Record

Performance TitleWomen's Unionist Organisation - National Festival of Song - Competition Finals
Performance Date17 May 1930
Performance DaySaturday
Performance Time20:00
Main PerformersMrs Stanley Baldwin - prizegiver,
Rt. Hon. Neville Chamberlain (Presiding),
Lady Brittain - speakers

Martin Fearn - organ
Secondary PerformersEdna Hatzfeld,
Miss Feltham,
Hilda Pitcairn,
Winifred Rowley - pianos

Cyril Scott,
Hubert Brown,
R H Wilson,
Ben Morgan,
Gwladys Roberts,
Sir Ivor Atkins,
Vera Beringer,
Mrs Acton Bond,
Rt. Hon. Sir Rennell Rodd,
Stanley Oliver,
Walter Adrian,
Irwyn Walters,
Vincent Thomas - adjudicators

Mrs T B F Davis,
Lord Kylsant,
Viscount Tredegar,
Earl of Plymouth,
Lord Dynevor,
Sir Hildred Carlile,
Michael Beaumont,
Sir Harry Brittain,
Sir Ernest Craig,
Lord Wakefield,
Mrs E B Fielden,
Mr Norton,
Mrs Norton,
William Harrison
Alfred Denville - presenters
ConductorsSir Ivor Atkins
Vincent Thomas
Set ListPiano Solo: 'Water-Wagtail' (Cyril Scott),
Tenor Solo: 'The Jocund Dance' (Roger Quilter),
Contralto Solo: 'Hame' (Walford Davies),
Glee-Party: 'April is in My Mistress' Face' (Morley),
Recitation: 'Abou Ben Adhem' (Leigh Hunt),
Soprano and Mezzo Solo: 'Hark! The Echoing Air' (Purcell),
Baritone and Bass Solo:'The Fiddler of Dooney' (T F Dunhill),
Women's Choirs: 'My Love Dwelt in a Northern Land' (Elgar),
Mixed Choirs: 'Lullaby of Life' (Henry Leslie)

Presentation of Trophies (Mrs Stanley Baldwin)
Related Archival MaterialProgramme (RAHE/1/1930/47)
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Catalogue
Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/1/1930/47National Festival of Song - National Conservative Musical Union - Competition Finals17 May 1930
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
OhonoosoogipyfWomen's Unionist Organisation - National Festival of Song - Competition Finals1
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/1251National Conservative Musical Union; 1927-1960s; British political music union
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