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Performance TitleCeremony and Conversazione to Celebrate the Laying of the Foundation Stone for the 'National Training School for Music
Performance Date18 December 1873
Performance DayThursday
Performance Time12:30
Main PerformersHRH the Duke of Edinburgh,
Major-General F Eardley-Wilmot (Chairman of the Council fo the Society of Arts),
Lieutenant H H Cole RE,
Rev. Canon Brookfield (Her Majesty's Chaplain in Ordinary) - speakers

Madame Lemmens Sherrington,
Miss Antionette Sterling - vocals
Set List12:30 Assembly of Guests and arrival of HRH the Duke of Edinburgh,
12:35 Ceremony to Lay the Foundation Stone and time capsule (HRH the Duke of Edinburgh, Major-General F Eardley-Wilmot) followed by showing models and plans of the building (Lieutenant H H Cole RE), and prayer (Rev. Canon Brookfield)

Society of Arts Conversazione:
20:30 Procession to Stage (HRH the Duke of Edinburgh, Council of the Society of Arts and Council of the Royal Albert Hall),
'God Save the Queen' (The National Anthem),
Speech and Vote of Thanks to the Society of Arts (HRH the Duke of Edinburgh)
Royal PresenceHRH the Duke of Edinburgh
Performance Notes"The stone was suspended in the usual manner in a marquee floored with red cloth, and connected by a covered way with the west portico of the Albert Hall. Before half past 12 the ante-chamber of the portico was filled with members of the Councils of the Society of Arts, of the Commission of the Great Exhibition of 1851, and of the Albert Hall. There were also present, as will be seen from the list we give, many of the leading members of the musical world...
The Royal Albert Hall, agreed to provide a small theatre and some rooms for a library. It is therefore contemplated to connect the building with the Albert Hall by means of a bridge and to have an arcade from the Kensington Road, giving a passage under cover to the school."
(The Times, 19 December 1873)


Before the stone was lowered a bible, coins, The Times newspaper of the days etc. were deposited under the stone before it was lowered by HRH the Duke of Edinburgh and Mr James Waller, the builder. The laying of the foundation stone by HRH Duke of Edinburgh, was followed by a 'conversazione' (at which the prospects and purposes of the new school were explained) and a concert in the Royal Albert Hall.
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
Work9264Ceremony and Conversazione to Celebrate the Laying of the Foundation Stone for the 'National Training School for Music1
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/6204National Training School for Music (NTSM); 1876-1883; British music school
DS/UK/5795Lemmens-Sherrington; Hellen (4 October 1834-9 May 1906); English soprano
DS/UK/5387Sterling; Antoinette (1850-1904); American contralto-soprano
DS/UK/6297Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Prince Alfred; Alfred Ernest Albert (6 August 1844-30 July 1900); British royal family member
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