New Zealand National Broadcasting Service. String Orchestra

Date: 1940

By: Magill, Paul John, 1920-2005; Parker, I W (Mr), active 1970s

Reference: Eph-A-MUSIC-1940

Description: Includes programmes featuring: [Undated] Musical recital by students of Miss M Johnston FTCL, assisted by Miss Olga Fryer, violiniste and Mrs Lionel Graham, soloist. Programme [1940s?] Auckland Choral Society. Handel's "Messiah". Town Hall Auckland. 14 December 1940. Programme. Centennial music competitions, choirs and string quartets dominion finals. Judge Mr Anderson Tyrer. Concert Chamber Town Hall Wellington. 2 August 1940. Souvenir programme. (2 copies) Dunedin Centennial Music Festival, presented under the auspices of the National Centennial Music Committee (includes "Elijah" by Mendelssohn; "Faust" by Gounod; Symphony concert, orchestral concert, chamber concert and final festival concert by Centennial Choir).With Isobel Baillie, Gladys Ripley, Raymond Beatty, Heddle Nash, Oscar Natzke, Frank Bermingham). Dunedin Town Hall. 11-20 May 1940. Souvenir programme (2 copies) Ignaz Friedman, eminent Polish pianist. Pianoforte recital. Civic Theatre [Christchurch?], 30 October 1940. Programme Masterton Orchestral Society. Second concert. Opera House Masterton, 16 October 1940. (With conductor Mr C W Kerry, soloist Mr R G Gilbert, male quartette Messrs Miller Hope, V Joseph, G Morgan, D J Irwin, pianist Miss G Greig, organist Mrs E Speight). Programme National Patriotic Fund. Celebrity concerts. Conductor Anderson Tyrer. Town Hall Wellington. 27 April - 1 May 1940. Souvenir programme (2 copies) Palmerston North Symphony Orchestra presents a celebrity concert in the Opera House on Tuesday 2nd July 1940. Assisting artists Frank Bermingham (bass baritone), Phyllis Ferguson (operatic soprano), Marie Moffatt (solo pianist). Hon Conductor Mr C L Mowlem. Programme. Popular orchestral & carol concert by the National Broadcasting Service String Orchestra and the 2YA Concert Orchestra (augmented) with full chorus. Conductor Andersen Tyrer; leader Maurice Clare, assisted by Nanette Andersen Tyrer, Heddle Nash, Ken Macaulay, and the St James' Anglican Boys' Choir conducted by Harry Brusey. Accompanist Clement Howe. Town Hall Wellington, 21 December [1940]. Programme St Patrick's Day celebrations. Grand concert. Town Hall Auckland. 18 March 1940. Programme. Thanksgiving song service. Combined church choirs ands Centennial Festival Symphony Orchestra. Conductor Anderson Tyrer. Centennial Music Week 24-29 June 1940. Programme. Quantity: 11 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Printed programmes, up to octavo size, some illustrated. Provenance: From various sources. Celebrity concert programmes donated by Mrs G R Baillie in 1976, and by Mr I W Parker in 1976. Thanksgiving song service programme donated by Mr Paul Magill in 2001; one item donated in 2015 by Morva Croxson from the estate of Robert J Matthews.

Date: 1941

Reference: Eph-A-MUSIC-1941

Description: Includes programmes featuring: British-American goodwill concert, under the patronage and in the presence of Her Excellency Lady Newall, sponsored by the British-American Co-Operation Movement in association with the English Speaking Union and the English Folk Association. (With the Victory troubadours, Ken Macauley, Jocelyn Walker, Molly Atkinson, Henri Penn's Bohemian Players). Town Hall Concert Chamber, 30 July 1941. Programme (2 copies) Zillah Castle. Pupils' concert. Nimmo's Hall Wellington, 1 December 1941. Programme Celebrity Concert Extraordinary (with Harold Williams (baritone), Ignaz Friedman (pianist), Andersen Tyrer (conductor) and the N.B.S. Orchestra). Town Hall, 18 December 1941. Proceeds for comforts for New Zealanders and Poles fighting in Libya. Programme (2 copies) Noel Coward concert. Opening attraction of the Victory Queen Carnival (with Heddle Nash, Andersen Tyrer, Maurice Clare, Mary Pratt, Sefton Daly, Clement Howe). Town Hall Wellington, 30 January 1941. Programme (2 copies) Oscar Natzke - Kenneth Neate concerts. Australia and New Zealand 1941. Programme no. 1 (2 copies) Oscar Natzke - Kenneth Neate concerts. Australia and New Zealand 1941. Programme no. 2 (2 copies) Oscar Natzke - Kenneth Neate concerts. Australia and New Zealand 1941. Programme no. 3 New Plymouth Choral Society. "Elijah". Opera House New Plymouth, 3 December 1941. Programme Ava Symons Memorial Cup. Brochure about the Memorial Cup to be offered by the Wellington Symphony Orchestra for the Open Violin Solo class over 16 years of age. A scholarship was also to be offered. Brochure shows a portrait of Ava Symons and a photograph of the Cup. Trentham Band night; a tribute form the Band to the boys overseas. Wellington Town Hall, 9 September 1941. Programme Wellington Pipe and Brass Bands' Association present the Victory Cavalcade. Basin Reserve Wellington, 7 December 1941. Official programme (bands, marching girls, a display by members of the Health and Beauty Movement under Betty Page). Wellington Primary Schools Music Festival. Town Hall Wellington, 21 October 1941. Programme. Quantity: 11 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Printed programmes, up to octavo size, some illustrated.

Date: 1943

Reference: Eph-A-MUSIC-1943

Description: Includes programmes featuring: Maurice Clare violin recital; at the piano Noel Newson. Radiant Hall [Christchurch], 18 December 1943]. Programme A concert of works by Douglas Lilburn to be held in Canterbury College Hall, 29 September 1943. Programme / flier (2 copies) Celebrity concert (by arrangement with the National Broadcasting Service. Ignaz Friedman, Andersen Tyrer. Grand Opera House, 7 February 1943. programme (2 copies) Auckland Watersiders' Silver Band. 1943-1944 programme for one of a series of Sunday concerts. Public Hospital, 27 June 1943. Concerts given by Marie Vandewart and Dorothy Davies, sometimes with Erika Schorss. Nimmo's Hall 12 April (2 copies), 16 June, 3 August, 21 September, and 9 November [1943]. Flier / programmes Invercargill Orchestral Society. First concert. Victoria Concert Chamber, 10 August 1943. Programme (2 copies) Invercargill Orchestral Society. Second concert. Victoria Concert Chamber, 16 November 1943. Programme Combined Te Kuiti and Otorohanga Choral Societies present Handel's "Messiah". With Mrs J Scott (soprano), Mrs R Woodward (contralto), Rev G M Yule (tenor), Mr B Williams (bass), Mrs J R Shaw (pianiste), Rev W E Moore (organist). Conductor Mr J Warnock Watson. Ritz Hall Te Kuiti, 11 December; Regent Theatre Otorohanga, 12 December 1943. Programme (2 copies) Otago University Musical Society, hon conductor Dr V E Galway. "King Estmere" and miscellaneous works. [Dunedin] Town Hall, 5 August 1943. programme Public concert. Andersen Tyrer conducting the N.B.S. String Orchestra, St Mary's College Girls' Choir, Inia Te Wiata, accompanist Frank Crowther. Grand Opera House, 18 July [1943?]. Programme St Mary's Church New Plymouth. Centennial Festival presentation of "The Messiah", by the choir of St Mary's Church and the New Plymouth Choral Society. 8 December 1943. Order of service Webbe School of Music. Diamond Jubilee [1883-1943]. Past and present pupils' reunion. Lewis Eady Hall, 27 October [1943]. Invitation card Quantity: 13 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Printed programmes, up to octavo size, some illustrated.

Date: 1930 - 1949

From: [Music and theatre programmes collected by Mr William Barsby. ca 1915-1967].

Reference: Eph-A-MUSIC-Barsby-1930/1949

Description: Includes: 1931: Concert in aid of Earthquake Fund organised by Madam Gower Burns and Mrs J C Holmes. Civic Theatre [Christchurch?], 22 February 1931. Programme 1933: Laurian Club for Chamber and Orchestral Music. Bach Beethoven and Brahms concert, assisting artiste Belle Renaut. Radiant Hall, 4 November 1933. Programme. (Christchurch) 1940: Celebrity concerts, National Patriotic Fund. Town Hall Wellington, 27 April and 1 May 1940. Programme. 1945: Wellington Training College Choral Society. Tenth annual recital. 6th October 1945. Programme. Wellington Chamber Music Society. Sixth concert, 15 and 18 October 1945. Programme. 1945-1952: Dunedin Returned Services' Choir. [Concert]. Conductor L B Borrow. (With Isobel Baillie, Invercargill Male Choir, Royal Dunedin Male Choir, and the Combined Male Choir). Programme. N.B.S. String Orchestra. Chamber Orchestral concert, Town Hall Concert Chamber Auckland, 5 November 1945. Programme (2 copies) 1947: Rosina Raisbeck. New Zealand concert season April-June 1947. Pianist Arline Lower. Programme (autographed) Royal Wellington Choral Union. "Messiah" (with Peggy Knibb,Mary Pratt, Bryan Drake and Alan Botting - all photographic portraits autographed). Wellington Town Hall, 13 December 1947. Programme. Ballet Rambert. "Casse-Noisette", "Lady into fox", "Death and the maiden", "Bar aux Folies Bergere". Australian-New Zealand tour 1947-48. St James Theatre Wellington, 26 June 1948. 1948: NZ Broadcasting Service and Otago Centennial Assocaition proudly present "Carmen". His Majesty's Theatre Dunedin, 27 May - 12 June 1948. Programme (2 copies) Christchurch Harmonic Society and National Orchestra. "Mass in B minor" (Isobel Baillie, Mary Pratt, Thomas E West, Bryan Drake). Christchurch Cathedral, 22-23 April 1948. Programme. 1949: Wellington Chamber Music Society. Fifth concert 1949. Concert Chamber, 9 November 1949. Programme (2 copies) Aleksandr Helmann. Recital programme (Auckland Town Hall written in ink on top right of programme cover). Quantity: 14 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Printed programmes up to octavo size Provenance: Collected by Mr William Barsby, former bass player in the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra. Donated by his daughter Mrs N B Wilkinson of Wellington in 1989.