Record

Performance TitleThe Imperial League of Opera - Grand Rally of Members
Performance Date15 December 1928
Performance DaySaturday
Performance Time20:00
Main PerformersSir Thomas Beecham - speaker
Phyllis Archibald,
Francis Russell - vocals,
R Arnold Greir - organ
Orchestra or BandLondon Symphony Orchestra
ConductorsSir Thomas Beecham
Set ListOrgan Recital:
'Imperial March', Elgar (R Arnold Greir),
'Minuet', Handel (R Arnold Greir),
'Two Bourees', Handel (R Arnold Greir),
'Two Trumpet Tunes and Air', Purcell (R Arnold Greir),
'Berceuse', Jarnefelt (R Arnold Greir),
'Rosamund', Quilter (R Arnold Greir),
'Toccata in F', Widor (R Arnold Greir)

Overture: 'The Magic Flute', Mozart (London Symphony Orchestra),
'Pantomine' from Zemire Et Azor, Gretry (London Symphony Orchestra),
'Bouree' from Rodolfo, Handel (London Symphony Orchestra),
Aria: 'Connais-tu Le Pays' (Mignon), Thomas (Phyllis Archibald),
'L'Apres Midi D'un Faune', Debussy (London Symphony Orchestra),
'On Hearing The First Cuckoo In Spring', Delius (London Symphony Orchestra),
Introduction and Cortege: 'Le Coq D'Or', Rimsky-Korsakov (London Symphony Orchestra),
Speech (Sir Thomas Beecham),
INTERVAL
Intermezzo: 'On The Cliffs of Cornwall' from The Wreckers, E Smyth (London Symphony Orchestra),
Aria: 'The Flower Song' from Carmen', Bizet (Francis Russell),
Suite: 'L'Arlesienne', Bizet (London Symphony Orchestra),
'God Save the King' (The National Anthem)
Related Archival MaterialProgramme (RAHE/1/1928/77)
Catalogue
Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/1/1928/77The Imperial League of Opera - Grand Rally of Members!15 December 1928
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
EatazyrootipowxThe Imperial League of Opera - Grand Rally of Members1
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/346Beecham; Sir; Thomas (29 April 1879-8 March 1961); 2nd Barronet of Ewanville, CH; English conductor and impresario
DS/UK/1200Imperial League of Opera; 1927-c1931; British opera group
DS/UK/3564Archibald; Phyllis (c.1891); British operatic mezzo-soprano singer
DS/UK/1120Russell; Francis (fl 1920s-1930s); British tenor singer
DS/UK/1586Greir; Robert Arnold (fl 1914-1967); English organist
DS/UK/130London Symphony Orchestra (LSO); 1904-; English orchestra
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