Record

Performance TitleLondon Ballad Concerts (Fifty-Third Season 1918-1919) - Second Concert
Performance Date12 October 1918
Performance DaySaturday
Performance Time14:30
Main PerformersFlora Woodman,
Megan Foster,
Phyllis Lett,
Astra Desmond,
Herbert Cave,
Ivor Foster,
Charles Till - vocals,
J A Meale - organ,
Melsa - violin
Secondary PerformersS Liddle,
Harold Samuel
ChoirsThe Gresham Singers
Set ListOrgan Solo: 'Paean', Julius Harrison (J A Meale),
'Autumn', C Alison-Crompton (Astra Desmond),
'As You Pass By', Kennedy Russell (Herbert Cave),
Violin Soli: 'Romanza Andaluz', Sarasate (Melsa),
'Valse Caprice', Wieniaski (Melsa),
'A Pastoral' (Carey), arr H Wilson Wilson (Flora Woodman),
'O Mistress Mine' (Three Shakespeare Songs), Roger Quilter (Ivor Foster),
'Blow, Blow, Thou Winter Wind' (Three Shakespeare Songs), Roger Quilter (Ivor Foster),
'The Pearl Cross', Charles Marshall (Phyllis Lett),
Madrigal: 'Down in a Flow'ry Vale', Festa (The Gresham Singers),
'The Toast', W H Squire (Charles Till),
'The Pretty Ploughbuy', arr. A E Grimshaw (Megan Foster),
'The Leaves and the Wind', Franco Leoni (Megan Foster)
INTERVAL
Organ Solo: 'Grand Choeur', Alfred Hollins (J A Meale),
New Song: 'Brave Songs we sing', Gustave Ferrari (Astra Desmond),
New Song: 'The Rose of Perfect Love', Wilfrid Sanderson (Herbert Cave),
Violin Soli: 'Poem', Fibich (Melsa),
'Zephir', Hubay (Melsa),
'Don't Hurry', Wilfrid Sanderson (Flora Woodman)
''Friend O' Mine', Wilfrid Sanderson (Ivor Foster),
'In Haven' (Sea Pictures), Phyllis Lett (Phyllis Lett),
'Where Corals Lie' (Sea Pictures), Phyllis Lett (Phyllis Lett),
Part-Song: 'The Long Day Closes', Arthur Sullivan (The Gresham Singers),
'Come Into The Garden, Maud', Arthur Somervel (Charles Till),
'Bird of Love Divine', Haydn Wood (Megan Foster)
Related Archival MaterialProgramme (RAHE/1/1918/42),
Handbill (RAHE/6/1918/23)
Catalogue
Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/1/1918/42The London Ballad Concert (53rd Season) - Second Concert12 October 1918
RAHE/6/1918/23The London Ballad Concert (53rd Season) - Second Concert12 October 1918
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
Cvabowniohit_DThe London Ballad Concerts (53rd Season)11
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/309Woodman; Flora (fl 1914-1930); Scottish soprano singer
DS/UK/1575Foster; Megan (fl 1917-1920s); English soprano singer
DS/UK/304Lett; Phyllis (fl 1909-1925); English contralto singer
DS/UK/1568Desmond; Astra (1893-1973); British contralto singer
DS/UK/1555Cave; Herbert (fl 1890-1930); English tenor
DS/UK/1554Foster; Ivor (1 March 1870-29 March 1959); Welsh singer baritone
DS/UK/1571The Gresham Singers (fl 1917-1937)
DS/UK/1743Meale; J. Arthur (fl 1916-1920s); English organist
DS/UK/5428Till; Charles (fl 1917-1918); British singer
DS/UK/191Melsa; Daniel (fl 1913-1922); Russian-Jewish violinist
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