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Performance TitleThe Glasgow Orpheus Choir Concert
Performance Date24 September 1945
Performance DayMonday
Performance Time19:00
Main PerformersBetty Watson,
Jean Houston,
Maxwell Kennedy,
Alexander Mackay - vocals
Secondary PerformersA J Gourlay - piano
ChoirsThe Glasgow Orpheus Choir
ConductorsHugh S Roberton
Set ListScottish Psalm Tune, 'Kedron', arr. Hugh S Roberton,
German Folk Song, 'In Silent Night', arr. Brahms,
English Folk Song, 'The Turtle Dove', arr. Ralph Vaughan Williams,
Scottish Folk Song, 'Bonnie Dundee', arr. Hugh S Roberton,
Songs, 'Ca' The Yowes', arr. Hugh S Roberton (Betty Watson),
'Come Owre The Stream Charlie', arr. Moffat (Betty Watson),
Motet, 'Judge Me, O God', Mendelssohn,
Choral Song, 'All in The April Evening', Hugh S Roberton,
Choral Song, 'The Blue Bird', C V Stanford,
Solo and Chorus, 'Hiawatha's Farewell', S Coleridge-Taylor (Alexander Mackay),
'Land O'Heart's Desire' (Alexander Mackay),
'Uist Tramping Song' (Alexander Mackay),
Part Song, 'Mice And Men', arr. Hugh S Roberton,
Highland Folk Song, 'The Isle of Mull', arr. Hugh S Roberton,
Highland Folk Song, 'The Herdmaiden's Song', arr. Hugh S Roberton,
Choral Dance, 'The Dashing White Sergeant', arr. Hugh S Roberton,
'Deirdre's Farewell To Scotland' (Jean Houston).
'Lewis Bridal Song' (Jean Houston),
Lowland Folk Song, 'O Can Ye Sew Cushions?', arr. Granville Bantock,
Choral Song, 'The Cloths of Heaven', Hugh S.Roberton,
Lowland Folk Song, 'The Flowers O' THe Forest', arr.Lambeth,
Choral Dance, 'Mairi's Wedding', arr. McConochie,
'O Love Will Venture In', arr. Diack (Maxwell Kennedy),
'Corn Riggs', arr. Moffat (Maxwell Kennedy),
Chorale, 'O Light of Life', Bach,
Choral Song, 'Loveliest of Trees', Hugh S Roberton,
Chorale, 'On Jordan's Banks', arr. Max Bruch
Related Archival MaterialProgramme (RAHE/1/1945/157)
Catalogue
Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/1/1945/157The Glasgow Orpheus Choir24 September 1945
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
OihanemokifowxThe Glasgow Orpheus Choir Concert1
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/2959Glasgow Orpheus Choir; 1906-1951; Scottish choir
DS/UK/1950Robertson; Sir; Hugh S. (1874-1952); Scottish composer, choral-master
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