Record

Performance TitleSaturday Afternoon Concert - Popular Programme
Performance Date8 June 1918
Performance DaySaturday
Performance Time15:00
Main PerformersClara Butt,
Maurice D'Oisly - vocals,
Lady Tree - performer,
Violin - Albert Sammons - violin,
Harold Craxton,
Katharine Goodson - pianoforte,
P Mavon-Ibbs - organ
ChoirsChoir of 100
ConductorsNovello Davies
Set ListOrgan Solo: 'Grand Choeur' (in the style of Handel), Guilmant (P Mavon-Ibbs),
Chorus: 'Land of Silence', Ivor Novello (conductor, Novello Davies),
Violin Soli: 'Slavish Dance', Dvorak (Albert Sammons),
'Caprice No.13', Paganini (Albert Sammons),
'Zapateado', Sarasate, (Albert Sammons),
Aria: 'O Don Fatale' from Don Carlos, Verdi (Clara Butt),
Aria: 'La Boheme', Puccini (Maurice D'Oisly),
Pianoforte Soli: 'Arabesque', Debussy (Katharine Goodson),
'Barcarolle', Rubenstein (Katharine Goodson),
'Rigaudon', Hinto (Katharine Goodson),
Solo (with chorus): 'Weep Ye Not For The Dead' from Light of the World, Sullivan (Clara Butt, Choir, P Mavon-Ibbs),
Violin Soli: 'Londonerry Air', Tertis (Albert Sammons),
'Humoreske', Sammons (Albert Sammons),
'Hejre Kati', Hubay (Albert Sammons),
Recitation: 'The Recessional', Kipling (Lady Tree)
Pianoforte Solo: 'Rhapsody No.2', Liszt (Katharine Goodson),
'Amoung the Lilies', Harold Craxton (Clara Butt, P Mavon-Ibbs),
'Johneen', Villiers Brewer (Clara Butt, P Mavon-Ibbs),
New: 'Harebells' Hernert Brewer (Clara Butt, P Mavon-Ibbs),
'The Lost Chord', Sullivan (Clara Butt, P Mavon-Ibbs),
'Eleanore', Coleridge-Taylor (Maurice D'Oisly),
Chorus: 'O Gladsome Light' from The Goldern Legend, Sullivan (Choir),
Solo and Chorus: 'Rule Britannia' (Clara Butt, Choir)
Performance NotesPremiere performances of 'Amoung the Lilies' by Harold Craxton and Ivor Novello's 'Land of Silence'.
Related Archival MaterialProgramme (RAHE/1/1918/27),
Handbill (RAHE/6/1918/15)
Catalogue
Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/1/1918/27Clara Butt Concert8 June 1918
RAHE/6/1918/15Madame Clara Butt8 June 1918
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
Cboraziehit_TSaturday Afternoon Concert - Popular Programme1
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/167Butt; Dame; Clara (1 February 1872-23 January 1936); DBE; English contralto singer
DS/UK/5816Tree; Lady (1863-1937); English actress, wife of the actor Herbert Beerbohm Tree
DS/UK/258D'Oisly; Maurice (1882-1949); English singer
DS/UK/1707Sammons; Albert (1886-1957); English violinist, composer, later violin teacher
DS/UK/3623Davies; Clara Novello (1861-1943); Welsh singer, teacher, conductor
DS/UK/272Goodson; Katharine (1872-1958); English pianist
DS/UK/2350Ibbs; P. Mavon- (fl 1913-1923); British organist
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