Performance TitleLondon Ballad Concerts (Fiftieth Season 1915-1916) - Eighth Concert
Performance Date26 February 1916
Performance DaySaturday
Performance Time15:00
Main PerformersCarrie Tubb,
Flora Woodman,
Astra Desmond,
Phyllis Lett,
Ida Kiddier,
Philip Ritte,
Ivor Foster,
Norman Williams,
Topliss Green - vocals,
W H Squire - violoncello
J Hurst Bannister - organ
Secondary PerformersS Liddle - accompanist
ChoirsThe Westminster Singers
Set ListOrgan Solo (J Hurst Bannister),
'Temple Bells' (Four Indian Love Lyrics), Amy Woodforde-Finden (Astra Desmond),
'Till I Wake' (Four Indian Love Lyrics), Amy Woodforde-Finden (Astra Desmond),
New Song: 'Katie's Answer', H Arnold Smith (Topliss Green),
'A Fairy's Love Song' (Songs of the Hebrides), M Kennedy-Fraser (Flora Woodman),
'Kishmul's Galley' (Songs of the Hebrides), M Kennedy-Fraser (Flora Woodman),
Glee: 'The Foresters', Bishop (The Westminster Singers),
Song: 'Tired Hands', Wilfrid Sanderson (Ivor Foster),
Violoncello Solo: 'Meditation in C', W H Squire (W H Squire),
'What Shall I Say?', Gerald Grayling (Carrie Tubb),
'Speak, Music', Edward Elgar (Philip Ritte),
New Song: 'A Golden Ray of Gladness', T Wilkinson Stephenson (Phyllis Lett),
'To the Forest', Tchaikovsky (Norman Williams),
'Bright is the Ring of Word' (Songs of Travel), R Vaughan Williams (Ida Kiddier),
'The Roadside Fire' (Songs of Travel), R Vaughan Williams (Ida Kiddier),
New Duet: 'From Oberon in Fairyland', Ernest Newton (Flora Woodman, Astra Desmond)
INTERVAL
Round: 'Poor Thomas Day', Harrington (The Westminster Singers),
'They Cannot Kill the Soul' (Flemish Folk-Songs), arr. Jan Broeck (Astra Desmond),
'Little Brother's Lullaby' (Flemish Folk-Songs), arr. Jan Broeck (Astra Desmond),
'The Last Call', Wilfrid Sanderson (Topliss Green),
'The Little Damozel', Ivor Novello (Flora Woodman),
'The Melody of Home', T Wilkingson Stephenson (Ivor Foster),
Violincello Soli: 'Alsatian Melody', Popper (W H Squire),
'Papillons' (W H Squire),
'Grace for Light' (Six Songs of Ireland), Hamilton Harty (Carrie Tubb),
'At Sea' (Six Songs of Ireland), Hamilton Harty (Carrie Tubb),
'Silence and Song', Gerald Grayling (Philip Ritte),
'Battle Hymn', Charles Marshall (Phyllis Lett),
'The Watchman', W H Squire (Norman Williams),
'Life's Morning', Tchaikovsky (Ida Kiddier),
Part-Song: 'Twilight', Harper Kearton (The Westminster Singers)
Related Archival MaterialProgramme (RAHE/1/1916/9), Handbill
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Catalogue
Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/1/1916/9The London Ballad Concert (50th Season) - Eighth Concert26 February 1916
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
OramomooditexThe London Ballad Concerts (Fiftieth Season)9
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/5280Kiddier; Ida (fl 1916-1917); Singer
DS/UK/189Tubb; Carrie (17 May 1876-20 September 1976); English soprano singer
DS/UK/309Woodman; Flora (fl 1914-1930); Scottish soprano singer
DS/UK/304Lett; Phyllis (fl 1909-1925); English contralto singer
DS/UK/2231The Westminster Singers; fl 1907-1922; English choir
DS/UK/4171Ritte; Philip (1871-1954); British tenor
DS/UK/1554Foster; Ivor (1 March 1870-29 March 1959); Welsh singer baritone
DS/UK/2514Williams; Norman (fl 1912-1930); British singer bass
DS/UK/1568Desmond; Astra (1893-1973); British contralto singer
DS/UK/202Topliss; Green (fl 1915-1931); English bass-baritone singer
DS/UK/4861Bannister; Joseph Hurst (19 November 1882-2 August 1942); British organist
DS/UK/1578Squire; William Henry' (8 August 1871-17 March 1963); ARCM; British cellist, composer, teacher
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