Record

Performance TitleGrand French Concert, in aid of The French War Charities
Performance Date3 October 1916
Performance DayTuesday
Performance Time14:30
Main PerformersRosina Buckman,
Phyllis Lett,
Henri Leoni,
Thorpe Bates - vocals,
H L Balfour - organ
Secondary PerformersIrene Asdaile
Orchestra or BandMassed Bands of HM Brigade of Guards,
La Musique de la Garde Republicaine Band
ConductorsCaptain J Mackenzie Rogan,
Guillaume Balay
Set ListFrench National Air: 'La Marseillaise', Rouget de Lisle (Henri Leoni),
March et Cortege: 'La Reine de Saba', Gounod (Massed Bands of HM Brigade of Guards),
'Nobil Signor', Meyerbeer (Phyllis Lett),
Overture: 'Le Roi de Lahore', J Massenet (Massed Bands of HM Brigade of Guards),
Recit and Aria: 'E'en Bravest Heart May Swell' from Faust, Gounod (Thorpe Bates),
Suite: 'Les Deux Pigeons', A Messager (Band of Guard Republicaine),
Aria: 'One Fine Day' from Madame Butterfly, Puccini (Rosina Buckman)
INTERVAL
Overture: 'Macbeth', Arthur Sullivan (Massed Bands of HM Brigade of Guards),
'The Glory of the Sea', Sanderson (Phyllis Lett),
Selection: 'Samson et Delila', Saint-Saens (Band of Guard Republicaine),
'The Devout Lover', M V White (Thorpe Bates),
'Sweet as Her Roses', Cowen (Rosina Buckman),
'L'Armme Francaise Sur La Marne', G Balay (Band of Guard Republicaine),
'La Marseillase' (Massed Bands of HM Brigade of Guards),
'God Save the King', (National Anthem), (Band of Guard Republicaine)
Performance NotesMembers of the public were allowed, on payment, to watch the rehearsal for this concert.
Related Archival MaterialProgramme (RAHE/1/1916/35)
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Catalogue
Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/1/1916/35Grand Concert in aid of the French War Charities3 October 1916
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
OtapealafitefGrand French Concert, in aid of The French War Charities1
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/5236Massed Bands of HM Brigade of Guards (fl 1900s-)
DS/UK/2132Thorpe Bates; Thomas (1881-1958); FRAM FGSM; English singer
DS/UK/304Lett; Phyllis (fl 1909-1925); English contralto singer
DS/UK/1614Balfour; H L (28 October 1859-27 December 1946); British organist and teacher
DS/UK/4212MacKenzie-Rogan; John (1855-1931); British Senior Bandmaster of the Coldstream Guards
DS/UK/2564Band of the Garde Republicaine; fl 1802-1927; French Republican Guard band
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