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Performance TitleLondon Ballad Concerts (Fifty-Second Season 1917-1918) - Eighth Concert
Performance Date23 February 1918
Performance DaySaturday
Performance Time14:30
Main PerformersFlora Woodman,
Carmen Judah,
Lucy Nuttall,
Astra Desmond,
Herbert Cave,
Norman Williams,
Charles Till,
Harry Dearth - vocals,
Marie Hall - violin,
J A Meale - organ
Secondary PerformersS Liddle,
Harold Samuel
ChoirsThe Gresham Singers
Set ListOrgan Solo: 'Marche de Couronnement', Henselt (J A Meale),
Part-Song: 'Richard of Taunton Dean' (The Gresham Singers),
'Birds in the High Hall-Garden' (Maud), Arthur Somervell (Charles Till),
'Go Not, Happy Day' (Maud), Arthur Somervell (Charles Till),
'Our God is Marching On', Wilfrid Sanderson (Astra Desmond),
'Mavis', Harold Craxton (Herbert Cave),
'La Superbetta', De Fesch, arr. A L (Flora Woodman),
Violin Solo: 'La Campanella', Paganini (Marie Hall),
Old English Air: 'Drink To Me Only', arr. John Ivimey,
'If I Were Sure', Francis Dorel (Lucy Nuttall),
'Friend O' Mine', Wilfrid Sanderson (Norman Williams),
'She Wandered Down the Mountain Side', F Clay (Carmen Judah)
Five Poems: 'England to her Sons', Charles Green (Harry Dearth),
'To a Boy', Charles Green (Harry Dearth),
'Spendide Fallax', Charles Green (Harry Dearth),
'Take My Youth', Charles Green (Harry Dearth),
'Back To Rest', Charles Green (Harry Dearth)
INTERVAL
Part-Song: 'A Ballad When At Sea', A H Brewer (The Gresham Singers),
'The Toast', W H Squire (Charles Till),
'Gray Hills' (A Song of Life), C A Lidgey (Astra Desmond),
'The Wind on The Wold' (A Song of Life), C A Lidgey (Astra Desmond),
New Song: 'Nanette', T Wilkinson Stephenson (Herbert Cave),
'The Fairy's Lullaby', Alicia A Needham (Flora Woodman),
'The Company Sergeant-Major', Wilfrid Sanderson (Harry Dearth),
Violin Soli: 'Zephyre', Hubay (Marie Hall),
'Hejre', Hubay (Marie Hall),
'Home-Along', Wilfrid Sanderson (Lucy Nuttall),
New Song: 'Think Sometimes of Me', Edward Nicholls (Norman Williams),
'Fair House of Joy' (Seven Elizabethan Lyrics), Roger Quilter (Carmen Judah)
Related Archival MaterialProgramme (RAHE/1/1918/9)
Catalogue
Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/1/1918/9The London Ballad Concerts (52nd Season) - Eighth Concert23 February 1918
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
Cparoohoisit_RThe London Ballad Concerts (Fifty-Second Season)9
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/1571The Gresham Singers (fl 1917-1937)
DS/UK/309Woodman; Flora (fl 1914-1930); Scottish soprano singer
DS/UK/1567Nuttall; Lucy (fl 1908-1923); English singer
DS/UK/5428Till; Charles (fl 1917-1918); British singer
DS/UK/1607Dearth; Harry (October 1876-18 April 1933); British bass singer and actor
DS/UK/1568Desmond; Astra (1893-1973); British contralto singer
DS/UK/1555Cave; Herbert (fl 1890-1930); English tenor
DS/UK/2514Williams; Norman (fl 1912-1930); British singer bass
DS/UK/2062Hall; Marie Pauline (1884-1956); English violinist
DS/UK/5763Judah; Carmen (fl 1918); Singer
DS/UK/1743Meale; J. Arthur (fl 1916-1920s); English organist
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