| Main Performers | Earl Curzon of Kedleston - speaker,
Madame Alvarez,
Mr Robert Radford - vocals,
M Jean Gerardy - violoncello |
| Orchestra or Band | Belgian Field Orchestra (Orchestra of 119 Belgian Soldiers) |
| Set List | 'Symphony en D Mineur', Cesar Franck,
Air de, 'Gioconda', Ponchielli (D'Alvarez),
Ballet de 'Cephale et Procris', A Gretry,
Song: 'She Alone Charmeth My Sadness', Gounod (Robert Radford),
Speech on 'The Glory of Belgium' (Earl Curzon of Kedleston)
INTERVAL
'Overture d'Egmont', Beethoven,
Air de 'Carmen', Bizet (D'Alvarez),
'Variations Symphoniques, Violoncello', Boellmann (Jean Gerardy),
Song: 'I'm a Roamer', Mendelssohn (Robert Radford),
'Fantasie sur deux Noels Wallons', J Jongen,
'The National Anthem' |
| Royal Presence | HM King George V,
HRH Queen Mary,
HRH Queen Alexandra,
HM King Albert I of Belgium,
HRH Queen Elisabeth of Belgium,
HRH Princess Mary, the Princess Royal,
HRH Princess Victoria |
| Performance Notes | "BELGIAN GIFT TO RED CROSS.
£3,400 FROM ALBERT HALL CONCERT.
In sendng to the British Red Cross the proceeds of the great concert given some time ago at the Albert Hall by the Belgian Field Orchestra, the Queen of the Belgians has addressed to the Hon. Sir Arthur Stanley, Chairman of the Joint War Committee of the British Red Cross Society and the Order of St John, a letter in which she says:-
'I have pleasure in sending you through Lady Curzon, who organised on my behalf the concert given at the Albert Hall in England by the Belgian Field Orchestra, as a tribute of my country to the British Red Cross, a cheque for £3,4000 as the proceeds of that entertainment; and I hope that this sum maybe of use to the great organisation of which you are the head, and which has rendered such invaluable service to the sick and wounded of all the Allied countries during the recent long war'."
(The Times, 11 February 1919)
"L'Orchestra Symphonique de L'Armee Belge En Campagne -
On July 10, Belgium, through her noble King and Queen, paid a 'Tribute to Great Britain' by attending the function organized for this purpose. It was an added interest to the occasion that their Majesties had flown across the Channel. Part of the 'tribute' was the importation of the above-named orchestra of 119 performers, which we may say at once was no scratch band but one of the finest bodies of accomplished players it had been our goof fortune to hear. How under the circumstances they were able to perform with such splendid unity and high finish was astonishing."
(The Musical Times, 1 August 1918, page 373) |
| Related Archival Material | Programme (RAHE/1/1918/35) |