Record

Performance TitleLondon Sunday School Choir - Evening Concert
Performance Date13 February 1904
Performance DaySaturday
Performance Time18.30
Main PerformersKate Cherry,
Kirkby Lunn,
Ben Davies - vocals,
Horace G Holmes - organ,
Mary Layton - pianoforte
Orchestra or BandThe London Sunday School Orchestra
ChoirsThe London Sunday School Choir (1000 voices)
ConductorsW M Whiteman,
David M Davis
Set ListHymn, 'All hail the Power of Jesu's Name!', W Shrubsole,
Anthem, 'The Wilderness', Sir John Goss,
Selection, 'Andante Religioso', Thome,
Recit and Air, 'I Will Extol Thee' ('Eli'), Costa (Kate Cherry),
Anthem, 'Send Out Thy Light', Dr Henry Miles,
Recit and Air, 'In Native Worth', ('Creation'), Haydn (Ben Davies),
Motett - 'Hear My Prayer', Mendelssohn,
Song 'The Sovereignty of God', F Allitsen (Kirkby Lunn, Horace G Holmes),
Organ Obbligato,
Chorus, 'Sing unto God' (Judas Maccabaeus), Handel
INTERVAL
Overture, Light Cavalry', Suppe,
Part Song, 'A Wet Sheet and a Flowing Sea', H R Evans,
Song, 'By Golden Hours', R Batten (Kate Cherry),
Part Song, 'How Sweet the Moonlight', H Leslie,
Song, 'In Sympathy', F Leoni (Ben Davies),
Chorus, 'With a Laugh' ('May Queen'), Sterndale Bennett,
March, 'Le Prophete', Meyerbeer,
Song, 'Questions', W H Squire, (Kirkby-Lunn),
Part Song, 'The Maiden of the Fleur-de-Lys', E A Sydenham,
Chorus, 'A Song of Peace', Sullivan,
National Anthem
Performance NotesFull reports of the concert were published in The Sunday School Chronicle (18 February 1904) and The Nonconformist Musical Journal (March 1904).

The Daily Telegraph (15 February 1904) reported that 7,000 people attended the concert.
Related Archival MaterialProgramme (RAHE/1/1904/2)
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Catalogue
Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/1/1904/2Evening Concert - London Sunday School Choir and Orchestra13 February 1904
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
IololedadinoidLondon Sunday School Choir - Evening Concert1
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/3854Cherry; Kate (fl 1900); British soprano singer
DS/UK/1655Lunn; Louise Kirkby (1873-1930); English contralto
DS/UK/1616Davies; Ben (1858-1943); Welsh tenor
DS/UK/1693Holmes; Horace G. (fl 1904-1928); J.P; English organist
DS/UK/414London Sunday School Choir; 1871-; English choir
DS/UK/4396Layton; Mary (1849-1929); English organist, pianist
DS/UK/4756London Sunday School Orchestra; 1885-1920s
DS/UK/1694Whiteman; William (fl 1890s-1900s); English conductor
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