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Performance TitleA Harold Fielding Presentation - A Gala Concert, in aid of The Commandos' Benevolent Fund
Performance Date23 June 1946
Performance DaySunday
Performance Time19:30
Main PerformersLily Pons - vocal
Orchestra or BandLiverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
ConductorsAndre Kostelanetz
Set List'God Save the King' (The National Anthem),
'Capriccio Espagnol', Rimsky-Korsakov,
'Lo Hear The Gentle Lark', Bishop (Lily Pons),
'Vocalise', Rachmaninoff (Lily Pons),
'Variations', Mozart-La Forge (Lily Pons),
'Warsaw Concerto', Addinsell,
'Porgy and Bess' (A Symphonic Picture), Gershwin-Bennett,
'Mad Scene' from Lucia Di Lammermoor, Donizetti (Lily Pons),
'Blue Danube', J Strauss,
'Estrellita', Ponce
'Dancing Doll', Poldini
Royal PresenceHM Queen Elizabeth,
HRH Princess Elizabeth,
HRH Princess Maragaret,
HRH The Duchess of Kent
Performance Notes"QUEEN SITS WITH 20 COMMANDOS.
ROYAL BOX GUESTS.
The Queen sat in the Royal box at the Albert Hall ast night with 20 commandos, representing every theatre of operations from Norway to Burma.
...The commandos were present at the Queen's wish. Before she enetered the Royal box each was presented to her by Maj. J V Carrel who was in charge of the contingent. "I am very glad to have you as my guests," she said. The Queen also received Miss Pons and Mr Kostelanetz [husband and wife]."
(The Daily Telegraph, 24 June 1946)
Related Archival MaterialProgramme (RAHE/1/1946/165)
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Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/1/1946/165A Harold Fielding Presentation in aid of The Commandos' Benevolent Fund23 June 1946
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
EapaxiomotifcrA Harold Fielding Presentation - A Gala Concert, in aid of The Commandos' Benevolent Fund1
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/1265Pons; Lily (1898-1976); French-American operatic soprano, actress
DS/UK/1275Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Society; Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra; 1840-; English orchestra
DS/UK/3007Kostelanetz; Andre (1901-1980); Russian music conductor
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