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Performance TitleThe Royal Welsh Ladies' Choir - Farewell Celtic Choral Concert
Performance Date16 May 1928
Performance DayWednesday
Performance Time20:15
Main PerformersIrene Evans,
Theresa Freebairn,
Winifred Lewis,
Emily Francis
Secondary PerformersElsa Tostia - piano,
Zacharevitch - violin
ChoirsRoyal Welsh Ladies' Choir
ConductorsMadam Clara Novello-Davies
Set List'National Anthem' (Dr John Bull)
Welsh Chant - 'Rhyddvelgyrch Meibion Harlech' (Royal Welsh Ladies' Choir),
Welsh Keyboard Classics - 'A New Irish Tune', Henry Purcell (Elsa Tostia),
'Ayre, John Jenkins (Elsa Tostia),
'Minuet', Richard Jones (Elsa Tostia),
'Hornpype', Pelham Humfreys (Elsa Tostia),
Dedication Chant - 'Now Majestie With Musicke Fayre', Leigh Henry (Royal Welsh Ladies' Choir),
Two Tudor Lutenist Airs - 'Though Your Strangeness Frets My Heart', Richard Jones (Irene Evans),
'Sweet Kate', Robert Jones (Irene Evans),
Royal Music (Tudor Era ) - 'Tyme To Pas Wyth Goodlie Sporte', Morgan Crug (Royal Welsh Ladies' Choir),
'Ye Kynge's Maske', King Henry VII (Royal Welsh Ladies' Choir),
Suite Of Tudor Court Airs - 'Ye Powere Of Musicke', Queen Jane Seymour (Zacharevitch),
'Queen Catharyn of Aragon's Pavyn', 'Queen Anne Boleyn's Lament', 'Queen Anne of Cleve's Gavot', 'Rise, Glory, Rise', King Henry VIII,
Welsh Folk-Songs - 'Llwyn Onn', arr. Emlyn Evans (Royal Welsh Ladies' Choir'),
Clychau Aberdyfi', arr. Emlyn Evans (Royal Welsh Ladies' Choir),
Two Choral Pieces - 'The Lord Is My Shepherd', Schubert (Royal Welsh Ladies' Choir),
'The Spanish Gipsy', Edward Lassen (Royal Welsh Ladies' Choir),
Two Welsh Songs - 'My Love Is Like A Red, Red Rose', Frederick Humphries (Irene Evans),
'Pant Y Pistyllt', arr. C Lloyd Williams (Irene Evans),
Two Welsh Folk-Songs - 'Ar Hyd Y Nos', arr. Emlyn Evans (Royal Welsh Ladies' Choir),
'Hob Y Derri Dando', arr. Emlyn Evans (Royal Welsh Ladies' Choir),
Welsh Ballad - 'O Na Fyddain Haf O Hyd', William Davies (Theresa Freebairn),
Two Modern Welsh Choral Poems - 'A Folk Chain', David De Lloyd (Royal Welsh Ladies' Choir),
'Now From The Eye of Day', Frederick Humphries (Royal Welsh Ladies' Choir),
Modern Welsh Pianoforte Pieces - 'The Lone Piper of The Mists', Leigh Henry (Elsa Tostia),
'The Golden Strand', Frederick Humphries (Elsa Tostia),
Two Celtic Melodies - ''Irish Wren Song', arr. Herbert Howells (Royal Welsh Ladies' Choir),
'The Keel Row', arr. Clara Evans (Royal Welsh Ladies' Choir),
Welsh Folk-Air, 'Y Deryn Pur', Winifred Lewis,
Two Part-Songs - 'Friend', Clara Novello-Davies (Royal Welsh Ladies' Choir),
'Bless You', Ivor Novello (Royal Welsh Ladies' Choir),
Welsh Ballad - 'Myfi Sy'n Magu'r Baban', Owain Alafon (Emily Francis),
Welsh National Chant - 'Hen Wlad Fy Nhadau', James James (Royal Welsh Ladies' Choir)
Related Archival MaterialProgramme (RAHE/1/1928/48)
Catalogue
Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/1/1928/48Farewell Celtic Choral Concert - The Royal Welsh Ladies Choir16 May 1928
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
EhagozctipierThe Royal Welsh Ladies' Choir - Farewell Celtic Choral Concert1
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/1255Royal Welsh Ladies Choir; fl 1894-1928; Welsh womens' choir
DS/UK/3623Davies; Clara Novello (1861-1943); Welsh singer, teacher, conductor
DS/UK/3311Evans; Irene (fl 1920s); British singer
DS/UK/3809Lewis; Winifred (fl 1910s-1920s); British singer
DS/UK/3810Francis; Emily (fl 1893-1930s); English singer
DS/UK/3811Freebairn; Theresa (fl 1920s-1930s); Welsh singer
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