Record

Performance TitleGrand Irish Festival - St Patrick's Day
Performance Date17 March 1904
Performance DayThursday
Performance Time20:00
Main PerformersMr Hugh O'Neill (Champion of Irish Dancers)

Miss Elizabeth Parkina,
Miss Elsie Macmillan,
Miss Rosa Young,
Princess Te Rangi Pai,
Mr Ivor McKay,
Mr H Lane Wilson
Mr Watkin Mills - vocals

Miss Llewellyn Toms - violin,
Churchill Sibley - organ,
Sergeant Hunt - cornet
Orchestra or BandBand of His Majesty's Irish Guards
ChoirsMr William Carter's Choir
ConductorsMr William Carter,
Mr Wilhelm Ganz,
Mr C H Hassell
Set ListIrish Fantasia: 'Hibernia', Gready (Band),
Part Song: 'The Harp That Once', William Carter (Choir),
Song: 'Father O'Flynn', Villiers Stanford (Watkin Mills),
Song: 'The Meeting of the Waters' (Elsie Macmillan),
Song: 'The Minstrel Boy' (Ivor McKay),
Violin Solo: 'Polonaise in A', Wieniawski (Miss Llewellyn Toms),
Song: 'The Last Rose of Summer' (Princess Te Rangi Pai),
Part Song: 'Silent, O Moyle', G A Macfarren (Choir),
Song: 'Villanelle', Eva Dell'Acqua (Elizabeth Parkina),
Song: 'Molly Bawn' (H Lane Wilson),
Duet: 'What Will You Do, Love?', Lorer (Princess Te Rangi Pai, Watkin Mills),
Song: 'Kathleen Mavourneen', Crouch (Rosa Young),
Chorus: 'A Message to Ireland', Laura Morgan Richards (Choir, Churchill-Sibley, Band),
Selection of Moore's Irish Melodies (Band),
Irish National Dances ( Hugh O'Neil),
Part Song: 'Love's Young Dream' William Carter (Choir),
Song: 'The Snowy-Breasted Pearl', Joseph Robinson (Ivor McKay),
Song: 'Come Back to Erin', Claribel (Elizabeth Parkina),
Song: 'Killarney', Balfe (Elizabeth Parkina),
Song: 'The Queen of Connemara', Alicia A Needham (Watkin Mills),
Song: 'The Dear Little Shamrock', W Jackson (Elsie Macmillan),
Part Song: 'Go Where Glory Waits Thee', William Carter (Choir),
Song: 'Off to Philadelphia', Battison Haynes (H Lane Wilson),
Cornet Solo: 'Alannah', Trotere (Sergeant Hunt),
Song: 'The Green Isle of Erin', Roeckel (Rosa Young)
Performance Notes'By Order of the Queen' Princess T eRangi Pai sang the Patriotic Version of the Wearing of the Green, 'The Last Rose of Summer', and the duet 'What Would You Do, Love.'
Related Archival MaterialProgramme (RAHE/1/1904/5),
Handbill (RAHE/6/1904/3),
Poster (RAHE/2/1904/1)
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Catalogue
Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/1/1904/5Grand Irish Festival - St Patrick's Day17 March 1904
RAHE/6/1904/3Grand Irish Festival - St Patrick's Day17 March 1904
RAHE/2/1904/1Grand Irish Festival - St Patrick's Day17 March 1904
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
IgabotynidairGrand Irish Festival - St Patrick's Day1
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/4398Parkina; Elizabeth (1882-1922); American soprano
DS/UK/4157Howie; ariki tapairu; Fanny (11 January 1868-20 May 1916); New Zealand contralto singer
DS/UK/4188McKay; Iver (fl 1901); Irish tenor
DS/UK/4145Wilson; H. Lane (1871-1915); British performer, composer
DS/UK/3898Watkin-Mills; Robert (1849-1930); British bass-baritone
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/4185Mr William Carter's Choir (fl 1859-1916)
DS/UK/4246Ganz; Wilhelm (1833-1914); Composer, conductor, pianist
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