Record

Performance TitleNational Savings Movement Concert
Performance Date24 February 1948
Performance DayTuesday
Performance Time19:00
Main PerformersJohn Mills,
Margaret Rawlings,
Alan Wheatley,
Rt. Hon. Lord Mackintosh of Halifax,
Rt. Hon. Sir Stafford Cripps - speakers,
Sandlers Wells Ballet,
Anne Ziegler,
Webster Booth - vocals,
Arnold Greir - organ,
George Eskdale - trumpet,
Campoli - violin,
Kay Cavendish - piano
Secondary PerformersEric Gritton,
Charles Forwood - piano
Orchestra or BandLondon Symphony Orchestra
ChoirsBBC Choral Society
ConductorsLeslie Woodgate,
Geoffrey Corbett
Set ListOrgan Soli, 'Allegro Marziale', Frank Bridge (Arnold Greir),
'Minuet from Berenice', Handel (Arnold Greir),
'1620', MacDowell (Arnold Greir),
'Fugue in E Flat' (St. Anne), Bach (Arnod Greir)

'Trumpet Tune and Air', Purcell-Woodgate (George Eskdale),
Folk Songs, 'Here's a Health Unto His Majesty' (BBC Choral Society),
'Irish Tune from County Derry' (BBC Choral Society),
'Bells of Aberdovey' (BBC Choral Society),
'The Campbells Are Coming' (BBC Choral Society)

'Arioso', Bach (Campoli, Eric Gritton),
'Spanish Dance', Granados-Kreisler (Campoli, Eric Gritton),
'The Goblins' Dance', Bazzini (Campoli, Eric Gritton)

'My Mammy', W Donaldson,
'One Fine Day' from Madama Butterfly, Puccini,
'Invictus', Hahn,
'Ave Maria', Bach-Gounod,

'Tico Tico' (Kay Cavendish),
'Rhapsody in Blue', Gershwin (Kay Cavendish),
'Nice To Know You Care' (Kay Cavendish),
'Chi Baba,Chi Baba' (Kay Cavendish),
'Bells of St. Mary' (Kay Cavendish)

Dramatic Narrative, 'The Challenge', Tom Hobson (John Mills),
'To The Seamen', John Masefield (Alan Wheatley),
'An Airman's Ecstasy', I.Gillespie Magee (John Mills),
'For Johnny', John Pudney (John Mills),
'Elegy in Whitehall', Francis Brett Young (Margaret Rawlings),
'Infantryman's Rhapsody', Dennis Birch (Alan Wheatley)

'Pomp and Circumstance No.4', Elgar,
'Songs of The Sea', Stanford (William Dickie, BBC Choral Society)

'Mazurka, Act III' from Swan Lake, Tchaikovsky (Sandlers Wells Ballet),
'The Snob and The Melon Hawker' from La Boutique Fantasque, Rossini-Respighi (Sandlers Wells Ballet),
'Tarantella' from La Boutique Fantasque, Rossini-Respighi (Sandlers Wells Ballet),
'Can Can' from La Boutique Fantasque, Rossini-Respighi (Sandlers Wells Ballet),
'Spanish Dance, Act III' from Swan Lake, Tchaikovsky (Sandlers Wells Ballet),
'The Three Ivans' from Sleeping Beauty, Tchaikovsky (Sandlers Wells Ballet),
'Pas De Deux, Act III' from Sleeping Beauty, Tchaikovsky (Sandlers Wells Ballet)

'Life Begins Anew', K L Smith (Anne Ziegler and Webster Booth, Charles Forwood),
'A Birthday', Woodman (Anne Ziegler and Webster Booth, Charles Forwood),
'My Heart and I', Tauber (Anne Ziegler and Webster Booth, Charles Forwood),
'You Just You' (Anne Ziegler and Webster Booth, Charles Forwood),
'Rose Marie' (Anne Ziegler and Webster Booth, Charles Forwood),
'Fold Your Wings' (Anne Ziegler and Webster Booth, Charles Forwood),
'When We Are Married' (Anne Ziegler and Webster Booth, Charles Forwood)

Epilogue (John Mills)

'Land of Hope and Glory', Elgar (BBC Choral Society, William Dickie),
'God Save the King'
Related Archival MaterialProgramme (RAHE/1/1948/55)
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Catalogue
Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/1/1948/55National Savings Concert24 February 1948
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
OsovekykagavNational Savings Movement Concert1
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/7751Mills; Sir; John (1908-2005); English actor
DS/UK/7755Rawlings; Margaret (1906-1996); English stage actress
DS/UK/6345Wheatley; Alan (1907-1991); British actor
DS/UK/6748Mackintosh; Harold Vincent (1891-1964); 1st Viscount Mackintosh of Halifax; British businessman, public servant, benefactor
DS/UK/1174Cripps; Sir; Richard Stafford (1889-1952); British Labour politician
DS/UK/7758Sadlers Wells Ballet; fl 1940s-; Ballet company
DS/UK/3387Booth; Leslie 'Webster' (1902-1984); British tenor
DS/UK/6329Ziegler; Anne (22 June 1910-13 October 2003); English popular singer
DS/UK/1586Greir; Robert Arnold (fl 1914-1967); English organist
DS/UK/6298Eskdale; George (1897-1960); British trumpeter
DS/UK/1629Campoli; Alfredo (1906-1991); Italian British violinist
DS/UK/7759Cavendish; Kay (fl 1940s-1960s); English pianist
DS/UK/7477Gritton; Eric (fl 1950s); British organist
DS/UK/7196Forwood; Charles (fl 1947); British pianist
DS/UK/130London Symphony Orchestra (LSO); 1904-; English orchestra
DS/UK/894British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC); BBC Symphony Chorus; 1928-; British amateur chorus
DS/UK/6470Woodgate; Leslie (1900-1961); English choral conductor
DS/UK/7760Corbett; Geoffrey (fl 1940s); British conductor
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