Record

Performance TitleGrand Anzac Concert, in aid of the Memorial Military Chapel at Wellington, New Zealand
Performance Date27 April 1920
Performance DayTuesday
Performance Time20:15
Main PerformersMr Shattle Gardner - speaker,
Rosina Buckman,
Margaret Balfour,
Maurice D'Oisly,
Peter Dawson,
Ernest Drake - vocals,
William Murdoch - piano,
Albert Sammons,
A V Westhead - violins
Orchestra or BandGuards Massed Bands:
Grenadier,
Irish,
Scots,
Welsh,
Coldstream
ConductorsLieutenant F W Wood (Director of Music, Scots Guards),
Lieutenant C Hassell (Director of Music, Irish Guards),
A H Harrison (Director of Music, Welsh Guards),
Lieutenant F A Wood (Director of Music, Scots Guards),
Lieutenant R G Evans (Director of Music, Coldstream Guards)
Set ListSuite de Ballet: 'Russe', Luigini (Band),
Dramatic Recital: 'Anzac', Jessie Pope (Shattle Gardner),
Violin Solo: 'Cavatina', Roff (A V Westhead),
Selection: 'Cavalleria Rusticana', Mascagni (Band),
Recit. and Air: 'I Rage! I Melt! I Burn!' ('O Ruddier than the Cherry'), Handel (Peter Dawson),
'Follow Me 'Ome', Ward Higgs (Peter Dawson),
'There's a Land', Frances Allitsen (Rosina Buckman),
Tone Poem: 'Finlandia', Sibelius (Band),
Selection: 'Monsieur Beaucaire', Messager (Band),
'Softly Awakes My Heart', St. Saens (Margaret Balfour),
'Boheme', Puccini (Ernest Drake),
Duet: 'Evening is Falling (Madame Butterfly)', Puccini (Rosina Buckman, Maurice D'Oisly)
Performance NotesEnglish premiere performance by Mr Ernest Drake.
Related Archival MaterialProgramme (RAHE/1/1920/29),
Handbill (RAHE/6/1920/17)
Ticket Prices1s 3d (gallery promenade)-£5 5s (grand tier box)
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Catalogue
Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/1/1920/29Souvenir Programme of the Great Anzac Concert -CHECK DATE20 March 1920
RAHE/6/1920/17Grand Anzac Concert, in aid of the Memorial Military Chapel27 April 1920
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
IosaboiduroinownGrand Anzac Concert, in aid of the Memorial Military Chapel at Wellington, New Zealand1
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/257Buckman; Rosina (16 March 1881-31 December 1948); New Zealand soprano
DS/UK/258D'Oisly; Maurice (1882-1949); English singer
DS/UK/1106Balfour; Margaret (1892-1961); English classical contralto
DS/UK/1705Dawson; Peter (1882-1961); Australian bass-baritone, songwriter
DS/UK/1706Murdoch; William (1888-1942); Australian pianist, composer, author
DS/UK/1707Sammons; Albert (1886-1957); English violinist, composer, later violin teacher
DS/UK/1708Drake; Ernest (fl 1916-1920)
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