Record

Performance TitleSunday Concert - Clara Butt Concert, in aid of Butt-Rumford Fund (to aid Artists affected by the War)
Performance Date4 May 1919
Performance DaySunday
Main PerformersMadame Clara Butt,
Mr Kennerley-Rumford - vocals
Secondary PerformersMiss Grace Torrens - piano,
Mr H L Balfour -organ
Orchestra or BandThe Massed Bands:
HM Coldstream Guards,
HM Irish Guards,
HM Welsh Guards
ChoirsThe Royal Choral Society
ConductorsMajor Mackenzie Rogan (Coldstream Guards)
Mr C H Hassell (Irish Guards),
Mr Andrew Harris (Welsh Guards),
Mr H L Balfour
Set List'When the Swallows Homeward Fly', M V White (Kennerley-Rumford),
'Yeomen of England', Ed. German (Kennerley-Rumford),
Overure: 'Carnaval', Glazounow (Massed Bands),
Recit and Aia: 'Ombra Mai fFi' from Xerxes, Handel (Massed Bands),
Chorus: 'O Gladsome Light' from Golden Legend, Sullivan (Royal Choral Society),
'The Sea Volunteer's Song', Grace Torrens (Kennerley-Rumford),
Graceful Dance from 'Incidental Music to Henry VIII', Sullivan (Masses Bands),
Song and Chorus: 'Have You News of My Boy Jack?', E German (Clara Butt),
Chorus: 'Hallelujah' from Messiah, Handel (Royal Choral Society, Massed Bands)
Related Archival MaterialProgrammes (RAHE/1/1919/27), (RAHE/1/1919/91/SC)
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Catalogue
Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/1/1919/27Clara Butt Concert4 May 1919
RAHE/1/1919/91/SCSpecial Sunday Concerts - Clara Butt Concert, in aid of Butt-Rumford Fund (to aid Artists affected by the War)4 May 1919
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
OoholotainidiomSpecial Sunday Concerts19199
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/5859Harris; Andrew (fl 1910s-1931); Captain; British band master of the Welsh Guards
DS/UK/167Butt; Dame; Clara (1 February 1872-23 January 1936); DBE; English contralto singer
DS/UK/177Rumford; Robert Kennerley (2 September 1870-9 March 1957); English baritone singer
DS/UK/2429British Army; The Band of the Coldstream Guards; 1785-; British army band
DS/UK/4212MacKenzie-Rogan; John (1855-1931); British Senior Bandmaster of the Coldstream Guards
DS/UK/1958Hassell; Charles H. (fl 1915-1929); Lieut; British Director of Music, Band of The Irish Guards
DS/UK/2813British Army; The Band of the Irish Guards; 1900-; British military band
DS/UK/553British Army; Band of the Welsh Guards; 1915-; Welsh military band
DS/UK/1614Balfour; H L (28 October 1859-27 December 1946); British organist and teacher
DS/UK/49Royal Choral Society (RCS); 1872-; English choir
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