Record

Performance TitleRichard Tauber Memorial Concert
Performance Date20 February 1948
Performance DayFriday
Performance Time19:00
Main PerformersDavid Franklin - speaker,
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf,
Constance Shacklock - vocals,
Herbert Dawson - organ,
Rawicz and Landauer - pianos
Secondary PerformersPercy Kahn - piano
Orchestra or BandBBC Theatre Orchestra
ChoirsLuton Girls' Choir
ConductorsSir Adrian Boult,
Walter Goehr,
George Melachrino
Set List'Solemn Melody', Walford Davies,
'Alleluja' (Exultate Jubilate), Mozart (Luton Girls' Choir),
'Symphony No.8 in B Minor' (Unfinished)(2nd Movt), Schubert,
'We Know No Thought of Vengeance Within These Temple Walls' from The Magic Flute, Mozart (David Franklin),
'Gretchen am Spinnrad', Schubert (Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Percy Kahn),
'Nacht Und Traume', Schubert (Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Percy Kahn),
'Voices of Spring', J Strauss (Rawicz and Landauer),
Scherzo, 'Sunshine Suite', R Tauber,
'Ballade for Orchestra', R Tauber,
'My Heart and I' (Old Chelsea), R Tauber (Luton Girls' Choir),
Overture, 'Rosamunde', Schubert,
'Ah, 'Tis Gone, 'Tis Gone Forever' from The Magic Flute, Mozart (Elisabeth Schwarzkopf),
'Then Come My Heart's Delight' from The Marriage of Figaro, Mozart (Elisabeth Schwarzkopf),
'Rosenkavalier' (Finale-Act II), R Strauss (David Franklin, Constance Shacklock),
'Hungarian Rhapsody No.2', Liszt (Rawicz and Landauer),
'Overture' from Die Fledermaus, J Strauss,
'You Are My Heart's Delight' (Land of Smiles), Lehar (Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Luton Girls' Choir, Herbert Dawson),
'God Save the King'
Related Archival MaterialProgramme (RAHE/1/1948/51)
Catalogue
Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/1/1948/51Richard Tauber Memorial Concert20 February 1948
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
Csakieviob_BiobRichard Tauber Memorial Concert1
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/6848Franklin; David (1908-1973); British bass, broadcaster
DS/UK/7725Schwarzkopf; Dame; Elisabeth (1915-2006); DBE; British soprano
DS/UK/1560Shacklock; Constance (1913-1999); OBE; English contralto
DS/UK/2452Dawson; Herbert (fl 1914-1930s); English organist
DS/UK/2671Rawicz and Landauer (1932-1970)
DS/UK/200Kahn; Percy B. (1880-1966); English composer, pianist
DS/UK/1151British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC); BBC Concert Orchestra; 1931-; British orchestra
DS/UK/7728Luton Girls' Choir; fl 1940s-1950s; English choir
DS/UK/358Boult; Sir; Adrian (8 April 1889-22 February 1983); CH; English conductor
DS/UK/1480Goehr; Walter (1903-1960); German composer, conductor
DS/UK/6721Melachrino; George (1909-1965); English musician, film music composer, musical director
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