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Performance TitleLondon Ballad Concerts (Fifty-Fifth Season 1920-1921) - First Concert
Performance Date25 September 1920
Performance DaySaturday
Performance Time14:30
Main PerformersAstra Desmond,
Ivor Foster,
Carrie Tubb,
Phyllis Lett,
Harry Dearth,
Flora Woodman,
Arthur Jordan - vocals,
Berkeley Mason - organ
Secondary PerformersMr S Liddle - accompanist
Orchestra or BandThe London Symphony Orchestra
ConductorsHamilton Harty
Set ListOverture: 'Cockaigne', Edward Elgar (London Symphony Orchestra),
'Float, Little Boat', Albert Mallinson (Astra Desmond),
'Beloved' (Over the Rim of the Moon), Michael Head (Astra Desmond),
'Kashmiri Song', Amy Woodforde-Finden (Ivor Foster),
'Border Ballad', F H Cowen (Ivor Foster),
'The West Wind', C Alison-Crompton (Carrie Tubb),
'Apres Midi D'un Faune', Debussy (London Symphony Orchestra),
'Sabbath Morning at Sea' (Sea Pictures), Edward Elgar (Phyllis Lett),
'The Lowland Sea', trad. (Harry Dearth),
'La Superbetta' (Flora Woodman),
'A Pastoral' (Flora Woodman),
'O Let No Star Compare WithThee', Michael Head (Arthur Jordan),
'Danse des Sylphes, Racoczy March' from Faust, Berlioz (London Symphony Orchestra),
Organ Solo: 'Marche Heroique', Lemare (Berkeley Mason),
New Songs: 'The Rosebud, Julienne' (M Van Someren-Godfrey),
New Song: 'The Needy Lover', Laura Lemon (Ivor Foster),
New Song:'When I Think Upon The Maidens', Michael Head (Ivor Foster),
'Nightingale of June', Wilfrid Sanderson (Carrie Tubb),
Spring Song, The Bee's Wedding', Mendelssohn (London Symphony Orchestra),
'For Every Day', Kennedy Russell (Phyllis Lett),
New Song: 'Little Michael John O'Shea', T C Sterndale-Bennett (Harry Dearth),
New Song: 'Charlie O' Ross', F Stuart Young (Flora Woodman),
New Songs:'The Threshold, My Lady', Douglas Grant (Arthur Jordan),
'Rapsodie Espana', Chabrier (London Symphony Orchestra)
Related Archival MaterialProgramme (RAHE/1/1920/45)
Catalogue
Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/1/1920/45The London Ballad Concerts, 55th Season - First Concert25 September 1920
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
Eados_ZuhidcmThe London Ballad Concerts 55th Season (1920-1921)11
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/1568Desmond; Astra (1893-1973); British contralto singer
DS/UK/1554Foster; Ivor (1 March 1870-29 March 1959); Welsh singer baritone
DS/UK/189Tubb; Carrie (17 May 1876-20 September 1976); English soprano singer
DS/UK/304Lett; Phyllis (fl 1909-1925); English contralto singer
DS/UK/1607Dearth; Harry (October 1876-18 April 1933); British bass singer and actor
DS/UK/309Woodman; Flora (fl 1914-1930); Scottish soprano singer
DS/UK/1569Jordan; Arthur (fl 1916-1957); English singer
DS/UK/1579Mason; Berkeley (fl 1917-1930); English organist
DS/UK/130London Symphony Orchestra (LSO); 1904-; English orchestra
DS/UK/1110Harty; Sir; (Herbert) Hamilton (1879-1941); Irish composer, conductor, pianist, organist
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