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Performance TitleMadame Melba's Grand Morning Concert
Performance Date4 November 1899
Performance DaySaturday
Performance Time15:00
Main PerformersMadame Nellie Melba,
Lydia Illyna,
Ben Davies,
Mr Santley - vocals,
Miss Maud Powell - violin,
Llewela Davies - pianoforte,
Frederic Griffths - flute
Orchestra or BandOrchestra
ConductorsSignor Seppilli,
Landon Ronald
Set List'Sweet Bird', Handel (Nellie Melba),
'She Wandered Down the Mountain Side', Clay (Nellie Melba),
'Ah! Fors e Lui' (Nellie Melba),
'Comin' Thro' the Rye' (Nellie Melba),
'Nymphes et Sylvains', Bemberg (Nellie Melba),
'Chant Venitien' (Nellie Melba)
Performance NotesA proportion of the proceeds of this concert were donated to a fund for Soldiers' Widows and Orphans, organised by The Daily Telegraph.
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
EbahyzckipegMadame Melba's Grand Morning Concert1
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/161Melba; Dame; Nellie (19 May 1861-23 February 1931); GBE; Australian operatic soprano
DS/UK/1616Davies; Ben (1858-1943); Welsh tenor
DS/UK/3982Santley; Sir; Charles (1834-1922); British opera singer
DS/UK/6071Seppilli; Armando (fl 1898); Conductor
DS/UK/194Ronald; Sir; Landon (1873-1938); English conductor, composer, pianist, singing teacher and administrator
DS/UK/6160Illyna; Lydia (fl 1899); Russian mezzo-soprano
DS/UK/6161Powell; Maud (1867-1920); American violinist
DS/UK/6165Davies; Llewela (fl 1890s); Welsh pianist, composer
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