| Main Performers | Nancy Price,
Annie Hughes,
Charles Warner,
Ethel Morrison,
Arthur Royd,
Hamilton Earle,
Ada Crossley,
Gwilym Richards,
John Coates,
Marie Brema,
Esther Palliser,
Emma Nevada,
Dalton Baker,
Penelope Costi,
Maurice Farkoa
Karl Klein - violin,
W H Squire - cello,
Alcock - organ,
Victor Borlee - flute obbligato,
Myra Hess - piano |
| Secondary Performers | Wilhelm Ganz,
Ernest Newton,
Frederick B Kiddle,
Madame Adami - pianos |
| Orchestra or Band | Massed Bands:
Band of the 1st Life Guards,
Band of the 2nd Life Guards,
Band of the Royal Horse Guards (Blue),
Bands of the 5th and 16th (The Queen's) Lancers |
| Choirs | Westminster Singers (Mr George May, Mr Wilfred Kearton, Mr Bertram Mills, Mr W H Brereton)
Alexandra Ladies' Quartette (Miss Beatrice Pope, Miss Beatrice Ferguson, Miss Violet Lock, Miss Ellen Newman) |
| Conductors | Mr A H Markey,
Mr Frederick Haines,
Mr A J Norris,
Mr Manuel Bilton,
Lt. Charles Hall |
| Set List | March: 'La Reine de Saba', Gounod (Massed Bands),
'The Promise of Life', Cowen (Ethel Morrison),
'Crossing the Bar',Willeby (Arthur Royd),
'Overture' from Tannhauser, Wagner (Massed Bands),
Recitation: 'Everyday Conversations in the Cockney World' (Miss Nancy Price),
'Through Love to Light', C Wynne (Miss Ada Crossley),
Violin Solo: 'Otello Fantasie', Ernst (Karl Klein),
Song: 'Che Gelida Manina' from La Boheme, Puccini (John Coates),
Cello Solo: 'Nocturne in B Flat', Chopin (W H Squire),
'The Minstrel Boy' (Miss Marie Brema),
'Invitation a la Valse', Weber (Massed Bands),
Glee: 'The Foresters', H Bishop (Westminster Singers),
Humourous Sketch: 'Would You Know My Celia's Charm', Webbe (Westminster Singers),
'Rule Britannia' (Esther Palliser)
INTERVAL - 'Organ solo' (Dr. Walter Alcock)
March: 'Knickebein', Reiterer (Massed Bands),
'A Song of the Mysoli', F David (Madame Emma Nevada, Mr. Borlee),
'The Legend of the Chimes', De Koven (Alexandra Ladies' Quartette),
'Chorus, Gentlemen', H Lohr (Dalton Baker),
'The Old Folks at Home', Plantation Song (Madame Penelope Costi),
Recitation: 'The Queen's Gift' (a Voice from Poplar, Annie Hughes),
Songs from his Repertoire (Maurice Farkoa),
Selection: 'Faust', Gounod (Massed Bands),
'A Song of Thanksgiving', Allitsen (Hamilton Earle),
Recitation (Charles Warner),
Piano Solo: 'Andante Spinata' and 'Polonaise in E Flat', Chopin (Myra Hess),
'On with the Motley' (I Pagliacci), Leoncavallo (.Gwilym Richards),
'Tarentelle', Belphegor (Massed Bands),
'God Save the King' (The National Anthem), J Bull (Madame Emma Nevada) |
| Royal Presence | HM Queen Alexandra,
HRH Princess Victoria,
HRH Princess Henry of Battenberg,
HRH Princess Ena |
| Performance Notes | "There was not such a large audience as might have been expected in the Albert-hall on Tuesday afternoon, on the occassion of the concert given to add to the Queen's Fund for the Unemployed. However, the more expensive seats were fairly well filled, and doubtless a goodly sum was obtained...Miss Marie Brema and Mr Charles Warner were both apologised for on the score of colds, Mr Sydeney Valentine taking the latter's place in a recitation....A number of ladies and gentlemen, members of the theatrical profession, acted a programme-sellers and stewards."
(The Times, 21 December 1905)
Myra Hess' debut Royal Albert Hall performance.
The Royal party were attended by Lady Emily Kingscote, the Hon. Charlotte Knollys, the Earl HOwe, General the Right Hon. Sir Dighton Probyn, the Hon. Sidney Greville, and Lieutenant-Colonel C Frederick. |
| Related Archival Material | Programme (RAHE/1/1905/2) |