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Performance TitleA Gala Evening of Music and Ballet, in aid of the Radium Institute and Mount Vernon Hospital for Cancer Treatment and Research
Performance Date5 July 1939
Performance DayWednesday
Main PerformersViscountess Harcourt,
Robert Montgomery,
Darja Collin,
Phyllis Murch,
Mutal Fielder,
Gladys Gill,
Travis Kemp,
Pauline Clayden,
Joyce Mackie,
Maureen Leslie,
David Pearson,
Leonard Bouchier,
Pam Cross,
Hermione Moir,
Barbara Rumsey,
Marjorie Williamson,
Nancy Burton,
Betty Coomes,
Sheila Fleming,
Jacqueline Issels,
Joan Keep,
Elizabeth Lillie,
Beryl Maitland,
Joyce White,
Darja Collin,
Pam Barton,
Rosalind Beck,
Bebe De Roland,
Gladys Gill,
Kathleen Hillman,
Joan Histed,
Joyce Mackie,
Pamela Cross,
Jean Rothwell,
Reymonde Seton,
Natasha Vigaund,
Diana Gould,
Mary Booth,
Pauline Claydon,
Ann Guming,
Diana De Wilton,
Rita Learne,
Maureen Leslie,
Thea Wilmer,
Betty Coomes,
Joan Hilsted,
Reymonde Seton,
Leonard Bouchier,
Nicholas Hilliard,
David McLeod,
John Worth,
Kloda,
Pamela Sholto,
Travis Kemp,
Mary Booth,
Joan Rothwell,
Alicia Markova,
Parepa Sherwood,
Beatrice Adamson,
Clare Anderson,
Ruth Anderson,
Peggy Bence,
Amory Benson,
Betty Black,
Jonella Blunt,
Josephine Bowen,
Florence Burton,
Ann Byat,
Elizabeth Cathcart,
Cleone Chadwick,
Penelope Congrieve,
Molly Coppin,
Elizabeth Coxon,
Heather Davies,
Mary Davis,
Evelyn Dod,
Molly Doughty,
Sheila Evans,
Rosemary Farrow,
Dorothy Fleming,
Susan Fleming,
Evelyn Freeman,
Gwyn Green,
Barbara Hudson,
Betty Jay,
Barbara Jones,
Elizabeth Knight,
Marion Lawson,
Jessamin Leach,
Jill Lloyd Price,
Wendy Martyn,
Jane Miller,
Pamela Morris,
Susan Pearson,
Nancy Price,
Joanna Puttick,
Nina Rae,
Wendy Reynard,
Joyce Ruscoe,
Rachel Sinclair-Thomson,
Joyce Smart,
Primrose Story,
Betty Symes,
Pamela Taylor,
Madge Van Praagh,
Joan Wells,
Pam White,
Meme Williamson,
Peggy Wills,
Hilda Winney,
Joyce Worthington,
Ann Young,
Vera De Villiers,
Henry Wendon,
Vladimir Rosing,
Alfred Piccaver,
Henry Gill,
Gwen Burke,
Robert Naylor

The Grace Cone School,
The Ginner Mawer Dancers,
Bedells School of Dance,
Brooking-Barker School of Dance,
Craske School of Dance,
The Grant Bellairs School of Dance,
Janelli School of Dance,
Ballet De La Jeunesse Anglaise

Kathleen Simpson - piano
Orchestra or BandOrchestra
ChoirsFairbairn Pageant Choir of 700 voices
ConductorsAlbert Coates,
Leighton Lucas,
Charles Proctor
Set List'God Save the King' (The National Anthem),
Orchestra: 'Carneval', Dvorak,
'Fountain Scene' from Boris Goudonov, Moussorgsky (Vera De Villiers, Henry Wendon),
'Cavatina' from Prince Igor, Borodin (Vladimir Rosing),
'The Song of The Flea', Moussorgsky (Vladimir Rosing),
Orchestra: 'Introduction To Act IV 'Carmen', Bizet,
'Mimi Pinson' from La Boheme, Leoncavallo (Alfred Piccaver),
'Flower Song' from Carmen, Bizet (Alfred Piccaver),
'Preislied' from Meistersinger, Wagner (Alfred Piccaver),
Baal Scene and Breaking of The Drought 'Elijah', Mendelssohn (Henry Gill, Gwen Burke, Robert Naylor),
'Valse Nobles et Sentimentales', Ravel (Darja Collin),
'Rhapsody', Weber (The Cone School),
'L'Idole', Satie, orch. Poulenc (Darja Collin),
'Jota De Laina', Turrion, orch. M P Pierne (Darja Collin),
'Russki Plasski', A Liadov (Pam Barton, Rosalind Beck, Bebe De Roland, Gladys Gill, Kathleen Hillman, Joan Histed, Joyce Mackie, Pamela Cross, Jean Rothwell, Reymonde Seton, Natasha Vigaund, Diana Gould, Mary Booth, Pauline Claydon, Ann Guming, Diana De Wilton, Rita Learne, Maureen Leslie, Thea Wilmer, Pam Barton, Betty Coomes, Joan Hilsted, Reymonde Seton, Leonard Bouchier, Nicholas Hilliard, David McLeod, John Worth, Kloda, Pamela Sholto, Travis Kemp, Mary Booth, Joan Rothwell),
'Waterlily' (3rd Consolation), Liszt (Alicia Markova),
'Galop', Casella (Darja Collin),
'Faust', Gounod (Alicia Markova, Parepa Sherwood, The Ginner Mawer Dancers, Bedells School Of Dance, Brooking-Barker School Of Dance, Craske School Of Dance, The Grant Bellairs School Of Dance, Janelli School Of Dance, Beatrice Adamson, Clare Anderson, Ruth Anderson, Peggy Bence, Amory Benson, Betty Black, Jonella Blunt, Josephine Bowen, Florence Burton, Ann Byat, Elizabeth Cathcart, Cleone Chadwick, Penelope Congrieve, Molly Coppin, Elizabeth Coxon, Heather Davies, Mary Davis, Evelyn Dod, Molly Doughty, Sheila Evans, Rosemary Farrow, Dorothy Fleming, Susan Fleming, Evelyn Freeman, Gwyn Green, Barbara Hudson, Betty Jay, Barbara Jones, Elizabeth Knight, Marion Lawson, Jessamin Leach, Jill Lloyd Price, Wendy Martyn, Jane Miller, Pamela Morris, Susan Pearson, Nancy Price, Joanna Puttick, Nina Rae, Wendy Reynard, Joyce Ruscoe, Rachel Sinclair-Thomson, Joyce Smart, Primrose Story, Betty Symes, Pamela Taylor, Madge Van Praagh, Joan Wells, Pam White, Meme Williamson, Peggy Wills, Hilda Winney, Joyce Worthington, Ann Young)
Performance NotesProduced by Mr Fairbairn. Ballet of 300 performers. According to a handbll held by the V&A Collections (accession no. S.145-2018), the Ballet Rambert were advertised to appear.
Related Archival MaterialProgramme (RAHE/1/1939/56)
Ticket Prices2/- to £10 10s (box)
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Catalogue
Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/1/1939/56A Gala Evening of Music and Ballet in aid of The Radium Institute and Mount Vernon Hospital for Cancer Treatment and Research5 July 1939
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
IelafikiohifookA Gala Evening of Music and Ballet, in aid of the Radium Institute and Mount Vernon Hospital for Cancer Treatment and Research1
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/1492Fairbairn; T C (fl 1910s-1930s); English music promoter
DS/UK/2553Markova; Dame; Alicia (1910-2004); English ballerina, choreographer, director, teacher of classical ballet
DS/UK/3464The Ginner-Mawer Dancers; fl 1930s; British dance company
DS/UK/305Coates; Albert (1882-1953); English conductor, composer
DS/UK/2358Proctor; Charles (1906-1996); English conductor, choir master, composer
DS/UK/3037Lucas; Leighton (1903-1982); English composer, conductor
DS/UK/1335Wendon; Henry (fl 1930s); British operatic tenor
DS/UK/1096Villiers; Vera de (1891-c 1970); South African mezzo-soprano
DS/UK/3775Collin; Darja (1902-1967); Dutch ballet dancer
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