Record

Performance TitleLondon Ballad Concerts (Fifty-First Season 1916-1917) - Second Concert
Performance Date14 October 1916
Performance DaySaturday
Performance Time15:00
Main PerformersFelice Lyne,
Flora Woodman,
Ida Kiddier,
Lucy Nuttall,
Astra Desmond,
Herbert Cave,
Ivor Foster,
Topliss Green,
Harry Dearth - vocals,
Melsa - violins,
J A Meale - organ
Secondary PerformersS Liddle,
J A Meale,
Harold Craxton,
Charles Marshall
Set ListOrgan Solo: Tone Poem, 'Finlandia', Sibelius ( J A Meale),
'Tell Me Where Is Fancy Bred', Eric Coates (Ida Kiddier),
'In Summer-time on Brendon' (A Shropshire Lad), A Somervell (Ivor Foster),
New Song: 'If I Can Live', T Wilkinson Stephen (Lucy Nuttall),
Vocal Waltz: 'Ah! Che Assorta', Venzano (Flora Woodman),
'Mavis', Harold Craxton (Herbert Cave, Harold Craxton),
Violin Soli: 'Chanson Meditation', Cottenet (Melsa),
'Zapateado', Sarasate (Melsa),
Aria: 'Caro Nome' from Rigoletto, Verdi (Felice Lyne),
'The Sandwich Man', (Bow Bells), Charles Willeby (Harry Dearth),
'The Fortune Hunter', (Bow Bells), Charles Willeby (Harry Dearth),
'The Hills of Donegal', Wilfrid Sanderson (Astra Desmond),
'Far Across the Desert Sands', (A Lover in Damascus), Amy Woodforde-Finden (Topliss Green),
'Allah Be With Us', (A Lover in Damascus), Amy Woodforde-Finden (Topliss Green),
Duet: 'Where the Violets Grow' (The Little Sun-Bonnet), Hermann Lohr (Ida Kiddier, Astra Desmond)
INTERVAL
Vocal Duet: 'The Gendarmes' (Genevieve de Brabant), Offenbach,
'My Life's Delight' (Seven Elizabethan Lyrics), Roger Quilter (Ida Kiddier),
New Song: 'Oh! Virgin Rose', Charles Marshall (Felice Lyne, Charles Marshall),
'If I Might Come to You', W H Squire (Ivor Foster),
New Song: 'Calling Me Home To You', Francis Dorel (Lucy Nuttall),
'Don't Hurry!', Wilfrid Sanderson (Flora Woodman),
'When Shadows Gather', Charles Marshall (Herbert Cave),
Violin Soli: 'Berceause', Mme Townsend (Melsa),
'The Bee', Schubert (Melsa),
New Song: 'We Have A Dreamland, You and I', Lady Garioch (Felice Lyne),
'Captain Mac', Wilfrid Sanderson (Harry Dearth),
'Big Lady Moon' (Five Fairy Ballads), S Coleridge-Taylor (Astra Desmond),
'The Sweetest Flower', Robert Batten (Topliss Green)
Related Archival MaterialProgramme (RAHE/1/1916/36),
Handbill
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Catalogue
Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/1/1916/36The London Ballad Concert (51st Season) - Second Concert14 October 1916
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
Ubavax_VitefThe London Ballad Concerts (Fifty-First Season)9
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/5280Kiddier; Ida (fl 1916-1917); Singer
DS/UK/178Lyne; Felice (1887-1935); American opera singer
DS/UK/309Woodman; Flora (fl 1914-1930); Scottish soprano singer
DS/UK/1567Nuttall; Lucy (fl 1908-1923); English singer
DS/UK/1568Desmond; Astra (1893-1973); British contralto singer
DS/UK/1555Cave; Herbert (fl 1890-1930); English tenor
DS/UK/202Topliss; Green (fl 1915-1931); English bass-baritone singer
DS/UK/1607Dearth; Harry (October 1876-18 April 1933); British bass singer and actor
DS/UK/191Melsa; Daniel (fl 1913-1922); Russian-Jewish violinist
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