Record

Performance TitleSpecial Sunday Concerts (1931-1932 Season) - Robeson and Vronsky
Performance Date13 December 1931
Performance DaySunday
Performance Time15:00
Main PerformersPaul Robeson - vocal,
Vitya Vronsky - piano
Secondary PerformersLawrence Brown - piano accompanist
Set ListPiano Soli: 'Sonette Del Petrarca', Liszt (Vronsky),
Piano Soli: 'Rigoletto Paraphrase', Liszt (Vronsky),
'Sinner,Please Doan' Let Dis Harves' Pass', arr. H T Burleigh (Paul Robeson),
'On Ma Journey', arr. Edward Boatner (Paul Robeson),
'Water Boy', arr. A Robinson (Paul Robeson),
'Exhortation', W Marion Cook (Paul Robeson),
'Weepin' Mary', arr. H T Burleigh (Paul Robeson),
'I Want to Be Ready', arr. H T Burleigh (Paul Robeson),
'My Prayer', Alexandre Gambs (Paul Robeson),
'The Captive', Gretchaninov (Paul Robeson),
Piano Soli: 'Ballade in G Minor' Chopin, (Vronsky),
Piano Soli: 'Berceuse', Chopin (Vronsky),
Piano Soli: 'Soiree De Vienne', Strauss-Grunfeld (Vronsky),
'Were You There?', arr. H T Burleigh (Paul Robeson),
'Goin'To Ride Up in De Chariot', arr. Lawrence Brown (Paul Robeson),
'Steal Away', arr. Lawrence Brown (Paul Robeson),
'Ol' Man River', Jerome Kern (Paul Robeson)
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Related Archival MaterialProgramme (RAHE/1/1931/87)
Catalogue
Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/1/1931/87Special Sunday Concerts - Paul Robeson, Assisted by Vitya Vronsky13 December 1931
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
EasatarepipoidSpecial Sunday Concerts (1931-1932 Season)13
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/307Robeson; Paul Leroy (1898-1976); American singer, actor and Civil Rights activist
DS/UK/366Vronsky; Vitya (1909-1992); Russian pianist
DS/UK/2215Brown; Lawrence (1893-1972); American pianist, composer, arranger of African-American folk songs
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