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Performance TitleImperial College of Science and Technology Commemoration Day 1956 [Private]
Performance Date25 October 1956
Performance DayThursday
Performance Time15:00
Main PerformersMr A M Holbein,
Dr D W Logan,
Dr P Dunsheath,
Sir John Cockroft,
Dr R P Linstead,
Rt. Hon. Viscount Falmouth,
William Selkirk,
William Brown,
Sydney Chapman,
David Garnett,
Dr Willis Jackson,
James Watson Munro,
Sir William George Penney,
Dr William Francis Gray Swann

Hubert Dawkes - organ
Orchestra or BandJacques Orchestra (Part)
ChoirsImperial College Musical Society Choir
ConductorsImogen Holst
Set List'Welcome All', Purcell (Imperial College Musical Society Choir),
'Virtuous Wife', Holst,
'Suite In D', Bach,
'St.Paul Suite', Holst,
'Married Beau', Holst,
'King Arthur', Herbage,
'Welcome All', I.Holst,
'Water Music', Handel,
'L'Allegro', I Holst,
'Shepherds Wonder', C Shaw (Imperial College Musical Society Choir, Dawkes),
'God Save The Queen', (National Anthem)
Performance NotesThe Celebrations commemorate the visit made to the College by their Majesties King George VI and Queen Elizabeth on the occassion of the Centenary in 1845 of the Royal Colleg of Chemistry the oldest forerunner of the Imperial College.
Related Archival MaterialProgramme (RAHE/1/1956/159)
URLhttps://thirdlight.royalalberthall.com/pf.tlx/C6yCKrHC-66-j
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Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/1/1956/159Imperial College of Science and Technology Commemoration Day 195625 October 1956
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
Ierakoroik_SilImperial College of Science and Technology Commemoration Day 1956 [Private]1
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/6599Dawkes; Hubert Arthur (1916-2012); English pianist, organist, harpsichordist, academic
DS/UK/737Imperial College London; 1907-; British university
DS/UK/10052Penney; Lord; William George (1909-1991); Baron Penney; English mathematician, academic
DS/UK/2709Jacques Orchestra; 1936-; British orchestra
DS/UK/2789Holst; Imogen Clare (1907-1984); CBE; British composer, conductor
DS/UK/10055Imperial College Union Choir; 1949-; British choir
DS/UK/19129Boscawen; Evelyn Hugh John (1887-1962); 8th Viscount Falmouth; British Army and RAF officer, peer
DS/UK/19128Cockroft; Sir; John Douglas (1897-1967); British physicist
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