Record

Performance TitleMadame Clara Butt and Mr Kennerley Rumford's Grand Annual Concert
Performance Date3 November 1904
Performance DayThursday
Performance Time20:00
Main PerformersMadame Clara Butt,
Mr Kennerley Rumford,
Alice Esty - vocals,
W H Squire - cello,
Frank Merrick - piano,
F A Sewell - organ
Secondary PerformersS Liddle - accompanist
Orchestra or BandLondon Symphony Orchestra
ConductorsDr. Frederic Cowen
Set ListOverture - 'Die Zauberflote', Mozart (The London Symphony Orchestra),
Aria - 'Ah fors e lui' (La Traviata), Verdi (Alice Esty),
New Song - 'It was an English Ladye Bright', Cyril B Rootham (Kennerley Rumford)
Aria - 'O Don Fatale', from Don Carlos, Verdi (Madame Clara Butt),
Cello solo - 'Andante, Concerto in D Major', Molique (W.H.Squire),
Song - 'The Mad Dog', Philip H Williams (Kennerley Rumford),
New Song - 'My ain Folk', Laura Lemon (Clara Butt),
Piano solo - 'Hungarian Fantasia', Liszt (Frank Merrick)
INTERVAL
'Air Slave and Variations' from Coppelia, Delibes (The London Symphony Orchestra),
Song - 'Good-bye', Tosti (Alice Esty),
Duet - 'Bella imago degli Dei' (Semiramide), Rossini (Clara Butt, Kennerley Rumford),
'Rustic Dance' from Four English Dances, Cowen (The London Symphony Orchestra),
New Song - 'The Sea Gipsy', C Willeby (Kennerley Rumford),
Song - 'The Yeomen of England' (Merrie England), E German (Kennerley Rumford),
Song - 'Abide With Me' (S Liddle, Clara Butt),
Overture - 'Euryanthe', Weber (The London Symphony Orchestra)
Performance NotesThe debut Royal Albert Hall performance of the London Symphony Orchestra.
Related Archival MaterialProgramme (RAHE/1/1904/6 - Photocopy)
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Catalogue
Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/1/1904/6Clara Butt and Kennerley Rumford's Grand Annual Concert3 November 1904
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
Ownaxoobyx_LigMadame Clara Butt and Mr.Kennerley Rumford's Grand Annual Concert1
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
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/1578Squire; William Henry' (8 August 1871-17 March 1963); ARCM; British cellist, composer, teacher
DS/UK/3843Sewell; F A (fl 1890s-1910s); British organist
DS/UK/130London Symphony Orchestra (LSO); 1904-; English orchestra
DS/UK/4211Cowen; Sir; Frederic Hymen (1852-1935); British pianist, conductor, composer
DS/UK/4448Esty; Alice (1864-1935); American-born operatic soprano
DS/UK/4449Merrick; Frank (1886-1981); English pianist
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