Record

Performance TitleInauguration Concert of the British Empire Music Festival
Performance Date22 November 1922
Performance DayWednesday
Performance Time20:30
Main PerformersMadame Donalda,
Herbert Heyner,
Robert Easton,
Florence Parbury - vocals,
P Mavon-Ibbs - organ
Secondary PerformersHarold Craxton - piano
Arthur Mason - organ
Orchestra or BandRoyal Military Band (Kneller Hall),
Pipers of HM Scots Guards
ChoirsCentral London Choral Society
ConductorsLieutenant H E Adkins,
Mr David J Thomas,
Lieutenant B W O'Donnell,
Ralph Vaughan Williams,
Pipe Major A M Ross
Set List'Hibernia', H E Adkins (Band),
Choral Epilogue from 'The Banner of St. George', Elgar (Choir, Band),
'O Mistress Mine, Freights, Grace for Light', Roger Quilter (Herbert Heyner),
'O, Canada, Madam Noy', Bliss (Madame Donalda),
'Come My Own One', George Butterworth (Madame Donalda),
'Theme and Variations', Lieutenant B W O'Donnell (Band),
Australian Bush Songs (Robert Easton, WCJ, AM, Choir, Band):
'The Land of 'Who Knows Where', William G James,
'Bush Night Song', William G James,
'Bush Silence', William G James,
'The Stock-rider's Song', William G James,
'A Welsh Rhapsody', Edward German (Band)
'The Yeomen of England', Edward German (Herbert Heyner, Choir, Band),
2nd Movement of A Sea Symphony: 'On the Beach at Night Alone', Ralph Vaughan Williams (Band),
Part Song: 'Song of the Vikings', Eaton Faning (Choir, Band),
'Rule Brittannia', Arne (Florence Parbury, Choir, Band, P Mavon-Ibbs, Audience),
'Festival Hymn', George Aitken (P Mavon-Ibbs),
'A Fountain Reverie', Percy Fletcher (P Mavon-Ibbs)
Performance NotesPremiere of William G. James' Australian Bush Songs.
Related Archival MaterialProgramme (RAHE/1/1922/48),
Handbill (RAHE/6/1922/32)
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Catalogue
Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/1/1922/48The Inauguration Concert of the British Empire Music Festival22 November 1922
RAHE/6/1922/32Inauguration Concert of the British Empire Music Festival22 November 1922
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
YkabidorihezInauguration Concert of the British Empire Music Festival1
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/1790Donalda; Pauline Lightstone (1882-1970); Canadian soprano
DS/UK/1657Heyner; Herbert (fl 1909-1937); Captain; English singer
DS/UK/1742Easton; Robert (1898-1987); British bass
DS/UK/2349Parbury; Florence (1880-); British contralto singer, pianist
DS/UK/2350Ibbs; P. Mavon- (fl 1913-1923); British organist
DS/UK/2351Royal Military School of Music; Royal Military Band; c1857-; British military band
DS/UK/1868Central London Choral Society; fl 1920-1926; English choir
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