Main Performers | Henry 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 Performers | Percy Kahn, Ivor Newton - pianos |
Orchestra or Band | Geraldo and His Concert Orchestra, Central Band of the Royal Air Force (RAF) |
Conductors | Wing-Commander R P O'Donnell, Geraldo |
Set List | Prologue, '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 Material | Programme (RAHE/1/1945/101) |