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Performance TitleSunday Concert (Third Season 1907-1908)
Performance Date15 March 1908
Performance DaySunday
Performance Time15:30
Main PerformersBlanche Marchesi,
Ben Davies - vocals,
Eli Hudson - flute,
F A Sewell - organ
Orchestra or BandNew Symphony Orchestra
ConductorsThomas Beecham
Set ListOverture: 'Die Verkaufte Braut', Friedrich Smetana,
Recit and Air: 'Sweet Bird' (L'Allegro ed il Pensieroso), Handel (Blanche Marchesi),
Air: 'Be Thou Faithful Unto Death' (St Paul), Mendelssohn (Ben Davies),
Symphonic Poem: 'The Golden Spinning Wheel, Op.109', Dvorak,
Air: 'Ave Maria', Gounod (Blanche Marchesi),
Song: 'Love-Lily', Bothwell Thomas (Ben Davies),
'Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2, in G Minor and G Major', Liszt
Performance NotesSir Thomas Beecham's debut Royal Albert Hall performance.
Related Archival MaterialProgramme (RAHE/1/1908/12/SC)
Catalogue
Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/1/1908/12/SCSunday Concerts15 March 1908
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
CratiopogivaifSunday Concerts (Third Season 1907-1908)39
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/4140Marchesi; Blanche (1863-1940); French mezzo-soprano
DS/UK/1616Davies; Ben (1858-1943); Welsh tenor
DS/UK/3943Hudson; Eli (1877-1919); British flautist, piccolo player
DS/UK/3843Sewell; F A (fl 1890s-1910s); British organist
DS/UK/324New Symphony Orchestra; c1905-c 1931; English orchestra
DS/UK/346Beecham; Sir; Thomas (29 April 1879-8 March 1961); 2nd Barronet of Ewanville, CH; English conductor and impresario
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