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Performance TitleSt. Patrick's Day - Grand Irish Festival and Patriotic Concert, in aid of Belgian Relief Fund
Performance Date27 March 1915
Performance DaySaturday
Performance Time15:00
Main PerformersTamaki Miura,
Ada Crossley,
Ada Forrest,
Olive Sturgess,
Gladys Van Der Beeck,
Millicent Russell,
Wilfrid Abor,
Charles Compton
Cormac O'Shane,
Robert Anthony,
Everard Healey - vocals,
Dr Churchill Sibley - organ,
Hunt - cornet
Orchestra or BandBand of HM Irish Guards
ChoirsMr William Carter's Choir,
Chorus of Boy Scouts
ConductorsWilliam Carter,
J Hurst Bannister,
Ernest Cresswell,
Charles Hassell (Irish Guards),
Alicia Adelaide Needham,
Agnes Bedford,
Churchill Sibley,
Frederic Cowen,
Winifred Rich,
Charles Hassell
Set ListNational Anthems: England, Serbia, Japan, Belgium, Russia, France (Choir, Band),
Duet: 'The Moon Has Raised Her Lamp Above' (Lilly of Killarney), Benedict (Wifrid Abor, Everard Healey),
'The Minstrel Boy', arr. McMoreen (Gladys Van Der Beeck),
'Kathleen Mavourneen', Crouch (Ada Forrest),
'Eily Mavourneen' (Lily of Killarney), Julius Benedict (Charles Compton),
'Come Back to Erin', Claribel (Ada Crossley),
Solo and Chorus: 'The Call of the Motherland', Churchill Sibley (Cormac O'Shane, Choir, Band),
Cornet Solo: 'Astore', Trottere (Hunt),
'The Meeting of the Waters', Moore (Millicent Russell),
'Green Isle of Erin', Roeckel (Wifrid Abor),
'The Last Rose of Summer' (Tamaki Miura),
Naval Song: 'We Sweep the Seas', Frederic Cowen (Choir, Band, Frederic Cowen),
'Killarney', Balfe (Olive Sturgess),
'The Irish Emigrant',
'Ancient War Song' (by Request), Alicia Adelaide Needham (Robert Anthony, Alicia Adelaide Needham),
'Father O'Flynn', arr. Villiers Stanford (Everard Healey),
Chorus: 'Boy Scouts Patrol', Henriette Murkend, (Band, Boy Scouts, Choir),
Irish Melody: 'Husheen', Alicia Adelaide Needham (Gladys Van Der Beeck),
Chorus: 'Erin, Dear Erin', Churchill Sibley (Choir, Band, Churchill Sibley)
INTERVAL
Humorous Burlesque on the Soldiers' Song: 'Tipperary', Shipley Douglas (Band),
Chorus: 'St Patrick was a Gentleman', Alicia Adelaide Needham (Choir, Band, Alicia Adelaide Needham)
'The Kerry Dance', Molloy (Ada Forrest),
'Macushla', D MacMurrough (Charles Compton),
'The Harp That Once' (Ada Crossley),
Chorus: 'Fall In', Frederic Cowen (Choir, Band, Frederic Cowen),
Song: 'Off to Philadelphia', arr. Villiers Stanford (Cormac O'Shane),
Part Song: 'Go Where Glory Waits Thee', arr. William Carter (Choir),
Song: 'An Ancient Lullaby' (Millicent Russell),
Song: 'She is Far From the Land', Frank Lambert (Wifrid Abor),
Old Folk Song: 'An Irish Folk Song', Arthur Foote (Olive Sturgess),
Old Melody: 'The Mountains o' Mourne', arr. Houston Collisson (Everard Healey),
Chorus: 'Love's Young Dream', arr William Carter (Choir),
Song: 'Maire My Girl', George Aitken (Robert Anthony)
'God Save the King', (National Anthem) (Choir, Band, Churchill Sibley)
Related Archival MaterialProgramme (RAHE/1/1915/14),
Handbill (RAHE/6/1915/)
Catalogue
Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/1/1915/14St. Patrick's Day Celebration - Grand Irish Festival and Patriotic Concert27 March 1915
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
EsabidoritofSt. Patrick's Day - Grand Irish Festival and Patriotic Concert, in aid of Belgian Relief Fund1
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/1635Sibley; John Churchill (1858-1938); Archbishop; English organist, religious leader
DS/UK/1958Hassell; Charles H. (fl 1915-1929); Lieut; British Director of Music, Band of The Irish Guards
DS/UK/2813British Army; The Band of the Irish Guards; 1900-; British military band
DS/UK/4807Needham; Alicia Adelaide (1872-1945); Irish composer of songs and ballads
DS/UK/4211Cowen; Sir; Frederic Hymen (1852-1935); British pianist, conductor, composer
DS/UK/4861Bannister; Joseph Hurst (19 November 1882-2 August 1942); British organist
DS/UK/5259Ernest Cresswell; Ernest (fl 1915); British conductor
DS/UK/4860Bedford; Agnes (fl.1910s); British conductor
DS/UK/4850Miura; Tamaki (1884-1946); Japanese opera singer
DS/UK/3984Crossley; Ada Jemima (1874-1929); Australian singer
DS/UK/1842Forrest; Ada (fl 1910-1922); South African singer
DS/UK/5104Sturgess; Olive (fl 1915-1929); British snger
DS/UK/4856Van Der Beeck; Gladys (3 February 1888-January 1958); British singer
DS/UK/1856Russell; Millicent (fl 1915-1928); English soprano
DS/UK/4857Abor; Wilfrid (fl.1910s); British tenor singer
DS/UK/5244Compton; Charles (fl 1910s); British singer
DS/UK/5261O'Shane; Cormac (fl 1915); Irish bass
DS/UK/4858Anthony; Robert (c.1890); British baritone singer
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