Record

Performance TitleGood Old London!
Performance Date1 July 1945
Performance DaySunday
Performance Time19:00
Main PerformersHenry Oscar,
Alvar Lidell,
Tommy Handley,
Bertha Willmott,
Arthur Askey,
Charles Robertson,
Rt. Hon. Lord Latham - speakers

Richard Tauber,
Joan Hammond,
Carole Carr,
Len Camber,
Harry Hudson - vocals

Dr. O H Peasgood - organ,
Ida Haendel - violin
Secondary PerformersPercy Kahn,
Ivor Newton - pianos
Orchestra or BandGeraldo and His Concert Orchestra,
Central Band of the Royal Air Force (RAF)
ChoirsAlexandra Choir
ConductorsWing-Commander R P O'Donnell,
Geraldo
Set ListPrologue, 'Sing a Song of London', Kennedy, Carr (Alexandra Choir, Geraldo and His Concert Orchestra),
Overture, 'Cockaigne', Elgar (Geraldo and His Concert Orchestra),
Arias, 'O, I Entreat Thee, Sire' from Turandot, Puccini (Joan Hammond, Geraldo and His Concert Orchestra),
'Love and Music' from Tosca, Puccini, (Joan Hammond, Geraldo and His Concert Orchestra),
Intermezzo, 'Westminster' (London Suite), Coates (Central Band of the Royal Air Force),
Chorus, 'The British Grenadiers', arr. Stanford-Robinson (Alexandra Choir, Geraldo and His Concert Orchestra, Central Band of the Royal Air Force),
'My Heart And I' (Old Chelsea), Tauber (Richard Tauber),
'Whisperings From The Vienna Woods', J Strauss-Korngold (Richard Tauber),
'Holiday for Strings', David Rose (Geraldo and His Concert Orchestra),
Violin Soli, 'Ave Maria', Schubert (Ida Haendel),
'Scherzo Tarantelle', Wieniawski (Ida Haendel),
March, 'Scipio', Handel (Central Band of the Royal Air Force),
Choruses, 'England', Parry (Alexandra Choir, Geraldo and His Concert Orchestra),
'Non Nobis', Roger Quilter (Alexandra Choir, Geraldo and His Concert Orchestra),
'Warsaw Concerto' (Danerous Moonlight), Richaard Addinsell (Geraldo and His Concert Orchestra),
Selection, 'You Were Never Lovelier', Jerome Kern (Carole Carr, Len Camber, Geraldo and His Concert Orchestra),
'London Pride', Noel Coward (Harry Hudson, Geraldo and His Concert Orchestra),
'There'll Always Be An England', Ross Parker, Hughie Charles (Alexandra Choir, Geraldo and His Concert Orchestra, Central Band of the Royal Air Force),
'Knightsbridge March' (London Suite), Coates (Central Band of the Royal Air Force),
'London' (The Holocaust), Henry Oscar,
Chorus , 'Land of Hope and Glory', Elgar (Joan Hammond, Alexandra Choir, Geraldo and His Concert Orchestra, Central Band of the Royal Air Force),
'God Save the King' (The National Anthem)
Related Archival MaterialProgramme (RAHE/1/1945/101)
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Catalogue
Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/1/1945/101Good Old London!1 July 1945
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
IlaroovusifiepGood Old London!1
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/6346Oscar; Henry (1891-1969); British actor
DS/UK/3149Lidell; Tord 'Alvar' Quan (1908-1981); British BBC radio announcer, newsreader
DS/UK/2956Handley; Thomas Reginald 'Tommy' (1892-1949); British comedian
DS/UK/2081Askey; Arthur (6 June 1900-16 November 1982); CBE; English comedian and actor
DS/UK/1088Tauber; Richard (1891-1948); Austrian tenor
DS/UK/1553Hammond; Dame; Joan Hilda Hood (1912-1996); DBE, CMG; Australian operatic soprano, singing coach, champion golfer
DS/UK/6340Peasgood; Osborne Harold (1902-1962); CVO; Brtish organist
DS/UK/1496Haendel; Ida (15 December 1928-1 July 2020); CBE; Polish violinist
DS/UK/200Kahn; Percy B. (1880-1966); English composer, pianist
DS/UK/1208Newton; Ivor (1892-1981); CBE; English pianist
DS/UK/1470Bright; Gerald Walcan 'Geraldo' (1904-1974); English bandleader
DS/UK/2432Royal Air Force; Central Band of the Royal Air Force; 1920-; British military band
DS/UK/2127Alexandra Choir; 1940-1990; British choir
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