Record

Performance TitleInternational Co-Operative Day Celebration Concert
Performance Date2 July 1955
Performance DaySaturday
Performance Time18:00
Main PerformersPlayways,
Pathfinders,
Rt. Hon. Alfred Robens,
H W Shopland,
Webster Booth - tenor,
Edward Taylor - organ,
Ceinwen Parker,
Leonard Henderson,
Arthur Tatler - piano
Orchestra or BandLondon Co-Operative Society Massed Orchestra
ChoirsLondon Co-Operative Society Massed Choir,
LCS Special Children's Choir,
Austrian Trade Union Youth Choir,
Ladies' and Intermediate Choirs
ConductorsCyril Gell,
Erwin Weiss
Set List'Summer is a-Coming In', arr. W G Whittaker (Massed Choirs),
'Bingo', arr. Cecil Sharp (Massed Choirs),
'Paul and The Hens', arr. Cockshott (Massed Choirs),
Dancing - Napoleon, Virginia Reel, Sicilian Tarantella, Kokatek (Playways),
'Lorraine', arr. Desmond MacMahon (Massed Choirs),
'Sicilian River Song', arr. Jacobson (Massed Choirs),
'Who is Sylvia?', Schubert (Massed Choirs),
Dancing - The Fine Companion, Fyrmannadans, Sadala Polka, Hammersmiths, Circassian Circle (Pathfinders),
'The Song of The Flax', arr. Grace Williams (Massed Choirs),
'Fairest Isle', Purcell (Massed Choirs),
'Trumpet Voluntary', Purcell, arr. Wood (Massed Orchestras),
'Everyone Suddenly Burst Out Singing', C S Lang (Massed Choirs),
'The Old Woman', Hugh Roberton (Massed Choirs),
'These Things Shall Be', John Ireland (Booth, Massed Choirs and Orchestras),
'A Song of Summer', Eric Thiman (Ladies' and Intermediate Choirs),
'Hay Harvest', W L Smoldon (Ladies' and Intermediate Choirs),
Soli - 'Strange Harmony of Contrasts' from Tosca, Puccini (Booth, Tatler),
'Eleanore', Samuel Coleridge-Taylor (Booth, Tatler),
'Grand Chorus and March' from Aida, Verdi (Massed Choirs and Orchestras),
'Jerusalem', Parry (Massed Choirs and Orchestras)
Related Archival MaterialProgramme (RAHE/1/1955/90)
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Catalogue
Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/1/1955/90International Co-Operative Day Celebration Concert2 July 1955
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
Cvox_Mien_SasInternational Co-Operative Day Celebration Concert1
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/3387Booth; Leslie 'Webster' (1902-1984); British tenor
DS/UK/14652Robens; Alfred (1910-1999); Baron Robens of Woldingham, CBE; English trade unionist, Labour Party politician, industrialist
DS/UK/8123Gell; Cyril (fl 1940s-1970s); British organist, conductor
DS/UK/18803Weiss; Erwin (1912-2004); Austrian pianist, conductor, composer, teacher
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