Main Performers | Miss Florence Austral Mr Robert Radford - vocals, Miss Beatrice Harrison - cello |
Orchestra or Band | Royal Philharmonic Society Orchestra |
Set List | 'Overture' from Tannhauser, Wagner (Royal Philharmonic Orchestra) Recit. and Air: 'I Rage, I Melt, I Burn' from Acis and Galatea, Handel (Robert Radford), 'O Ruddier Than the Cherry', Aria: 'One Fine Day' (Madame Butterfly), Puccini (Florence Austral), 'Cello Concerto in E Minor, Op.85', Elgar (Beatrice Harrison), Suite: 'L'Arlesienne', Bizet, arr. Ronald (Royal Philharmonic Orchestra), Songs: 'The Vagabond' (Songs of Travel), Vaughan Williams (Robert Radford), 'Shepherd, See Thy Horse's Foaming Mane', Korbay (Robert Radford), 'Onaway! Awake, Beloved!', F H Cowen (Robert Radford), Cello Solos: 'Chant Hindou', Rimsky-Korsakov (Beatrice Harrison), 'Greek Dance', Seligman (Beatrice Harrison), Songs: 'Love's Quarrel', Cyril Scott (Florence Austral), 'Love Went-A-Riding', Frank Bridge (Florence Austral), March: 'Pomp and Circumstance No.1, in D', Elgar (Royal Philharmonic Orchestra), 'God Save The King' (The National Anthem) |
Royal Presence | HRH Queen Mary, HRH The Duke of York, HRH The Duchess of York, HRH The Princess Royal, HRH Princess Marie Louise |
Performance Notes | In the audience were: the Countess of Northbrook, the Countess of Antrim, the Countess of Kerry, Viscountess Cowdray, Viscountess Chelmsford, Lady Hudson, Lady Osbourne Beauclerk, Lady Cynthia Colville, Lady Olga Montagu, Lady Edward Spencer-Churchill, Lady Maud Warrender, the Hon. Mrs William West, Lady Mond, Lady Tree, the Hon. Lady White-Thomson, Lady Fripp, Sir Woodman and Lady Burbidge, Lady Selby-Bigge, Mrs Stanley Baldwin, Mrs Lloyd George, Lady Alexander, Lady Crosfield, Mrs Philip Snowden, Mrs George Cadbury, and Mrs Andreae. (The Times, 29 November 1924, page 15)
The object of the YWCA Blue Triangle Forward Movement was to secure funds for a central club building for girl and women workers. |
Related Archival Material | Programme (RAHE/1/1924/48) |