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Performance TitlePathe News - VE-Day Gala
Performance Date7 May 1995
Performance DaySunday
Performance Time19:30
Main PerformersMary Carewe,
Lindsay Benson - vocals,
Phillip Dyson - piano
Orchestra or BandNational Symphony Orchestra
ConductorsStanley Black,
David Coleman
Set List'Mars, The Bringer of War' from The Planets, Holst (National Symphony Orchestra),
Victory Tribute to the Allies - 'Victory V signal', 'Lilliburlero', 'Sur le Pont d'Avignon', 'Sarie Marais', 'Waltzing Matilda', 'The Land of the Long White Cloud', arr. Robert Docker (National Symphony Orchestra),
'Wilhelmus van Nassouwe',
'Polonaise in A', Chopin,
'La Brabanconne',
'The Maple Leaf Forever',
'Columbia, Gem of the Ocean', Lilliburlero,
Songs that won the war - 'Lilacs in the Rain', 'Till the Lights of London Shine Again', 'A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square' (Mary Carewe and Lindsay Benson),
'Warsaw Concerto', Addinsell (Philip Dyson, National Symphony Orchestra),
Songs that won the war - 'Lili Marlene'; 'Bless 'em All' (Mary Carewe and Lindsay Benson),
Heritage Tribute - 'Introduction', 'The Girl I Left Behind Me', 'The British Grenadiers', 'Scotland the Brave', '100 Pipers A'more', 'Rule Britannia', 'Evening Hymn/Last Post', 'Pomp and Circumstance March No.4', arr. Stanley Black (National Symphony Orchestra)
INTERVAL
March - 'The Dambusters', Eric Coates (National Symphony Orchestra),
'Victory at Sea', Rogers (National Symphony Orchestra),
Songs that won the war - 'When You Wish Upon a Star', 'The Nearness of You', 'It's a Lovely Day Tomorrow' (Mary Carewe and Lindsay Benson),
'Fantasia on Greensleeves', Vaughan Williams (National Symphony Orchestra),
Songs that won the war - 'We're Gonna Hang Out The Washing On The Siegfried Line', 'When the Lights Go On Again', 'White Cliffs of Dover', 'Wish Me Luck', 'Roll Out The Barrel', 'We'll Meet Again', 'It's A Lovely Day Tomorrow', 'There'll Always Be An England' (Mary Carewe and Lindsay Benson),
'Mrs Miniver', arr. Stanley Black (National Symphony Orchestra)
Related Archival MaterialProgramme (RAHE/1/1995/30),
Handbill (RAHE/6/1995/4)
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Catalogue
Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/1/1995/30Pathe News - VE-Day Gala7 May 1995
RAHE/6/1995/4Pathe News - VE-Day Gala7 May 1995
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
Eatos_Rct_VevPathe News - VE-Day Gala1
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/19783British Pathé; 1902-; British media company
DS/UK/638Carewe; Mary (fl 1990s-2010s); British singer
DS/UK/19400Dyson; Phillip (fl 1990s-); British concert pianist
DS/UK/9016Baker; Richard (1925-); OBE; English broadcaster
DS/UK/1479National Symphony Orchestra (NSO); 1940s-; British orchestra
DS/UK/6441Black; Stanley (14 June 1913-27 November 2002); OBE; English bandleader, conductor and pianist
DS/UK/17367Coleman; David (fl 1990s-); British conductor, composer
DS/UK/19805Benson; Lindsay (fl 1990s); British singer
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