Record

Performance TitleA Concert of Comic and Curious Music - Midsummer Madness - A Romp Before The Proms
Performance Date17 July 1958
Performance DayThursday
Performance Time20:00
Main PerformersLord Montagu of Beaulieu,
Janie Harrison,
Sheila Chester

Peter Hornblower Rockliff - testophone,
Dick Bentley - violin,
Tom Stothert - corno da gamba,
Ronnie Vaughan - four-string fiddle,
Francis Baines - bagpipes, hurdygurdy
Rosalie Boston,
Lamar Crowson,
Bridget Fry,
James Gibb,
Eric Harrison,
Hans Heimler,
Antony Hopkins,
Cherry Isherwood,
Iris Loveridge,
Geraldine Peppin,
Mary Peppin,
Joyce Rathbone,
Franz Reizenstein,
Lionel Salter,
Edith Vogel,
Peter Wallfisch - pianos
Orchestra or BandAugmented Allegri String Quartet
Set List'Overture' from The Masterdrinkers, Spike Hughes,
'The Lambeth Walk Immortalised', Franz Reizenstein,
'Deliberate Mistakes', Butterworth, Arlan, Spiegl,
'Sinfonia Automovilistica, Op. XK120', Antony Hopkins (Lord Montagu of Beaulieu, Peter Hornblower Rockliff, Tom Stothert),
'Symphony in D' - 'The Peasants' Wedding'' (1755) Leopold Mozart,
Overture - 'Semiramide', Rossini, arr. Czerny (Rosalie Boston, Lamar Crowson, Bridget Fry, James Gibb, Eric Harrison, Hans Heimler, Antony Hopkins, Cherry Isherwood, Iris Loveridge, Geraldine Peppin, Mary Peppin, Joyce Rathbone, Franz Reizenstein, Lionel Salter , Edith Vogel, Peter Wallfisch)
INTERVAL ('Midsummer Ice Cream', Meendelssohn, arr. Eldorado),
'Is Your Czerny Really Necessary?', Arthur Sandford (Lamar Crowson),
'Geographical Fugue' (Fuge Aus Der Geographie), Ernst Toch,
'Rocking Round The Ring', Wagner, arr.Lange
Performance NotesAccording to The Times (18 July 1958), the performance "drew a huge audience into the Albert Hall".
Related Archival MaterialProgramme (RAHE/1/1958/85)
URLhttps://thirdlight.royalalberthall.com/pf.tlx/gqTgVfugVunV9u
Catalogue
Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/1/1958/85A Concert of Comic and Curious Music - Midsummer Madness - A Romp Before The Proms17 July 1958
Work
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Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/8685Bentley; Charles Walter "Dick" (1907-1995); Australian comedian, actor
DS/UK/9981Crowson; John Lamar (1926-1998); American concert pianist, chamber musician
DS/UK/2675Gibb; James (1918-); English pianist
DS/UK/2665Harrison; Eric (fl 1940s-1960s); British pianist
DS/UK/2676Loveridge; Iris Gwendolyne M (1917-2000); English classical pianist
DS/UK/7236Reizenstein; Franz Theodor (1911-1968); British composer, concert pianist
DS/UK/7250Salter; Lionel (1914-2000); British pianist, harpsichordist, conductor, broadcaster, lecturer, administrator
DS/UK/3172Vogel; Edith (1912-1992); Austro-Hungarian-born classical pianist
DS/UK/10483Spiegl; Fritz (1926-2003); Austrian-born British musician, journalist, broadcaster, humorist, collector
DS/UK/10525Montagu; Lord; Edward (20 October 1926-31 August 2015); 3rd Baron Montagu of Beaulieu; English Conservative politician
DS/UK/10531Baines; Francis (11 April 1917-4 April 1999); British composer and double bass player
DS/UK/10536Boston; Rosalie (fl 1958); British pianist
DS/UK/10537Fry; Bridget (fl 1950s-1960s); British pianist
DS/UK/10538Heimler; Hans (fl 1950s-1960s); Austrian pianist
DS/UK/10539Isherwood; Cherry (fl 1950s-1960s); British pianist
DS/UK/10540Peppin; Geraldine (fl 1950s-1960s); British pianist
DS/UK/10541Peppin; Mary (fl 1950s-1960s); British pianist
DS/UK/10542Rathbone; Joyce (fl 1950s-1960s); British pianist
DS/UK/10543Wallfisch; Peter (1924-1993); Polish pianist
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