Record

Performance TitleFlorence Nightingale Centenary Concert, in aid of The National Florence Nightingale Memorial Fund
Performance Date3 June 1954
Performance DayThursday
Performance Time19:30
Main PerformersEna Mitchell,
Pauline Brockless,
Alexander Young - vocals,
Dame Myra Hess - piano,
Michael Swallow - organ
Secondary PerformersHRH The Princess Royal
Orchestra or BandLondon Symphony Orchestra
ChoirsUnited Hospitals Festival Choir:
Acton Hospital Choir,
Brompton Chest Hospital Choir,
Brook Hospital Choir,
Brook General Hospital Choir,
Cane Hill Hospital Choir,
Central Middlesex Hospital Choir,
Charing Cross Hospital Choir,
Children's Hospital, Paddington Green Hospital Choir,
Deptford Hospital Choir,
Dulwich Hospital Choir,
Eastman Dental Clinic Hospital Choir,
Edgware General Hospital Choir,
Farnborough, Kent Hospital Choir,
Guy's Hospital Choir,
Hammersmith Hospital Choir,
Hampstead Hospital Choir,
Kings College Hospital Choir,
Kingston Hospital Choir,
Lambeth Hospital Choir,
Lewisham Hospital Choir,
The London Hospital Choir,
London Foot Hospital Choir,
Maudsley Hospital Choir,
Middlesex Hospital Choir,
Moorfields, Westminster and Central Eye Hospital Choir,
Nelson Hospital Choir,
Park Hospital Choir,
Plaistow Maternity Hospital Choir,
Postgraduate Medical School of London Hospital Choir,
Prince of Wales, Tottenham Hospital Choir,
Putney Hospital Choir,
Royal Cancer Hospital Choir,
Royal Dental Hospital Choir,
Royal Free Hospital Choir,
Royal London Homoeopathic Hospital Choir,
Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital Choir,
Royal Richmond Hospital Choir,
Royal Surrey County, Guildford Hospital Choir,
St. Anne's, Tottenham Hospital Choir,
St. Bartholomew's Hospital Choir,
St. Charles Hospital Choir,
St. Columbas Hospital Choir,
St. Francis, Dulwich Hospital Choir,
St. George's Hospital Choir,
St. Helier, Carshalton Hospital Choir,
St. James', Balham Hospital Choir,
St. John For Diseases of The Skin Hospital Choir,
St. Leonard's Hospital Choir,
St. Margaret's, Epping Hospital Choir,
St. Mark's Hospital Choir,
St. Mary Abbot Hospital Choir,
St. Mary's, Paddington Hospital Choir,
St. Olave's Hospital Choir,
St. Stephen's Hospital Choir,
St. Thomas's Hospital Choir,
Seamen's Hospital Choir,
Stanmore Cottage Hospital Choir,
South London Hospital Choir,
Hospital for Sick Children Hospital Choir,
University College Hospital Choir,
Victoria Hospital For Children Hospital Choir,
West London Hospital Choir,
West Middlesex, Isleworth, Hospital Choir,
Western Hospital Choir,
Westminster Hospital Choir,
Whittington Hospital Choir
ConductorsColin Ratcliffe
Set List'Academic Festival Overture, Op.80', Brahms,
'Piano Concerto in A Minor, Op.54', Schumann,
'Hymn of Praise', from Lobgesang, Mendelssohn (Mitchell, Brockless, Young, United Hospitals Festival Choir)
Royal PresenceHRH Princess Margaret, The Princess Royal
Performance NotesMrs Cuthbert was in attendance.
Related Archival MaterialProgramme (RAHE/1/1954/66)
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Catalogue
Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/1/1954/66Florence Nightingale Centenary Concert3 June 1954
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
Oinarioviom_BaihFlorence Nightingale Centenary Concert, in aid of The National Florence Nightingale Memorial Fund1
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/6433Mitchell; Ena (c1900s-1979); English soprano
DS/UK/9165Brockless; Pauline Dorothy (1929-); English soprano
DS/UK/9003Young; Alexander Basil (1920-2000); English tenor
DS/UK/1491Hess; Dame; Myra (1890-1965); DBE; British pianist
DS/UK/130London Symphony Orchestra (LSO); 1904-; English orchestra
DS/UK/9905Swallow; Michael (fl 1954); British organist
DS/UK/8943Princess Anne, The Princess Royal; Anne Elizabeth Alice Louise (1950-); British royal family member
DS/UK/8823Ratcliffe; Colin (fl 1953-1954); British conductor
DS/UK/7016Medici Choir; 1951-; British choir
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