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Performance TitleLondon Ballad Concerts (Fifty-Second Season 1917-1918) - Second Concert
Performance Date20 October 1917
Performance DaySaturday
Performance Time15:00
Main PerformersFlora Woodman,
Marie Babin,
Phyllis Lett,
Lucy Nuttall,
Astra Desmond,
Herbert Cave,
Ivor Foster,
Charles Till,
Harry Dearth - vocals,
Melsa - violin
J A Meale - organ
Secondary PerformersS Liddle,
Harold Samuel
Set ListOrgan Solo: 'Grand Choeur', Henri Deshayes (J A Meale),
'Big Lady Moon', Coleridge-Taylor (Astra Desmond),
'Cobblin', Wilfrid Sanderson (Ivor Foster),
'Nirvana', Stephen Adams (Herbert Cave),
New Song: 'Sunset', Laxton Eyre (Phyllis Lett),
Polonaise: 'Je Suis Titania' (Mignon), A Thomas (Flora Woodman),
Violin Soli: 'Sicilienne et Rigaudon', Kreisler (Melsa),
'Valse Caprice', Wieniawski (Melsa),
New Song: 'A Mevagissey Haul' (A Cornish Haul), Wilfrid Sanderson (Harry Dearth),
'Danny Boy', arr. F E Weatherly (Lucy Nuttall),
New Song: 'Young and Old', Gustave Ferrari (Charles Till),
'Irish Folk-Song', A Foote (Marie Babin),
'In My Garden', S Liddle (Marie Babin),
Vocal Duet: 'Watchman, What of the Night?', J Sargeant (Herbert Cave, Charles Till)
INTERVAL
Organ Solo: 'Song of Sunshine', Alfred Hollins (J A Meale),
New Song: 'Someday At Last', Wilfrid Sanderson (Astra Desmond),
New Song: 'Jane', Lois Barker,(Ivor Foster),
'The Dream Cottage', F W Sparrow (Herbert Cave),
Aria: 'Cangio d'aspetto' (Admeto), Handel (Phyllis Lett),
New Songs: 'The Way to Fairy Land' (Four Songs of Fairy Land), Helena M Bland (Flora Woodman),
'Little Mermaids' (Four Songs of Fairy Land), Helena M Bland (Flora Woodman),
Violin Soli: 'Meditation' (Thais), Saint-Saens (Melsa),
'Habanera' (Melsa),
'Tommy Lad', Margetson (Harry Dearth),
'If I Were Sure', Francis Dorel (Lucy Nuttall),
'A Voice By the Cedar tTee' (Maud), A Somervell (Charles Till),
'Daffodil Song', Haydn Wood (Marie Babin)
Related Archival MaterialProgramme (RAHE/1/1917/37),
Handbill (RAHE/6/1917/)
Catalogue
Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/1/1917/37The London Ballad Concerts (52nd Season) - Second Concert20 October 1917
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
Cparoohoisit_RThe London Ballad Concerts (Fifty-Second Season)9
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/191Melsa; Daniel (fl 1913-1922); Russian-Jewish violinist
DS/UK/5460Babin; Marie (fl 1910s); French Canadian soprano singer and pianist
DS/UK/309Woodman; Flora (fl 1914-1930); Scottish soprano singer
DS/UK/304Lett; Phyllis (fl 1909-1925); English contralto singer
DS/UK/1568Desmond; Astra (1893-1973); British contralto singer
DS/UK/1555Cave; Herbert (fl 1890-1930); English tenor
DS/UK/1554Foster; Ivor (1 March 1870-29 March 1959); Welsh singer baritone
DS/UK/1567Nuttall; Lucy (fl 1908-1923); English singer
DS/UK/5428Till; Charles (fl 1917-1918); British singer
DS/UK/1607Dearth; Harry (October 1876-18 April 1933); British bass singer and actor
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