Record

Performance TitleBarclays Bank Musical Society Concert, in aid of the Royal Hospital of St. Bartholomew
Performance Date29 April 1931
Performance DayWednesday
Performance Time20:00
Main PerformersRt. Hon Viscount Brentford,
L F Offergelt - speakers,
Elsie Suddaby - vocal,
Enid Cruickshank - contralto
Beatrice Harrison - cello,
Mr F T Holloway - organ
Secondary PerformersMargaret Harrison,
Reginald Church - piano
ChoirsBarclays Bank Male Voice Choir
ConductorsHerbert Pierce
Set ListNational Anthem: 'God Save the King'
Part-Song: 'The Fighting Temeraire', Bantock (Barclays Bank Male Voice Choir),
Aria: 'Agnus Dei', Bizet (Enid Cruickshank),
Part-Songs: 'In Praise of Women', Fletcher (Barclays Bank Male Voice Choir),
'The Herald', Elgar (Barclays Bank Male Voice Choir),
Aria: 'Let the Bright Seraphim', Handel (Elsie Suddaby),
Spirituals: 'Swing Low, Sweet Chariot', arr. Burleigh (Barclays Bank Male Voice Choir),
Spirituals: 'Zion's Children', arr. Pierce (Barclays Bank Male Voice Choir),
Cello Solo: 'Sonata in G Minor', Handel (Beatrice Harrison),
Folk Tunes: 'Sheep-Shearing Song', arr. Moeran (Enid Cruickshank and the Barclays Bank Male Voice Choir),
'Shule Agra', arr. Pierce (Enid Cruickshank and the Barclays Bank Male Voice Choir)
INTERVAL
Organ Solo: 'Toccata from 5th Symphony', Widor (Fred Holloway),
Folk Tunes: 'O Waly.Waly', arr. Pierce (Barclays Bank Male Voice Choir),
'The Road to The Isles', arr. Kennedy-Fraser (Barclays Bank Male Voice Choir),
'Die Allmacht' (Great Is Jehovah), Schubert - Liszt (Elsie Suddaby and the Barclays Bank Male Voice Choir),
Cello Soli: 'Serenade', Delius (Beatrice Harrison),
Cello Soli: 'Melody', Dawes (Beatrice Harrison),
Cello Soli: 'Blackbird Reel', Hughes (Beatrice Harrison),
Parodies: 'Simple Simon' (after Couperin), Hughes (Barclays Bank Male Voice Choir),
'Mary Had a Little Lamb' (after Arditi), Hughes (Barclays Bank Male Voice Choir),
'Old Mother Hubbard' (after Handel), Hely - Hutchinson (L F Offergelt),
'Indolence', Collins (Enid Cruickshank),
'I Will Make You Brooches', Collins (Enid Cruickshank),
Humorous Part-Song: 'One More River', arr. Warlock (Barclays Bank Male Voice Choir)
Performance Notes*Language Warning: Some of the racist language contained in this record some viewers may find offensive. For the historic record we have chosen not to remove or hide contentious language but instead retain and address its inclusion for research.
Related Archival MaterialProgramme (RAHE/1/1931/45)
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Catalogue
Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/1/1931/45The Royal Hospital of St Bartholomew - Programme of Concert29 April 1931
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
IoforokunipoinBarclays Bank Musical Society Concert, in aid of the Royal Hospital of St. Bartholomew1
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/1348Suddaby; Elsie (1893-1980); British lyric soprano
DS/UK/2086Cruickshank; Enid (fl 1927-1930s); Scottish contralto
DS/UK/215Harrison; Beatrice (1892-1965); British cellist
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