Record

Performance TitlePaul Robeson Recital
Performance Date18 March 1949
Performance DayFriday
Performance Time19:30
Main PerformersPaul Robeson - vocal,
Lionel Bowman - piano
Secondary PerformersLawrence Brown - piano
Set List'Over The Mountains' (Old English), arr. Quilter,
'Invocazione De Orfeo' (Old Italian), Peri,
'L'Amour De Moi',
'O Isis and Osiris' from Die Zauberflote, Mozart,
'Creation Hymn', Beethoven
ENCORE
'Oh, No, John'

'Passing By', E C Purcell,
'Rhapsody in B Minor, Op.79, No.1', Brahms (Lionel Bowman),
'Rhapsody in G Minor, Op.79, No.2', Brahms (Lionel Bowman),
'Lord God of Abraham' from Elijah, Mendelssohn,
Excerpt, 'Boris Godounov', Moussorgsky,
'The Silent Room', Moussorgsky,
'Vi Azoi Lebt Der Keiser'
ENCORE
'Water Boy', arr. Robinson

'Ma Curly Headed Baby', Clutsam,
'Just A Wearyin' For You', Carrie Jacobs Bond,
'Nocturne in B Major', Chopin (Lionel Bowman),
'Ballade in A Flat', Chopin (Lionel Bowman)
ENCORE
'Impromptu In C Sharp Minor', Chopin (Lionel Bowman)

'Impromptu in A Flat Major', Chopin (Lionel Bowman),
'Swing Low, Sweet Chariot', arr. Lawrence Brown,
'Ev'ry Time A Feel De Spirit', arr. Lawrence Brown,
'Dere's A Man', arr. Lawrence Brown,
'Joshua Fit De Battle of Jericho', arr. Lawrence Brown
ENCORE
'Canoe Song' from Sanders of The River,
'I Just Suits Me', Kern,
'Four Insurgent Generals',
'From Border to Border', Dzeninsky,
'Hassidic Chant',
'Loch Lomond',
'Ole Man River' from Show Boat, Kern
Related Archival MaterialProgramme (RAHE/1/1949/77),
Handbill (RAHE/6/1949/1)
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Catalogue
Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/1/1949/77Paul Robeson Recital18 March 1949
RAHE/6/1949/1Paul Robeson Recital18 March - 7 April 1949
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
Eatamietyl_BowlPaul Robeson Recital1
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/307Robeson; Paul Leroy (1898-1976); American singer, actor and Civil Rights activist
DS/UK/8386Bowman; Lionel (fl 1940s-1950s); British pianist
DS/UK/2215Brown; Lawrence (1893-1972); American pianist, composer, arranger of African-American folk songs
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