Record

Performance TitleThe Third Annual Concert of the British Empire Music Festival
Performance Date10 December 1924
Performance DayWednesday
Performance Time20:00
Main PerformersMrs Ernest Bigland - speaker,
Joseph Hislop,
May Huxley,
Robert Radford,
Clara Butt - vocals,
Gordon Burgess - piano
Alice Lees - violin
Dorothy Ewens - 2nd violin
Frances Marshall - viola
Amy Porter - cello,
P Mavon-Ibbs - organ
Secondary PerformersPercy Kahn,
Ivor Newton
Orchestra or BandCentral Band of the Royal Air Force (RAF),
British Women's Symphony Orchestra
ConductorsJ B Lockton,
Flight-Lieutenant J H Amers RAF,
Gwynne Kimpton
Set ListOrgan:'Imperial March', Edward Elgar (P Mavon-Ibbs),
Organ: 'Benedictus', Alexander Mackenzie (P Mavon-Ibbs),
Overture: 'The Wasps', Vaughan Williams (British Women's Symphony Orchestra),
'Phantasy Trio in A Minor', H A Keyser (Gordon Burgess, May Burgess, Dorothy Ewens),
'Drake's Drum', Stanford (Robert Radford),
'The Old Superb', Stanford (Robert Radford),
'British Miniature Concerto', Phyllis Norman-Parker (Phyllis Norman-Parker),
'The Enchantress', Hatton (Clara Butt),
'Cradle Song', Felix White (Clara Butt),
'Chrysilla', Ethel Smyth (Clara Butt),
'The Unforeseen', Cyril Scott (Joseph Hislop),
'Windy Nights', Stanford (Joseph Hislop),
'Sigh No More, Ladies', Aitken (Joseph Hislop),
'Symphony in A Min, 1st Movt', Thomas Dunhill (British Women's Symphony Orchestra),
Quintet: 'The Tempest', Lc.-Cpl.Arthur Hibbert (Gordon Burgess, Alice Lees, Dorothy Ewens, Frances Marshall, Amy Porter),
'Peace', Eric Fogg (Clara Butt),
'The Snowdrop', Harold Craxton (Clara Butt),
'Among The Rocks', Arthur Somerville (Clara Butt),
'Minnie Song', William Wallace (Robert Radford),
'Son Of Mine', William Wallace (Robert Radford),
'The Rebel', William Wallace (Robert Radford),
'Fairies', Dermot Macmurrough (May Huxley),
'Bird Song At Even', Noel March (May Huxley),
'Lo! Here The Gentle Lark', Sir Henry Bishop (May Huxley),
'The Lea Rig', arr. Percy Kahn (Joseph Hislop),
'My Love She's But A Lassie Yet', arr. G Short (Joseph Hislop),
'The Song Of The Palanquin Bearers', Martin Shaw (Joseph Hislop),
'Life And Death', Coleridge-Taylor (Joseph Hislop),
A Gaelic Fantasy: 'Songs of The Gael', B Walton O'Donnell (Central Band of The RAF),
Quick March: 'Feneraki', J B Lockton (Central Band of The RAF),
'God Save The King' (The National Anthem)
Performance NotesThe Times reported that the fog affected the audience for this show, as the attendance was rather sparse.
Related Archival MaterialProgramme (RAHE/1/1924/52),
Handbill (RAHE/6/1924/7)
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Catalogue
Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/1/1924/52The Third Annual Concert of the British Empire Music Festival10 December 1924
RAHE/6/1924/7British Empire Music Festival, Third Annual Concert10 December 1924
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
EvarietowzipibThe Third Annual Concert of the British Empire Music Festival1
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/2432Royal Air Force; Central Band of the Royal Air Force; 1920-; British military band
DS/UK/374British Women's Symphony Orchestra; fl 1920s-1930s; British women-only orchestra
DS/UK/2886Bigland; Florence (26 September 1881-24 October 1960); British socialite, author, musician, painter and traveller
DS/UK/340Hislop; Joseph (1884-1977); Scottish tenor
DS/UK/2887Huxley; May (fl 1910-1920s); English soprano singer
DS/UK/214Radford; Robert (1874-1933); British bass opera singer
DS/UK/167Butt; Dame; Clara (1 February 1872-23 January 1936); DBE; English contralto singer
DS/UK/2888Burgess; Gordon (fl 1924); British pianist
DS/UK/2889Lees; Alice (fl 1924); British violinist
DS/UK/2890Ewens; Dorothy (fl 1924); British violinist
DS/UK/2891Marshall; Frances (fl 1924); British violist
DS/UK/2892Porter; Amy (fl 1924); British cellist
DS/UK/2350Ibbs; P. Mavon- (fl 1913-1923); British organist
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