport] "Street of Dreams"; James Pearson (tenor) & piano Mrs A. Burn [Mairangi Bay, AK] "I'm Longing To Adore You Again". Fraser Daly (tenor) & piano Alan Ford [Whangarei] "Freedom". Desmond Casey (baritone) & piano DOC (biographical notes on singer William Clothier. Located with 04/195 accessions)
Docs in 04 accessions files