| Main Performers | Iain MacDonald Murray - pipe-major
500 children - dancers,
800 children - pageant performers |
| Secondary Performers | Dr Thalben Ball - organ,
Miss E Janet Evans - piano |
| Orchestra or Band | Orchestra of 150 children and teachers |
| Conductors | Mr J Hutton,
Miss E E M Willis,
Mr R Jacques,
Joseph Jones,
Mr R Matthews,
Mr W Meaton,
Mr F T Rosser |
| Set List | National Anthem: 'God Save the King'
Unison Song: 'England', Parry,
Unison Song: 'Here's A Health Unto His Majesty', John Saville,
Unison Song: 'My Loves' An Arbutus', Stanford,
Unison Song: 'The Road To The Isles' (Songs of the Hebrides), Kennedy-Fraser,
Orchestra: 'Minuet From''Berenice'', Handel,
'Bourree', Handel,
'Eine Kleine Nachtmusik' (1st Movt), Mozart,
Unison Song: 'Nymphs and Shepherds', Purcell,
Two-Part Song: 'The Pedlar of Dreams', W G Alcock,
Unison Song: 'O Dear! What Can The Matter Be?', arr. Geoffrey Shaw,
Country Dancing: 'Processional',
'Garland Dance',
'Mge-On-A-Cree',
'Ribbon Dance',
'Vivat! George The King', Peter Rex,
Nautical March: 'Britannia,The Pride of The Ocean', E.Binding
INTERVAL
Unison Song: 'I Love My God and He Loves Me', Ernest Bullock,
Unison Song : 'Sweet Nightingale', arr.S.Baring Gould, Cecil J Sharp,
Two-Part Song: The Ride of The Witch',''The Hag'', Charles Wood,
Unison Song: 'Bingo', arr. Cecil J Sharp,
Pipe Band: 'Lubin Loo',
'Dickory, Dickory,Dock',
'Twinkle,Twinkle',
'Sweet If You Love Me',
J'ai Un Bon Tabac',
Now The Day is Over',
Unison Song: 'Where'er You Walk' from Semele, Handel,
Two-Part Song: 'Lullaby', ''In Hammersbach'', Elgar,
Unison Song: 'Brother James' Air', ''Marosa'', arr. Gordon Jacob,
Commonwealth Pageant, 'Jerusalem' (Parry) |
| Performance Notes | Mr R Callender,
Miss M Bonner - directors of dancing.
"3,000 CHILDREN TO THANK QUEEN MARY.
ALBERT HALL PROGRAMME.
About 3,000 London schoolchildren are to say "Thank You" with songs, dancing and music, in the Albert Hall on Saturday for having been given the chance to see the Coronation procession. Queen Mary will receive their thanks at the performance.
An audience of 8,000 will demonstrate its opinion of the show at a dress rehearsal on Friday.
Musical items, massed singing, orchestral playing, and a Pageant of Empire will form the programme. A children's choir of 1,650 voices will sing to the accopaniment of a children's orchestra of more than 200 performers. This will be the first occassion on which a massed schoolchildren's choir has sung in the Albert Hall with its own children's orchestra."
(The Daily Telegraph, 30 September 1937)
"Queen Mary so enjoyed the children's concert at the Albert Hall on Saturday that she stayed throughout the two-hour programmes, instead of for only an hour, as she had intended...
Queen Mary received an illuminated programme from Eileen Baker, 12, representing North London schools. Patsy Gladding, six, of Beaufort House, representing South London, presented a bouquet of her Majesty's favourite pink carnations."
(The Daily Telegraph, 4 October 1937)
The Queen was attended by the Dowager Lady Ampthill and Lt.-Colonel Sir Reginald Seymour. |
| Related Archival Material | Programme (RAHE/1/1937/57) |