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Performance TitleSpecial Sunday Concert - Madame Melba Farewell Appearance on the Concert Platform
Performance Date11 June 1911
Performance DaySunday
Performance Time15:30
Main PerformersSenor Carasa,
Dame Nellie Melba,
Mr Mischa Elman - vocals,
Mr Backhaus,
Mr L Camilier - pianoforte
Orchestra or BandQueen's Hall Orchestra
ConductorsSir Henry J Wood
Set List'Two Hungarian Dances in G Minor and D', Brahms,
'Romanza (Ugenotti)', Meyerbeer (Carasa),
'Ballade in Ab', Chopin (Backhaus),
'Ah! Fors e Lui' from Traviata, Verdi (Melba),
'La Donna e Mobile' from Rigoletto, Verdi (Carasa),
'Ave Maria' from Othello, Verdi (Melba),
'Military March' Schubert-Tausig (Backhaus),
'Se Saren Rose', Arditi (Melba),
'Hungarian Rhapsody No.2', Liszt
Performance NotesThe concert was given prior to an extensive Operatic Tour by Madame Melba through Australia.

"In the course of the afternoon Madame Melba was presented by the Gramophone Company with a beautful model of the steamship Osterley, on which she will travel to Austalia, made in flowers, floating on a sea of green moss, and bearing th elegend, "Come back soon.""
(The Daily Telegraph, 1911)
Related Archival MaterialProgramme (RAHE/1/1911/39/SC)
Catalogue
Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/1/1911/39/SCSpecial Sunday Concerts11 June 1911
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
AifaliozaixincbSpecial Sunday Concert - Madame Melba Farewell Appearance on the Concert Platform1
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/161Melba; Dame; Nellie (19 May 1861-23 February 1931); GBE; Australian operatic soprano
DS/UK/341Elman; Mischa (Mikhail ) (1891-1967); Russian violinist
DS/UK/270Backhaus; Wilhelm (26 March 1884-5 July 1969); German pianist and pedagogue
DS/UK/39Wood; Sir; Henry (3 March 1869 – 19 August 1944); CH; English conductor
DS/UK/4264Queen's Hall; Queen's Hall Orchestra; 1895-1995; British orchestra
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