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Performance TitleRoyal Albert Hall Choral Society (Fifth Season 1875-1876) - Christmas Day Concert - Handel's 'Messiah'
Performance Date25 December 1875
Performance DaySunday
Performance Time15:00
Main PerformersMadame Albani
Sims Reeves,
Miss Alice Fairman,
Miss Jessie Jones,
W Shakespeare,
Mr Wadmore

Edwin Bending - organ
ChoirsRoyal Albert Hall Choral Society (Royal Choral Society)
ConductorsSir Julius Benedict,
Joseph Barnby
Set List'Messiah', Handel
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
Work9305Royal Albert Hall Choral Society (Fifth Season 1875-1876)7
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/3848Albani; Dame; Emma (1 November 1847-3 April 1930); DBE; Canadian-British operatic soprano
DS/UK/5422Reeves; (John) Sims (1821-1900); English operatic, oratorio and ballad tenor
DS/UK/6229Fairman; Alice (fl 1870s); British contralto
DS/UK/6782Bending; Edwin (1853-1914); English organist and music professor
DS/UK/6230Benedict; Sir; Julius (27 November 1804-5 June 1885); German composer and conductor
DS/UK/5412Barnby; Sir; Joseph (1838-1896); English musical composer, conductor
DS/UK/7557Shakespeare; William (fl 1870s); English tenor
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