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Performance TitleMr William Carter's Choir - Four National Festival Concerts 1885-1886 - St. Patrick's Day Grand Irish Festival
Performance Date17 March 1886
Performance DayWednesday
Performance Time20:00
Main PerformersMadame Patey,
Mr Sims Reeves,
Madame Christine Nilsson,
Mr Barrington Foote,
Miss Hope Glenn,
Miss Patti Winter - vocals,
Edwin Bending - organ,
Sgt. Lewis - cornet
Orchestra or BandBand of HM Scots Guards
ChoirsMr William Carter's Choir
ConductorsWilliam Carter,
Edwin Bending,
Mr.Maunder,
J P Clarke
Set ListGrand Selection: 'Irish Airs', arr. J P Clarke (Sgt.Lewis, Band of H.M.Scots Guards),
Part Song - 'The Harp That Once', arr. W Carter (William Carter's Choir),
Song - 'The Meeting of the Waters', Moore (Madame Patey),
Recit. and Aria - 'From Inchigela All The Way....It is a Charming Girl I Love' (Lily of Killarney), Benedict (Sims Reeves),
Song -'Kathleen Mavourneen', Crouch (Madame Christine Nilsson),
Part Song - 'Love's Young Dream', Moore, arr. W Carter (William Carter's Choir),
'Meditation for Organ', E Bending (Edwin Bending, with hidden voices),
'Believe Me If All Those Endearing Young Charms', Moore (Barrington Foote),
Aria - 'Fanciulle Che il Core' from Dinorah, Meyerbeer (Hope Glenn),
Motett - 'Hear my Prayer', Mendelssohn (Christine Nilsson, William Carter's Choir),
Duet, Piano and Organ - 'Larghetto' (Septett), Spohr (William Carter, Edwin Bending),
Song - 'Come Back to Erin', Claribel (Patti Winter),
'Patriotic March', E Bending (William Carter's Choir, Band of H.M.Scots Guards, Edwin Bending),
INTERVAL
Selection - 'The Mikado', Sullivan (Band of H.M.Scots Guards),
Part Song - 'Go Where Glory Waits Thee', arr. W Carter (William Carter's Choir),
Song - 'The Minstrel Boy', Moore (Madame Patey),
Song - 'The Bay of Biscay', Davy (Sims Reeves),
Canzonetta - 'Mia Piccirella' (Salvator Rosa), Gomes (Christine Nilsson),
Song - 'Father O'Flynn', arr. Villiers Stanford (Barrington Foote),
Part Song - 'The Minstrel of Erin', W Carter (William Carter's Choir),
Ballad - 'Terence's farewell to Kathleen', Lady Dufferin (Hope Glenn),
Ballad - 'Thady O'Flinn', Molloy (Patti Winter),
'God Save the Queen' (The National Anthem) (William Carter's Choir, Edwin Bending, Band of HM Scots Guards)
Performance NotesDebut London appearance of the Season of Madame Christine Nilsson.
Related Archival MaterialProgramme (RAHE/1/1872/ - colour photocopy)
Ticket Prices1s (gallery), 2s 6d (upper orchestra), 4s (side balcony), 5s (central balcony), 7s 6d (arena), 10s 6d (stalls)
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
Work9541Mr William Carter's Choir - Four National Festival Concerts 1885-18864
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/5413Patey; Janet Monach (1842-1894); British oratorio contralto
DS/UK/5422Reeves; (John) Sims (1821-1900); English operatic, oratorio and ballad tenor
DS/UK/5519Nilsson; Christine (1843-1921); Swedish operatic soprano
DS/UK/5492Foote; Frank Barrington- (fl 1890); English basso singer
DS/UK/5512Glenn; Hope (fl 1890); American contralto
DS/UK/8388Winter; Patti (fl 1880s); English singer
DS/UK/6782Bending; Edwin (1853-1914); English organist and music professor
DS/UK/2392British Army; The Band of HM Scots Guards; 1642-; British Army division
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