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Performance TitleSaturday Night Proms - First Concert
Performance Date3 November 1923
Performance DaySaturday
Performance Time19:45
Main PerformersDora Labbette -vocal,
Mark Hambourg - piano
H L Balfour - organ
Secondary PerformersHarold Craxton
Orchestra or BandRoyal Albert Hall Orchestra
ConductorsSir Landon Ronald
Set ListRecital on Grand Organ (H L Balfour),
Overture: 'The Mastersingers', Wagner (Royal Albert Hall Orchestra),
Aria: 'Rose Softly Blooming', Spohr (Dora Labbette),
'Minuet', Boccherini (Royal Albert Hall Orchestra),
'Piano Concerto in B Flat', Tchaikovsky (Mark Hambourg),
Prelude: 'L'Apres-Midi D'un Faune', Debussy (Royal Albert Hall Orchestra),
'Peer Gynt Suit', Grieg (Royal Albert Hall Orchestra),
Songs: 'O Tell Me Nightingale', Liza Lehmann (Dora Labbette),
'At The Well', R Hagemann (Dora Labbette),
Symphonic Poem: 'Le Rouet d'Omphale', Saint-Saens (Royal Albert Hall Orchestra),
Competition Item
Performance NotesSmoking was permitted in all parts of the Hall.
Related Archival MaterialProgramme (RAHE/1/1923/41)
Ticket Prices1s-5s
Catalogue
Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/1/1923/41Sunday Night 'Proms' (Under the direction of Sir Landon Ronald)3 November 1923
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
IfabidoripasSaturday Night Proms10
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/194Ronald; Sir; Landon (1873-1938); English conductor, composer, pianist, singing teacher and administrator
DS/UK/228Royal Albert Hall; Royal Albert Hall Orchestra; 1915-c1931; Orchestra
DS/UK/1614Balfour; H L (28 October 1859-27 December 1946); British organist and teacher
DS/UK/169Hambourg; Mark (1 June 1879-26 August 1960); Russian-born British concert pianist
DS/UK/1580Labbette; Dora (1898-1984); English soprano
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