Record

Performance TitlePaul Robeson Recital
Performance Date7 April 1949
Performance DayThursday
Performance Time19:30
Main PerformersPaul Robeson - vocal,
Lionel Bowman,
Lawrence Brown - pianos
Set List'Over The Mountains', arr. Quilter
'L'Amour De Moi', arr. Tiersot,
'Lord God Of Abraham' from Elijah, Mendelssohn,
'After The Battle', Moussorgsky,
'Hassidic Chant', arr. Engel,
ENCORE
'Oh, No, John'

'Water Boy', arr. Amery Robinson,
'Passing By', Purcell,
'Impromptu in B Flat', Schubert (Lionel Bowman),
'The Orphan', Moussorgsky,
'Pride', Moussorgsky,
'The Silent Room', Moussorgsky,
Excerpt, 'Boris Godounov', Moussorgsky,
ENCORE
'Everytime I Feel The Spirit', arr. Brown

'Steal Away', arr. Brown,
'There is a Calm in Gilead', arr.Burleigh,
'Just a Wearyin' For You', Carrie Jacobs Bond,
'Impromptu in A Flat', Chopin,
'Scherzo in B Flat Minor', Chopin,
ENCORE
'Arabesque No.1', Debussy

'I Got A Home', arr. Lawrence Brown,
'Ezekial Saw De Wheel', arr. Lawrence Brown,
'Swing Low, Sweet Chariot',
'Great Gittin' Up Morning', arr. Lawrence Brown,
ENCORE
'Canoe Song' from Sanders of The River, Spoliansky,
'I Still Suits Me' from Show Boat, Kern,
'Ma Curly Headed Baby', Clutsam,
'From Border To Border', Dzerzhinsky,
'Loch Lomond',
'Ole Man River' from Show Boat, Kern
Related Archival MaterialProgramme (RAHE/1/1949/99),
Handbill (RAHE/6/1949/1)
URLhttps://thirdlight.royalalberthall.com/pf.tlx/tQytUECtUHCbTn
Catalogue
Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/1/1949/98Paul Robeson Recital7 April 1949
RAHE/6/1949/1Paul Robeson Recital18 March - 7 April 1949
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
Iesoopug_KavonPaul Robeson Recital1
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/307Robeson; Paul Leroy (1898-1976); American singer, actor and Civil Rights activist
DS/UK/8386Bowman; Lionel (fl 1940s-1950s); British pianist
DS/UK/2215Brown; Lawrence (1893-1972); American pianist, composer, arranger of African-American folk songs
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