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Performance TitleGrand Morning Concert, in aid of the Hungarian Inundation (Flood) Relief Fund
Performance Date5 May 1879
Performance DayMonday
Performance Time15:00
Main PerformersMrs Osgood,
Madame Ida Negrini,
Madame Louise Liebhardt,
Miss Robertson,
Miss Fanny Robertson,
Madame Trebelli,
Signor Runcio,
Signor Foli - vocals

Herr Ludwig Straus - violin,
Dr Stainer - organ,
Emma Emery - piano,
Berth Haft - violin,
M Louis Engel - harmonium,
Anna Mehlig - piano
Sir Julius Benedict,
Baron F d'Orezy,
F H Cowen,
Mr Kuhe - pianofortes
Secondary PerformersHRH Duke of Edinburgh - violin (as part of orchestra)
Orchestra or BandThe Royal Albert Hall Amateur Orchestral Society
ChoirsRoyal Albert Hall Choral Society (Royal Choral Society)
ConductorsSir Julius Bendict,
George Mount,
Dr Stainer,
Baron F D'Orcy,
Mr Kuhe,
F H Cowen,
Wilhelm Ganz
Signor Visetti,
Signor Randegger,
Baron Bodog Orozy (conducted the two Hungarian love songs that he had composed)
Royal PresenceHRH The Princess of Wales,
HRH The Duke of Edinburgh,
HRH The Duchess of Edinburgh,
HRH The Princess Louise,
HRH The Princess Victoria,
HRH The Princess Maud,
HRH The Duchess of Teck
Performance NotesThis concert was organised as a responses to the huge flood in the Hungarian city of Szeged, which literally wiped away the whole town, only 265 of the 5723 houses remained and many hundreds of people died).

"The concert on Monday afternoon for the benefit of sufferers by the inundations in Hungary must, judging by the large audience which filled most parts of the hall and crowded the galleries, have answered the object for which it was set on foot. Among the distinguished personages who gave their paronage to the undertaking were observed the princess of Wales, the Duchess of Edinburgh, and the Duchess of Teck. The Duke of Edinburgh occupied his accustomed saet in the orchestra as one of the foremost of the leading violins. The musical arrangements being placed under the control of Sir Julius Benedict, it was not suprising that the entertainment should be varied and attractive of its kind, or that those who had come forward in aid of a good cause should leave with the persuasion that they had not only done a good thing, but got something more in return than might be reasonaly have been expected."
(The Times, 7 May 1879)
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
Work9361Grand Morning Concert, in aid of the Hungarian Inundation (Flood) Relief Fund1
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/7762Liebhardt; Louise (1824-1899); Austrian coloratura soprano
DS/UK/5889Trebelli- Bettini; Zelia (1838-1892); French opera singer
DS/UK/5570Foley (Signor Foli); Allan James (1837-1899); Irish bass opera singer
DS/UK/6230Benedict; Sir; Julius (27 November 1804-5 June 1885); German composer and conductor
DS/UK/4211Cowen; Sir; Frederic Hymen (1852-1935); British pianist, conductor, composer
DS/UK/5446Kuhe; Wilhelm (1823-1912); German pianist, piano teacher, composer, administrator
DS/UK/7763Mehlig; Anna (1846-1928); German pianist
DS/UK/6695Stainer; John (1840-1901); English composer, organist
DS/UK/7764Engel; Louis M (fl 1870s); Harmonia player, composer
DS/UK/1259Royal Orchestral Society for Amateur Musicians / The Royal Amateur Orchestral Society; 1872-; British orchestra
DS/UK/4576Randegger; Alberto (1832-1911); Italian composer and conductor
DS/UK/402Queen; Alexandra of Denmark (1 December 1844-20 November 1925); Danish-born Queen consort of the UK and Empress consort of India
DS/UK/6297Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Prince Alfred; Alfred Ernest Albert (6 August 1844-30 July 1900); British royal family member
DS/UK/6842Grand Duchess Maria Alexandrovna of Russia (later Duchess of Edinburgh and Duchess of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha; Maria Alexandrovna (1853-1920); Russian royal family member, wife of Prince Alfred
DS/UK/4175Princess Royal and Duchess of Fife; Louise Victoria Alexandra Dagmar (1867-1931); British royal family member
DS/UK/5928Princess Victoria; Victoria Alexandra Olga Mary (1868-1935); British royal family member, fourth child and second daughter of Edward VII
DS/UK/5459Princess Maud Charlotte Mary Victoria (1869-1938); British royal family member, daughter of King Edward VII
DS/UK/5457Princess Mary Adelaide Wilhelmina Elizabeth (1833-1897); Duchess Of Teck; British royal family member
DS/UK/7890Osgood; Emma Aline (fl 1870s); American singer
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