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Performance TitleSt. Cecilia's Day Festival Concert, in aid of The Musicians' Benevolent Fund
Performance Date22 November 1948
Performance DayMonday
Performance Time19:30
Main PerformersIsobel Baillie,
George Pizzey - vocals,
Guilhermina Suggia - cello
Orchestra or BandLondon Symphony Orchestra,
Trumpeters of the Royal Military School of Music
ChoirsBBC Choral Society
ConductorsSir Malcolm Sargent,
Captain M Roberts
Set ListFanfare, 'Hot Potatoes', Ethel Smyth, (Trumpeters of The Royal Military School of Music),
'God Save the King', arr.Elgar, (BBC Choral Society, Trumpeters of The Royal Military School of Music),
'Festival Overture', Rubbra (Isobel Baillie, George Pizzey),
'Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Purcell', Britten,
'A Westminster Fanfare', Dorothy Howell (Trumpeters of The Royal Military School of Music),
'Cello Concerto in E Minor', Elgar (Guilhermina Suggia),
'Serenade to Music', Vaughan Williams (BBC Choral Society)
Royal PresenceHM Queen Elizabeth,
HRH Princess Margaret
Performance NotesThe Lady Jean Rankin and major Thomas Harvey were in attendance.
Related Archival MaterialProgramme (RAHE/1/1948/279)
Catalogue
Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/1/1948/279St.Cecilia's Day Festival Concert in aid of The Musicians' Benevolent Fund22 November 1948
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
Owsanyhiob_BielSt. Cecilia's Day Festival Concert, in aid of The Musicians' Benevolent Fund1
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/1218Baillie; Dame; Isobel (9 March 1895-24 September 1983); DBE; Scottish soprano singer
DS/UK/2690Pizzey; George (fl 1950s); English baritone, conductor
DS/UK/2458Suggia; Guilhermina (1885-1950); Portuguese cellist
DS/UK/130London Symphony Orchestra (LSO); 1904-; English orchestra
DS/UK/251Royal Military School of Music; 1857-; British military music school
DS/UK/894British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC); BBC Symphony Chorus; 1928-; British amateur chorus
DS/UK/67Sargent; Sir; Malcolm (29 April 1895-3 October 1967); English conductor and organist
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